Educational Psychology 485
Fall 2003
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/edpsy485
Instructor and Office Hours
Jane Loeb
220D Education
Office Hours: After class,
Tues and Thurs 11-1, 333-8529
and by Arrangement
jloeb@uiuc.edu
TA: Hsin-ya Liao
hliao@students.uiuc.edu
Office hours: to be arranged,
held in Stat Lab (260 Ed.)
Text: Elazar J. Pedhazur, 1997. Multiple Regression in Behavioral Research,
Third Edition, Harcourt Brace.
Thursday Aug. 28
Tuesday Sept. 2
Thursday Sept. 4
Tuesday Sept. 9
Thursday Sept. 11
Tuesday Sept. 16
Thursday Sept. 18
Tuesday Sept. 23
Thursday Sept. 25
Tuesday Sept. 30
Thursday. Oct 2
Tuesday Oct. 7
Thursday Oct. 9
Tuesday Oct. 14
Thursday Oct. 16
Tuesday Oct. 21
Thursday Oct. 23
Tuesday Oct. 28
Thursday Oct. 30
Tuesday Nov. 4
Thursday Nov. 6
Tuesday Nov. 11
Thursday Nov. 13
Tuesday Nov. 18
Thursday Nov. 20
Introduction and review of simple correlation.
Chapters 1 and 2
Regression Diagnostics and introduction to SPSS.
Chapters 2, 3, and 4.
Introduction to Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA).
Chapter 5.
MRA via matrix algebra. Appendix A, Chapter 6.
Partial and Semipartial correlation. Chapter 7.
Prediction and Variance Partitioning. Chapters 8 and
9.
Test (through Chapter 7).
Analysis of Effects. Chapter 10.
Categorical Independent Variables. Chapter 11.
Multiple Categorical IVs. Chapter 12.
Test (Chapters 8-12).
Curvilinear Regression (Chapter 13)
Continuous and Categorical IVs: ATI; Comparing
Regression Equations. Chapter 14.
Tuesday Dec. 2
Thursday Dec. 4
Tuesday Dec. 9
Thursday Dec 11
Friday Dec 19
Continuous and Categorical IVs: Analysis of
Covariance. Chapter 15.
Elements of Multilevel Analysis. Chapter 16.
Papers due. Intro. to logistic regression. Chapter 17.
Final Exam (1:30-4:30 pm).
There will be three tests and a paper. The first test will cover the material
discussed in conjunction with the first 7 chapters and the appendix on matrix
algebra. The second will be on chapters 8-12. The final will emphasize the
remainder of the course, but will also have some cumulative aspects. Each test
will contribute 25% to the grade; the paper will count 15%; the remaining 10% will
be based on the homework. I reserve the right to take upward trend into account,
and/or to use + and – grades, if I decide that either of these actions is appropriate
given students' performance.
In the paper, you will describe a research question that can be addressed by
means of the methods described in this course and will provide an analysis of
data addressing your question, focusing on the method, results and
interpretation.
Additional References
General texts (More specialized references will follow as we come to them.)
Jacob Cohen and Patricia Cohen, 1983. Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation
Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition. Lawrence Erlbaum.
William L. Hays, 1994. Statistics, Fifth Edition. Harcourt Brace.
John Neter, William Wasserman and Michael H. Kutner, 1989. Applied Linear
Statistical Models, Second Edition. Irwin.