Doug Roscoe Associate Professor of Political Science Director of General Education
PSC 349 Research Methods in Political Science Social Science Methodology Quantitative Analysis Writing in Political Science SPSS Software
SPSS Statistics
How can I teach students how to use SPSS?
The Companion Text
The alternative: Online Tutorial Learning Objects
SPSS Learning Objects Built using Camtasia software Narrated screen-capture video
SPSS Learning Objects Built using Camtasia software Narrated screen-capture video Seven LOs –Organizing and managing data – 20:56 –Recoding variables – 8:29 –Descriptive statistics – 18:16 –Bivariate tables – 13:59 –Regression and correlation – 15:07 –Multivariate analysis – 19:40 –Statistical significance – 12:23
Descriptive Stats LO - Snippet
Course Evaluation Very HelpfulVery/Somewhat Helpful SPSS LOs82%88% E-Boards59%100% Lectures35%82% Homework29%71% Tests6%71% Research Paper29%82% Lecture Videos59%88%
When is online a better modality?
Learning to “do”
When is online a better modality? Learning to “do” Repetition