1. Statistics for the Social Sciences Psychology 340 Spring 2005 Introductions

2. Statistics for the Social Sciences This course How is this course different from PSY 138? –Format: Longer lectures, but no separate lab times –Content: review of PSY 138 and beyond (remember the “beyond 138”) Dealing with more complex situations (more than 2 variables) Hypothesis testing with: –Correlation and regression –Multiple regression –Tests for differences with more than two groups

3. Statistics for the Social Sciences PSY 138

4. Statistics for the Social Sciences This course

5. Statistics for the Social Sciences Course Format Lectures - will take up most of class time Labs - practice items, not collected for credit –Two parts: By hand step-by-step example(s) Large SPSS dataset practice question(s) Homework - practice items, are collected for credit Exams - three cumulative exams Quizzes - quick 5 min.“pop” quizzes (about 10 of them), based primarily on textbook readings