Quantitative Methods

Julie Phelan
July 7 - August 13
M-Th 1:00-3:20

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Week 1:

7/7: Introduction, Course Overview
- Lecture 1 Slides
7/8: Frequency Distributions
- Reading (before class): Chapters 1 & 2
- Lecture 2 Slides
7/9: Central Tendency, Variability
- Reading (before class): Chapters 3 & 4
- Lecture 3 Slides
7/10: Standardized Scores, Normal Distribution
- Reading (before class): Chapter 5
- Lecture 4 Slides

Week 2:

7/14: Probability
- Reading (before class): Chapter 6
- Lecture 5 Slides
7/15: EXAM 1
- The exam will cover chapters 1 - 5
7/16: Distribution of sample means
- Reading (before class): Chapter 7
- Lecture 6 Slides
7/17: Hypothesis testing
- Reading (before class): Chapter 8
- Lecture 7 Slides

Week 3:

7/22: Introduction to the t-statistic
- Reading (before class): Chapter 9
- Lecture 8 Slides
7/23: The t-test for two independent samples
- Reading (before class): Chapter 10
- Lecture 9 Slides
7/24: Introduction to SPSS
- No reading - Meet in TILLETT 119
- Statsdata.sav

Week 4:

7/28: The t-test for two related samples; Estimation
- Reading (before class): Chapters 11 & 12
- Lecture 10 Slides
7/29: Introduction to ANOVA
- Reading (before class): Chapter 13
- Lecture 11 Slides
7/30: Exam #2 Review
7/31: Exam #2
- Formula Sheet for Exam #2

Week 5:

8/04: One-way ANOVA continued, Repeated Measures ANOVA
- Reading (before class): Chapters 13 & 14
- Lecture 12 Slides
8/05: Two-way ANOVA
- Reading (before class): Chapter 14
- Lecture 13 Slides
8/06: Bivariate Correlation & Regression
- Reading (before class): Chapter 15
- Lecture 14 Slides (revised to correct error)
8/07: ANOVA and Correlation with SPSS
- No reading - Meet in TILLETT 119
- Statsdata2.sav

Week 6:

8/11: Chi-Square
- Reading (before class): Chapter 16
- Lecture 15 Slides
8/12: Exam #3 Review
- Covers chapters 13-16.
- Note that although you will not have to compute statistics covered on previous exams, you WILL still need to know when to use each of the statistics we have learned.
8/13: Exam #3
- Formula Sheet for Exam #3