Donna Mailloux (WINTER, 2023)
PSYC 2002 E
PSYC 2002(E): Introduction to Statistics in Psychology
COURSE OUTLINE
WINTER 2023
CLASS INFORMATION
Lecture dates: January 9th – April 12th, 2023
Lecture time: Asynchronously, posted on Mondays by 12 pm
Class location: Online
Course prerequisite: PSYC 2001
Precludes additional credit for: NEUR 2002
Brightspace: ALL class resources will be available on Brightspace
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Instructor: Donna Mailloux
E-mail: Donna.Mailloux@carleton.ca
All correspondence between the instructor, TA’s, and the students must be done using a Carleton email
address. Instructors and TA’s are not permitted to reply to emails originating from another source.
Please note that I typically respond within 24 hours.
Office hours: Weekly online (TBA)
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
NOTE. It is the responsibility of the teaching assistants to grade exams, assignments, and provide ongoing
student support for course material. Please contact the TA first for course support and any questions about your
grades. All contact must be done through Carleton email or through Brightspace. General questions can be
posted on the TA discussion Board. Office hours will be virtual and the link can be found under Teaching
assistants on Brightspace.
TA: Roshni Sohail
E-mail: roshnisohail@cmail.carleton.ca
Office hours: TBA
TA: Hannah Leistle
E-mail: hannahleistle@cmail.carleton.ca
Office hours: TBA
TA: Anna Campbell
E-mail: anna.campbell@cmail.carleton.ca
Office hours: TBA
COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course will use lecture and problem-solving formats with the goal of achieving the following:
1. To learn how to choose appropriate statistics for determining whether the results of an experiment are
due to chance or not.
2. To learn how to calculate both descriptive and inferential statistics.
3. To learn how to interpret the findings of various statistical results.
4. To develop the skills to become critical consumers of research.
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TEXTBOOK
Theoretical content in the textbook is testable on the weekly quizzes. I have specifically designed my exams to
reflect what I teach in class and therefore practice in solving a lot of problems should prepare you well for the
midterms.
Gravetter, F.J. & Wallnau, L.B. (2019) Essentials of statistics for the behavioral sciences (10th ed.). Note that
older editions are acceptable. Some may find they do not need the textbook.
Brightspace
CHECK Brightspace regularly!
Content for each week will be released on Mondays, unless otherwise specified.
This course is supported through the Brightspace website. On this site you will find the course outline, schedule,
several discussion forums (one general and one with TA’s), PowerPoints, updates, quizzes, assignment, grades,
office hours and a variety of other useful links. The discussion forums represent an excellent place to ask
questions of your peers, the instructor, and the TAs, and to share your thoughts on the material, post interesting
and relevant links, arrange study groups, etc. The discussion forums are monitored, and only course related, and
appropriate content is permitted to be posted. You are encouraged to discuss any personal issues/views you
have related to the course and/or your learning directly with the instructor as the discussion boards are not the
forum for this type of discussion.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All teaching and learning activities, including lectures, videos, discussions, presentations etc...by both instructors
and students, are copy protected and remain the intellectual property of their respective author(s). All
materials, including PowerPoint presentations, outlines, and other materials, are also protected by copyright
and remain the intellectual property of their respective author(s). Students registered in this course may take
notes and make copies of course material for their own educational use only. Students are not permitted to
reproduce or distribute lecture notes and course materials publicly for commercial or non-commercial purposes
without express written consent from the copyright holder(s).
EVALUATIONS
Type
% of Grade
Brief Description
25%
Problem solving.
25%
Problem solving.
1 Assignment
Assignment due April 11th
20%
Research problems
WEEKLY QUIZZES (10)
For dates see schedule below
30%
15 Multiple choice questions
Up to 4%
Up to 1%
See Brightspace for details
See Brightspace for details
MIDTERM #1: WEDNESDAY FEB 8th
MIDTERM #2: WEDNESDAY MARCH 22
SONA Bonus Marks
Math review bonus
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Note. All materials from the lectures and assigned readings are examinable. The TA coordinating the midterm
will hold office hours to view midterms and ask questions once the marks have been released. Date and time for
these office hours will be communicated on Brightspace.
Midterms (50%): There are 2 midterms in this course that focus primarily on problem solving. NOTE THAT THEY
ARE ON WEDNESDAYS. You are given 3 hours to write the midterm online (students with PMC will have their
time accommodated). You will be required to solve a specific statistical problem by determining which statistical
procedure to use, completing all the computations, and drawing a conclusion to the problem based on what you
found after completing the computations. This process will be taught and reinforced in class, but I do highly
recommend that you practice it with other problems in the textbook in preparation for exams. The midterms are
NOT cumulative (e.g., midterm 1 covers materials from W-1-4 and midterm 2 covers materials from W-6-10),
although knowledge of previous content is necessary to be successful (e.g., ability to calculate a mean and
measures of variability).
