PSYCHOLOGY 300
Analysis and Interpretation of Psychological Data
Lab Syllabus – Spring 2004
Lab Instructor: Sara Lambert
E-mail: (this will be the best way to reach me)
Office Hour: Wednesday 12:30-1:30
David King Hall 2068
Required Text: Statistics Unplugged, (2004)
The lab component to Psychology 300 is meant to reinforce the material covered in lectures. Through homework, quizzes and in-class assignments, you will begin to apply the statistics you learn in lectures. The activities that take place in lab will be on material covered the prior week in lecture.
Course Information and Grading Guidelines:
- Each lab there will be a quiz on material covered in lecture and the homework that was assigned in the previous lab. You will not be allowed to make up missed quizzes. In total, you will take 10 quizzes. To allow for sickness and other important matters, each student’s lowest quiz grade will be dropped. Your quiz grade average will account for 225 total pointsof your lab grade.
- Homework completion will account for 65 total pointsof your lab grade. I realize that homework is a chance to practice material and will not count wrong answers against you. There will be a total of 13 assignments, worth 5 points apiece. If no homework is turned in you will receive 0, for partial completion of assignment you will receive 2-3 points and for a full effort you will gain the full 5 points. It will be due at the beginning of each class, and no late assignments will be taken.
- In class activities will be worth 50 total pointsof your lab grade. You may work in small groups or as an individual, which ever works best for you. For ease of grading, please ensure the name of each member of your group present during that lab is on the paper turned in! The in-class assignments will be graded similarly to the homework, on a 5-point scale. There will be a total of 10 assignments given. If you have previous knowledge that you will miss a class, you must contact me to get the in-class assignment and permission to turn it in later.
- HONOR CODE: All provisions of the GMU Honor Code will be followed in this class, and these are detailed in the university catalog.
- There will be a few classes when we will use SPSS (Statistical Program for Social Sciences). The lab activity on these days will include some SPSS material.
- In total there will be 340 points to gain by participating in lab and by doing the homework assignments. Your total points will be divided by 340 to get your percentage, which will be multiplied by the 25 points available for your Psych 300 grade. (For example, 315 points/340 or 92.6% times 25 = 23.15, which will be added to Dr. Hurley’s points in the course).
Date / Activities / In class Assg. & quiz based on chapters: / Homework based on:
1/21 / Introduction, Go over Syllabus, assign HW1
1/28 / Review HW1
In class assignment 1
Quiz on Chapter 1 / Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 (Frequency Distribution)
2/4 / Review HW2
In class assignment 2
Quiz on Chapter 2(Freq. Dist) / Chapter 2 (Frequency Distribution) / Chapter 2 (Central Tendency)
2/11 / Review HW3
In class assignment 3
Quiz on Chapter 2(Cent. Ten) / Chapter 2 (Central Tendency) / Chapter 2 (Variability)
2/18 /
Exam 1
(HW 4 due before exam) / Chapter 3 & 4(z-scores)
2/25 / Review HW 5
In class assignment 4
*SPSS MATERIAL
Quiz on z-scores / Chapter 3 & 4(z-scores) / Chapter 12 (correlation)
3/3 / Review HW 6
In class assignment 5
Quiz on Chap 12 (correlation) / Chapter 12 (correlation) / Chapter 12 (Regression)
3/10 / Spring break!
3/17 /
Exam 2
(HW 7 due before exam) / Chapter 5 (sampling)3/24 / Review HW 8
In class assignment 6
Quiz on Chapter 5 (sampling) / Chapter 5 (sampling) / Chapter 7 & 9
(Hypothesis testing)
3/31 / Review HW 9
In class assignment 7
Quiz on Chap. 7 &9 (hyp.test) / Chapter 7 & 9
(Hypothesis testing) / Chapter 7
(single sample t-test)
4/7 /
Exam 3
(HW 10 due before exam) / Chapter 8(2 sample t-test)
4/14 / Review HW 11
In class assignment 8(*SPSS)
Quiz on Chap. 8 (2 sample t) / Chapter 8
(2 sample t-test) / Chapter 10
(one-way ANOVA)
4/21 / Review HW 12
In class assignment 9
Quiz on Chapter 10
(one-way ANOVA) / Chapter 10
(one-way ANOVA) / 2-way ANOVA
4/26 / Review HW 13
In class assignment 10
Quiz on 2-way ANOVA / 2-way ANOVA / No assignment
*Syllabus is subject to change