Syllabus
Lecture
1. Course overview and review of research designs (Zakreski + Csajbók) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 1, 2 You must install JASP on your computer and have it ready for next class Homework 1 is due October 6 9:00 PM Lecture
2. Organizing research data and introduction to JASP (Zakreski) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 3 Homework 2 is due October 13 9:00 PM Lecture
3. Describing distributions (Csajbók) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 4, 5 Homework 3 is due October 20 9:00 PM Lecture
4. Probability and estimation of population parameters (Zakreski) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 6, 7 Homework 4 is due October 27 9:00 PM Lecture
5. Hypothesis testing and categorical data analysis (Zakreski) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 8, 9 Homework 5 is due November 3 9:00 PM Lecture
6. Comparing two means (Csajbók) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 10 Homework 6 is due November 10 9:00 PM MIDTERM EXAM #1 (Zakreski + Csajbók) Covers Lectures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Lecture
7. Correlation and linear regression (Zakreski) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 11 Homework 7 is due November 24 9:00 PM Lecture
8. One-way ANOVA (Csajbók) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 12 Homework 8 is due December 1 9:00 PM Lecture
9. Factorial ANOVA (Part
1) (Zakreski) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 13 (sections
13.1,
13.2,
13.3,
13.4) Homework 9 is due December 8 9:00 PM Lecture
10. Factorial ANOVA (Part
2) and ANCOVA (Zakreski) Required reading: Navarro Ch. 13 (sections
13.5,
13.6,
13.7,
13.8,
13.9,
13.10,
13.11) Homework 10 is due December 15 9:00 PM MIDTERM EXAM #2 (Zakreski + Csajbók) Covers Lecture 7, 8, 9, 10 FINAL EXAM (Zakreski + Csajbók) Covers all lectures
Annotation
The course will provide a step-by-step introduction to fundamentals of quantitative research methodology and data analysis. It will introduce you to statistical thinking, interpreting and reporting results from statistical analyses, and will provide hands-on learning activities using a free easy-to-use statistics software (JASP).
The course will be especially beneficial to students who are interested in psychology and sociology.