Unit Assignments

• Unit 1: Getting data
  • Unit 1 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 2: Some basics
  • Unit 2 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 3: Variation and the normal curve
  • Unit 3 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 4: Correlation and causation
  • Unit 4 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 5: Regression
  • Unit 5 PowerPoint
  • Helps with multiple and quadratic regression in Excel, by Prof. Valente
    • General overview
    • Output, multiple regression
    • Output, quadratic regression
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 6: Probability
  • Unit 6 PowerPoint
  • Midterm Project 1 -- the beginning
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 7: Chance variation
  • Unit 7 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 8: The normal distribution
  • Unit 8 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 9: Sampling
  • Unit 9 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 10: Hypothesis tests
  • Unit 10 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises
• Unit 11: Chi-squared tests
  • Unit 11 PowerPoint
  • solutions to text exercises

Resources

Course Documents

• Syllabus (General info)
• Calendar of due dates
• Final project guidelines
• List of previous final projects
• PowerPoint on what r² means in regression
• IRB Research Project Review Procedure
• Summary of American Psychological Association Code of Ethics relating to research on human subjects. (Full version.)
• For the online survey:
  • View the survey Do not try to take it -- the "Submit" button has been removed.
  • Retrieve the data
• Schedule of presentations of final projects
• An example of one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)
• PowerPoint on nonparametric statistics
• Goals of the course (as defined by AP)
• Goals of a Scientific Perspectives course
• A list of all formulas in the course (that I might include on the final)
• Exam 1 from an earlier semester
• Exam 1 from THIS semester, with solutions
• Exam 2 from an earlier semester
• Exam 2 from THIS semester, with solutions
• Final Exam from an earlier semester
• Final exam from THIS semester, with solutions

Using the Excel spreadsheet program

• Basic exercises using Excel
• On using web data and histogram instructions
• On finding the regression line
• Some practice datasets
• On using Excel for simulations
• Simulation exercises

Off-Campus Resources

• CHANCE news
• Related internet sources