Lecture 01:Syllabus

Statistics for Psychology

David Wallace Croft

2005 May 16 Mon

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Outline

• Introductions• Textbook• Website• Mailing List• Grading• Schedule• Experimental Credits• Survey

Introductions

• David Wallace Croft– Instructor– M.Sc. ACN, UTD (2005)

• Perwaiz Ismaili– Teaching Assistant– Grade Quizzes and Exams

• Students

Textbook

• Statistics for Psychology

• Arthur Aron and Elaine N. Aron

• Third Edition

• Web Chapters– http://prenhall.com/aron/

• Optional Study Guide

Website

• Syllabus and Lecture Slides– http://croftsoft.com/library/courses/statistics/

Mailing List

• Announcements and Discussion– http://egroups.com/group/utd-statistics

Grading

• 20% pre-lecture quizzes (20 @ 1% each)– 1% for correct answer– 0.5% for incorrect answer– 0% for absent or late

• 80% exams (8 @ 10% each)– Homework will help on exam

• Graded on the Curve– A-/B+ split at mean– See Chapter 2

Schedule

• 21 Lectures

• 17 Chapters

• 3 Web Chapters

• 2 Holidays

• 8 Exams

• 8th Exam During Finals Week

• Makeups After 8th Exam

Experimental Credits

• Required to Complete Course

Survey

• Used as Example Data

Next Class

• Wednesday (2 days)

• Chapter 1– Displaying the Order in a Group of Numbers– Read Chapter 1 Before Class

• Pre-Lecture Quiz– Starts at 09:00– Ends at 09:02

Questions

• Questions for Class?

• Post to e-mail list unless personal