Quantitative Methods in Psychology (01:830:200)

Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:40 - 8:00 PM, HLL 114

Recitations:

Section 10: Tuesdays, 8:10 - 9:30 PM, SEC 209
Section 11: Wednesdays, 5:00 - 6:20 PM, SEC 209
Section 12: Thursdays, 3:20 - 4:40 PM, LCB 109
Section 13: Thursdays, 5:00 - 6:20 PM, SEC 210

Dr. John Ackroff

ackroff@rci.rutgers.edu

Office: Tillett 613

Phone: (732) 445-2635

Fax: (732) 445-0036

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 1:15 – 2:30, and by appointment

Teaching Assistants

Sections 10 and 13: Azi Grysman (agrysman@rci.rutgers.edu), Office Hours Mondays, 9:30 - 11:30, and by appointment; TIL 407.

Sections 11 and 12: Jason Glushakow (HerkJason@aol.com), Office Hours Tuesdays, 2:00 - 3:30, and by appointment, TIL 515.

Required Course Materials

Karlin, Robert A. Behavioral Statistics in Simple English. 5th Edition - Revision 1

Please make the following corrections to the text.

We will also be using CPS RFclickers from eInstruction.

If you already have one, you can reuse it for this course. You must have the "RF" model, which allows you to enter numbers as well as letters.

Both are available at New Jersey Books, 108 Somerset St.

Copies of the text are on reserve at the Kilmer Area Library.

A middle level scientific calculator (in the $10 - $25 range, with the ability to take square roots, and to square numbers and store them in several registers) would be useful. A more expensive one will not necessarily be better since you will have to show your calculations on exams and homework problems.

Register your clicker:

Go to www.einstruction.com.
Click the "Students" button at the top of the page.
Select "Rutgers University" from the drop-down menu in the right-hand pane, and click on "Choose Site".
Enter your email address.
Turn on your clicker. Your serial number should be displayed for several seconds. Enter it in the appropriate field and click on "Submit".
If you already have a CPS Username and Password, enter them. Otherwise, click on the "Create your account" link and create your account.
Enroll in the course. The Course ID is L46383C481. Please be sure to enter your RUID -- NOT your NetID -- in the "Student ID Number" field. You will be asked for credit card information in order to pay a $15 fee.
You will receive an email that contains, among other things, your "Pad ID". This will allow you to verify that your responses have been received while the questions are being displayed in class.

If you have any problems registering your clicker or enrolling in the course, please contact eInstruction technical support at (888) 333-7532.

Syllabus

The Syllabus contains information about how the course is structured and how various activities contribute toward your grade.

This checklist will help you remember which exercises are due when, and keep track of which ones you've completed.

General Course Information

Copies of the class PowerPoint Presentations will be available here before each class meeting. These presentations are intended to help you follow the structure of the lecture; they are not intended to be a substitute for attending class. Here are some tips on Printing PowerPoint Presentations

Chapter Exams will be available on-line. You can access them using your Rutgers NetID and password at ecollege.rutgers.edu. Alternatively, you may access them via rutgersonline.net; using your NetID and your password which is your date of birth in YYYYMMDD format.

Grades for all course exercises will be posted on the SAS Gradebook.

You are responsible for any announcements I send to the class via email. You may use this link to update the address used for class email.

Walk-in tutoring is available through the Rutgers Learning Centers. Check the schedule to find out where and when.

Exams and Grading

Each exam is given in two parts: a conceptual part, consisting of multiple choice and/or essay questions, and a computational part. You may use your book, notes, and calculator for the computational part, but not for the conceptual part. You may not use any electronic device other than your calculator. You may not use your cell phone calculator.

The first two exams are given during regular class meetings on two nights. The conceptual and computational parts of the final are given during the regularly scheduled final exam, shown on the schedule below.

If you have a schedule conflict with an exam, you may be allowed to take the exam before the scheduled date at the discretion of the instructor. If you miss an exam, you will be allowed to take a make-up exam only if you present a note from your Dean's office verifying that you missed the exam due to an excused absence. This note should also indicate a reasonable time frame in which you will be able to make up the exam. You should give this note to the instructor within 1 week of the scheduled date of the exam. If you have a legitimate conflict for a Wednesday, you must present documentation prior to the exam. If your recitation meets on Thursday, you will take the computational part of the exam during your recitation section the week of the exam. If your recitation meets Tuesday or Wednesday, but you can take the exam during a Thursday recitation, that is when you will take it. If you cannot take it during either of the Thursday recitations, we will arrange an alternate time.

If an exam is cancelled or postponed on the day of the exam, there will be a member of the Psychology Department in the room at the scheduled time to make the announcement. Notices posted on doors or the blackboard are likely to be hoaxes.