Quizzes (30%): Each week you will be given a quiz to complete on Brightspace. Each quiz can be completed any
time between 8 am on Monday and 11:59 pm the following Sunday (see dates provided on the schedule on
page 5). In other words, you will have the full week to complete your quiz. You will have 1.5 hours to complete
the quiz. Questions are presented 1 at a time and you are not able to scroll forwards or backward therefore
you must make sure you have double checked the question before pressing NEXT (do not flag questions in the
hopes of going back). Once the quiz closes on Sundays, the quiz will then reopen for you to review your results
the next morning at 8 am. You cannot review them before that! Quizzes will cover the material presented the
same week the quiz is made available (e.g., Quiz 1 will cover the material presented in W-1; Quiz 2 will cover W2; Quiz 3 will cover W-3, and so on). Quizzes will focus primarily on theory and do not require extensive
computations (e.g., there is some theory that, when understood, can be applied to numbers without having to
do any computations whatsoever). Quizzes will contain 15 multiple-choice questions that will be drawn from
both the text and material covered in class. There are 10 quizzes worth 30% of your final grade. Your quiz grade
will be based on the highest 9/10. There are no makeups for the quizzes which is why one quiz is permitted to
be dropped. It is encouraged that you familiarize yourself with the material covered in each week’s quiz before
attempting the quiz. Quizzes are to be done individually, not in groups. You can use your notes or the textbook
when you do quizzes. Some advice: attempting to complete quizzes at 9:00 PM on Sundays is tempting fate!
Research has demonstrated that reviewing material on a continuous basis throughout the course results in
higher grades. These quizzes are added to help you to learn on an ongoing basis and thus prepare you better for
midterms.
Assignment (20%)
There will be 1 assignment in this class worth 20%. This assignment will cover all course material including the
material after the second midterm. It is done in lieu of a final exam. It will be released early in the term so that
week by week you can work on it and complete it. There are no excuses for it being late due to the early release
of the assignment.
Participation in Psychological Research (SONA) bonus Marks (4% extra)
All students in this class have the opportunity to receive bonus marks (up to 4%) to increase their final grade by
electing to participate in psychological research conducted by Psychology faculty, or by graduate students under
the supervision of members of the Department. By participating in research, you will be provided with two
benefits. First, you will earn bonus marks, which will be applied to your final grade. Second, you will gain firsthand experience in a variety of research areas and techniques. Another option for raising your grade is to write
a synopsis of research published in a journal. If you are taking more than one course that offers these bonus
marks in the same term, you will need to earn 4% for each course. See Brightspace for all information on SONA.
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Math review bonus mark (up to 1%). There is a quiz on Brightspace for week 1 that allows you to review your
basic math skills. You will earn up to 1% depending on how many you get correct. You can attempt the math
quiz as many times as you would like.
POLICY ON MISSED ASSESSMENTS
Midterm exams: If you miss a midterm exam you must e-mail the TA and myself within 24 hours and include
your name, student ID number, and reason for missing the exam. Makeup exams will only be permitted under
conditions of illness, bereavement, or religion (or at the discretion of the instructor). The midterms will not be
rescheduled due to any other personal conflicts.
Missed Quizzes: There will be no makeup for quizzes that are missed however the quiz with the lowest mark
will be automatically dropped. If you miss one, you will get a 0 and this will be the one that is dropped. Do all
the quizzes in case you are sick later in the term or have to miss one due to any reason. You are given an entire
week to complete the quizzes. Disaster due to procrastination is not a valid reason to request another
opportunity.
Assignment: There are no makeups for the assignment and late penalties of 25% per day apply when due dates
are not met. Assignments are not accepted 4 days after the due date.
POLICY ON SUPPLEMENTAL AND GRADE RAISING EXAMS
Supplemental and Grade-raising examinations are not available in any courses offered in the Faculties of Arts
and Social Sciences. If an assessment is missed, the Department does not support the reweighting of exams
(e.g., offering an exam that is worth 100% of the final grade). See Academic Regulation 2.4 of the current
Calendar.
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CLASS SCHEDULE
Week
Date
Topic/Readings/Quizzes/Assignments/Midterms
W-1
Jan 9
Introduction to the course (do math review on Brightspace for bonus)
Populations/samples; Scales of measurement (Chapter 1)
Quiz #1 (due Jan 15th, 11:59 pm)
W-2
Jan 16
Frequency distributions and central tendency (Chapters 2 & 3)
Quiz #2 (due Jan 22nd, 11:59 pm)
W-3
Jan 23
Variability and Z scores (Chapters 4 & 5)
Quiz #3 (due Jan 29th, 11:59 pm)
W-4
Jan 30
Probability and Hypothesis testing (Chapters 6-8)
Quiz #4 (due Feb 5th, 11:59pm)
W-5
Wednesday,
Feb 8th
W-6
Feb 13
One sample t-tests (Chapter 9)
Quiz #5 (due Feb 19th, 11:59 pm)
W-7
Feb 20
No class- WINTER break
W-8
Feb 27
W-9
March 6
W-10
March 13
W-11
Wednesday,
March 22
W-12
March 27
2 Factor Analysis of Variance (Chapter 13)
Quiz #9 (due April 2nd, 11:59 pm)
W-13
April 3
Pearson Correlation & Regression (Chapters 14) & Chi Square (Chapter 15)
Quiz #10 (due April 9th, 11:59pm)
April 11
Assignment DUE
Midterm #1 OPEN from 8 am until 11:59pm
Independent t-tests (Chapter 10)
Quiz #6 (due March 5th, 11:59 pm)
T-tests for related samples (Chapter 11)
Quiz #7 (due March 12th, 11:59 pm)
One way-Analysis of Variance & Post Hoc testing (Chapter 12)
Quiz #8 (due March 19th, 11:59 pm)
Midterm #2 OPEN from 8 am until 11:59pm
*Note: This schedule is intended to be a guide and may be subject to change (other than the exam dates)
** Modified dates due to break please pay attention!
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Regulations and Information Common to Undergraduate Psychology Courses
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