Psychology 300
Analysis and Interpretation of Psychological Data
Labs 205 & 206
TA: Catherine Ayers
E-mail: cayers@gmu.edu
Office Hours: Lab 205 Wednesday 5:30-6:00 Thompson 222
Lab 206 Wednesday 10:00-10:30, Thompson 222
Text: Heiman, G.W. (2000). Basic statistics for the behavioral sciences (Third Edition).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Brief Overview: The purpose of Psychology 300 lab is to reinforce what you have
learned in lecture. This lab allows you the opportunity to practice the material you have
learned and ask questions. To make best use of the lab, please come to class prepared.
Grading Policies: Your lab grade will make up 20% of your entire grade
for Psychology 300.
Quizzes: You will be given a quiz each week in lab except in labs after exams.
There will be a total of 7 quizzes. You may drop the lowest two quiz grades
In-class exercises: There will be a total of 10 in-class exercises. You may drop
two in-class exercise grades. The exercises are due at the end of class each week.
Homework Assignments: You will be given a total of 9 homework assignments
a week before they are due. Assignments are due at the beginning of class each week.
You may drop the two lowest grades.
Grade Breakdown: (after dropping 2 lowest grades)
5 quizzes
8 points each
8 in-class exercises
3 points each
7 homework assignments
5 points each
40 points total
24 points total
35 points total
+ 1 bonus point
100 points
Make-up Policy:
There are NO make-ups. Therefore, try to be in class each week. Please don't feel that you
can miss two classes of your choice because you can drop the two lowest grades! An
unexpected event(s) may not allow you to make it to class.
Honor Code:
Any honor code violation related to exams and/or quizzes will result in failure of the
course and the submittal of formal report to the university.
Lab Schedule
Date
Topic
I Lab Acti\-itics
1,~24
Introduction. Statistics al-id the research
process (Heiman. Ch. I & 2)
-introduction
-in-cliss exercise
-Oive hni\N-k 41
1 ~31
Frequenc.~,- Distributions and Percentiles
(Heiman., Ch 3)
/'7
NleasLires of Central Tendency (Heimai-i,
Ch 4)
1.~
2/114
Iv-teasures of Variabilit-,, and z- Score
transformations and the Normal Curve
Model
2/19
EXA'-%4 I
-revlc\,,7 lunwk -'I
-quiz 41
-in-class exercise
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quiz
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-re-,-Ie\\- 1-~mwk
take quiz
--in-class exercise
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Chapter;-, 1-5
Liner Regression and Predictinbrietl-,- re,,-ie,,\Variabilit%,
-in-cla~--~ -xercise
-cri-,-e hm,,\ k 4--;
/7
3,/14
I
No Lab C~.' S PRI',,, G BREAK
Re,,,ie\,N-
,)/19 Exam
')/28 Over-~,-Ie,,\- of Statistical tln,pothesis
Testing. Z-test (Heiiiian., Ch 10),
4
i -gl\,e ta.~,,.,-nollle qtllz ~4.
-brietln- re-,,ieA- hm-,N-k 4-~
-in-cla---~-7 exercise
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Chapters 6-8
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-gi~-e quiz 95
-in-cla-~s exercise
-gin,e 1-mawk -7
4/4 Si~~iilficiiice Testliia of a Single Sample
i ',Ivlean or a Correlation Coefficient: The ttest (Ileiniai-1. Ch 11) & Significance
Testing of T\N-o Simple Means: The t-test
(Heiman. Cli I'~?)
4/9 Exam 3
1 4/11
Introduction to AN'OVA
4/18 One-N~-aN, Anal\,sls of Variance
Chapters 9-11
-briefl-,- linaak 47
-in-cla'ss exercise
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-reN7ie\~- hm,,vk 98
quiz
in-class exercise
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