Grading is described completely in the Syllabus. All grades will be posted to SAS Gradebook.

Attendance and Correspondence Policies:

Attendance: You should attend all meetings of all of your classes. If you arrive late or must leave before class is over, please sit near a door and try to be as inconspicuous as possible. It is distracting to everyone to have people walking in and out of the classroom during class.

Classes are held according to the schedule below as long as the University is open. If the weather appears to be threatening, you can check the Campus Operating Status here.
Classroom Etiquette: Please turn off all cell phones, etc., before class begins.

If you wish to use a laptop computer to take notes, that is fine. If you wish to use a laptop computer to surf the web, play games, IM your friends, etc., I would suggest you go to the nearest Student Center. This advice also applies to having side discussions with your classmates, reading newspapers, doing puzzles, etc.
Questions: I encourage you to ask questions during class. If something is unclear, or if you have a question related to the material being discussed, please ask your question then. Chances are that some of your classmates would also like some additional discussion of the topic.

Because of schedule-related issues, I prefer not to answer questions before or after class.
Email: I try to answer email promptly. Having said that,
- Please use a Subject that gives me some idea what you are writing about. This is especially important if you send mail from an account other than eden. Mail from sexgoddess@aol.com with a subject of "hello" is likely to be considered spam and deleted unread.
- If you ask me a question whose answer is on the course web page or Syllabus, my reply is likely to say that.
- If you ask me a question about your standing in the course, please include your name and which course and section you are enrolled in.
- Please re-read the section on "Questions" above. I realize that there are times when you are reviewing notes after class and/or before an exam when you will discover that you have a question. But it is in everyone's best interest for you to ask your questions in class, rather than after the fact, if you have a question while class is in session.
- As stated on the course web page, you are responsible for any announcements, etc., I send to the class via email. Emails are sent to the address that appears when your name is entered into "Search People" on the "Search Rutgers" page. There is a link on the course web page that allows you to update this address.

PowerPoint Presentations

I consider the course materials used for lecture content and the course web page to be my personal intellectual property or the intellectual property of other parties, as identified. I view the sale or purchase of these materials as a violation of copyright laws.

Lecture Schedule

Materials from the first parts of the course have been archived.

Date	Lecture	Due	Assignment for next class
Tuesday, Apr 14	No recitation sections this week.
Thursday, Apr 16	Dunnett's t		Read second 11.9 through the end of the chapter.
Tuesday, Apr 21	Tukey's HSD		Read Chapter 13.
Thursday, Apr 23	Statistical assumptions, ordinal data, nominal data, and F_MAX	CPE 11.3 - 11.7	Read Chapter 14.
Tuesday, Apr 28	Chi Square	Chapter 13 CPE.	Review for Final
Thursday, Apr 30	Review for final (cumulative).	Chapter 14 CPE.
Tuesday, May 5	Q&A Review Sessions	SEC 201, 205; 6 PM
Thursday, May 7	Final Exam, 8:00 PM
	Rules for Final Exam Conflicts

Recitation Schedule

NOTE: Recitation sections do not meet until the week of February 2.

Week of	Topic	Chapters
February 2	Basics and the normal curve	Chapters 1 - 3
February 9	z scores, scale scores, standard errors, CIs, and df	Chapters 4, 5
February 16	t scores, df, standard errors, and CIs with t	Chapters 6,7
February 23	Correlation	Chapter 7, 8
March 2	Regression and the null hypothesis	Review Chapters 1 - 8
March 9	No recitations this week.
March 16	Spring Break
March 23	Single factor designs: F tests and the t test	Chapter 9
March 30	Factorial ANOVA	Chapter 10
April 6	No recitation sections this week.
April 13	No recitation sections this week.
April 20	t-tests and F_MAX; Chi square	Chapters 11, 13, and 14
	EXTRA CREDIT DUE THIS RECITATION
April 27	Chi square; review	Chapters 13, 14, and review

Online Exam Schedule

Chapter	Available Online	Corrections Due
1	February 2 - February 16	Recitation 3, week of 2/16
2	February 2 - February 16	Recitation 3, week of 2/16
3	February 2 - February 16	Recitation 3, week of 2/16
4	February 9 - February 23	Recitation 4, week of 2/23
5	February 9 - February 23	Recitation 4, week of 2/23
6	February 9 - February 23	Recitation 4, week of 2/23
7	February 23 - March 2	Recitation 5, week of 3/2
8	February 23 - March 2	Recitation 5, week of 3/2
9	March 9 - March 30	Recitation 7, week of 3/30
10	March 23 - April 6	Turn in at Exam Tuesday night 4/7.
11	No online exam
12	No online exam
13	April 20 - May 4	No corrections allowed
14	April 20 - May 4	No corrections allowed