Schedule

Dr. Gass

HCOM 308

Fall 2009

Assignm= ents, Readings, & Due Dates

Note: you should complete the assigned readings on or before the dates listed

W= eek 1

Aug 25: introduction to the course=

&= nbsp; assignments & requirements

&= nbsp; possible topics for investigation

Aug 27: three pillars of experimen= tal research

&= nbsp; prototypical experiment

&= nbsp; read Ch. 1, Ch. 2

Week 2

Sep 1: APA style

&= nbsp; anatomy of an experiment

&= nbsp; read Ch. 4 (especially pp. 64-73), Ch. 13 (257-269)

Sep 3: independent variables, manipulation

&= nbsp; introduction to SPSS

&= nbsp; read Ch. 6, Ch. 7 (skim)

&= nbsp; due: three research topics

Week 3

Sep 8:    dependent varia= bles, measurement

        &= nbsp;     standardized scales and diagnostic instruments

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 7 (pp. 110-115), Ch. 9

Sep 10: design class experiment

Week 4

Sep 15: hypotheses and research questions

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 5 (pp. 89-93)=

Sep 17: conduct class experiment

        &= nbsp;     due: prospectus

Week 5

Sep 22: ethics in experimental res= earch

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 3

Sep 24: ethics in experimental res= earch

Week 6

Sep 29: survey research=

        &= nbsp;     questionnaire design and construction

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 11

Oct 1:     samples a= nd sampling

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 14

Week 7

Oct 6:     reliabili= ty and validity

        &= nbsp;     Chronbach’s alpha

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 10, Ch. 13 (pp. 269-272)

Oct 8:     experimen= tal designs

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 13 (pp. 272-279)

Week 8

Oct 13:   review for midterm e= xam

Oct 15:   midterm exam (postponed to Oct. 27 be= cause of the earthquake drill)

Week 9

Oct 20:   campus closed

Oct 22:   campus closed

Week 10

Oct 27:   measures of central tendency

        &= nbsp;     mean, median, mode

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 8

        &= nbsp;     due: rationale and literature review (you may turn this paper in on Oct 29, since the midterm was moved= to this day)

Oct 29:   measures of dispersi= on

        &= nbsp;     range, variance, standard deviation

Week 11

Nov 3:    overview of significance testing

Nov 5:    standard normal distribution

Week 12

Nov 10: significance testing, p values

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 15

Nov 12: online class

Week 13

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        &= nbsp;     Ch. 15 (pp. 308-311) <= /p>

Nov 19: online class

Week 14

<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nov 24: F= all recess

<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nov 26: Fall recess

Week 15

Dec 1:    difference test= s

        &= nbsp;     chi square, crosstabs, t-test

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 16, Ch. 17

        &= nbsp;     due: methods paper

Dec 3:    one-way ANOVA, two-way ANOVA

        &= nbsp;     post hoc tests, factorial designs

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 18, Ch. 21 (pp. 414-416)

Week 16

Dec 8:    correlation tes= ts

        &= nbsp;     Pearson r, Spearman rho, Kendall’s tau

        &= nbsp;     read Ch. 19

Dec 10: practice at statistical te= sts

        &= nbsp;     review for test 3

Week 17

Dec 15: final exam, 9:30-11:20 am

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You must take the final exam on the day and time listed in the Fall 2009 schedule. Sorry, no exception= s.