PSYC08

Advanced Data Analysis in Psychology

Summer 2013

There are NO Tutorials the first week of class!

Instructor: Dr. Douglas A. Bors

Here is the address where the lectures are on line: https://lecturecast.utsc.utoronto.ca/login.php

Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:30 to 1:30 and after class

Tutorials: TBA

Textbook: Statistcal Methods for Psychology by David Howell

This course is designed to provide the student with the advanced principles of data analysis for both parametric and non-parametric analyses. In terms of parametric statistics, our treatment will focuson Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). In addition to the material covered in PSYB07, a working knowledge of elementary algebra is assumed.

Grading: Your final grade in the course will be based on quizzes and assignments (10%), a mid-term examination (30%), and a final examination (60%). There will be at least five quizzes or assignments during the term. Your best four performances will used for the quiz/assignment portion of you grade. The quizzes will be administered in tutorial without warning, so be prepared! The date for the mid-term will be posted and announced early in the term. The date for the final examination will be published by the registrar's office sometime during the term.

Make-Ups

Make-up quizzes are not given. Make-up mid-terms are never given without a legitimate reason. The student is required to present a medical certificate, if a test is missed due to illness. The certificate must state that, in the physician's opinion, you are unable to write the test, not just that you were examined for a complaint. Do not phone or e-mail your instructor or TA concerning missed exams. Certificates are to be given to the invigilator at the time fo the make. Make-up mid-terms will be given at 5:00 pm on the tuesday of the week following the original date of the exam. On the date of the make-up, the location of the exam will be posted on this page and on the office door (S-638) of Dr. Bors. If the make-up is also missed for legitimate reasons, a grade will be assigned on the basis of the student's relative performance on the final examination and quezzes. Make-ups for final examinations are entirely at the discretion of the registrar's office.

Dates for Exams will be posted at the top of this page, once they have been scheduled

Tentative Course Outline

Some Overheads for Classroom Lectures

Here are the instructions for downloading and printing the overheads.

Step #1: Click on the link from the list that corresponds to the overhead you wish to view.

Step #2: A window opens asking what you wish to do with the file. Choose "open" and then click OK.

Step #3 Under the file tab, choose the PRINT option. Note that in the window that pops up there is a "PRINT WHAT?" field. If you choose not to print them as slides (the default), you might print them as "handouts", which will put several on a sinle page and still leave you space for writing notes.

F-max Table

Formula Sheets

Basic Concetps Reviewed

Basic Theorems

Stuctural Approach

Anova Assumptions

Anova Example

Homogeneity of Variance

Review Question I

Randomized Block Designs

Review Questions IIa

Repeated measures

Repeated Measures cond.

Review Questions II

Multiple Comparisons

Post-Hoc tests

Power Once again

Power yet again

Review IV

Review V

Factorial Design (two betweeen-subject IVs)

Fixed versus Random IVs

Factorial Design: Repeated Measures

Polynomial Trends: Weightings (unequal intervals)

Review VI

Review VII

Nonparametic Statistics