Syllabus:

EDMS 645

Instructor Melissa Fein, Ph.D., M.A., M.P.S.,CPC Email: mel@transtalent.com Class materials: ResearchMethods645.blogspot.com Required Textbook Hinkle, D.E., Wiersma, W., & Jurs, S.G. (2003). Applied Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Fifth Edition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Course Description This is an introductory course in research methods covering research design, descriptive statistics and inferential data analysis (specific topics are listed below). Competency in high school algebra is a prerequisite. The assignments for this course are designed for use with SPSS software, which is available for use in the USG computer laboratory. The full set of learning objectives along with an expanded version of the syllabus are listed on the class materials website. Course Topics and Readings Topics Research Methods Descriptive Statistics Normal Distribution Sampling, Probability and Sampling Distributions Hypothesis Testing (Conceptual) Type I and Type II Error Power Test of the Mean One-sample t-test Two-sample independent groups Two-sample dependent groups Correlation Simple Linear Regression Chi-square tests for nominal data Readings Hinkle Ch. Hinkle Ch. Hinkle Ch. Hinkle Ch.

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Hinkle Ch. 8 & 13 Hinkle Ch. 10, 11 & 12

Hinkle Ch. 5 Hinkle Ch. 6 Hinkle Ch. 21

Course Grades Grades will be comprised of a weighted average according to the following scheme: Midterm exam 25% Final exam 25% Homework 25% Article reviews 10% Participation 10% Additional assignment(s) 5%