Spring 2014 University of California, Berkeley Lectures: Tu-Th 11-12:30; 245 Li Ka Shing

Psychology 101: Research and Data Analysis in Psychology

Instructor: Arthur Aron (Tolman 3435; [email protected]) Office hours: Tuesdays 10-11 and by appointment GSIs: Chris Adalio: Sections 109(F 11-1) & 110(F 1-3); [email protected]; Office: Tolman 3336; hrs F 10-11 Dyan Connelly: Sections 101(M 10-12)&102(M 12-2); [email protected]; Office: Tolman3336; hrsTu12:30-1:30 Joshua Peterson: Sections 105 (W 9-11)) & 108 (W 3-5); [email protected]; Office: Tolman 3336; hrs M9:30-10:30 Zi Sim: Sections 103 (Tu 1-3) & 106 (W 11-1); [email protected]; Office:1116 Tolman; hrs M 11-12 Kelly Street: Sections 104 (Tu 3-5) & 107 (W 1-3); [email protected]; Office: 111 Havland Hall; hrs W 10-11

SYLLABUS
In this course you should gain the following: 1. The ability to understand and explain to others the statistical analyses in reports of psychological research 2. Preparation for more advanced courses in statistical methods 3. The ability to identify and carry out the appropriate statistical procedures for many basic research situations 4. Familiarity with using software commonly employed by researchers for statistical analyses 5. Basic understanding of logic of designing and interpreting research in psychology 6. Further development of your quantitative and analytic thinking skills Methods of learning: 1. Reading the assigned material, which includes following the numeric examples closely and writing down questions about anything not entirely clear to you. Reading statistics requires intense study and re-reading, not just reading through once as you might an ordinary textbook. You will also find it very helpful to work the How Are You Doing? problems as you complete each section. 2. Completing the assigned practice problems (and turning them in on time). Statistics is a skillit is necessary to do statistics, not just read and understand. 3. Attending lectures, listening attentively, asking questions. Be sure to have done the reading first. Dont fall behind! 4. Participating in weekly sessions to ingrain and deepen your basic understanding and to learn and practice how researchers actually conduct analyses using standard software. (Allow time and energy for this: This may be especially demanding for those not familiar with programming.) 5. Studying for, taking, and reviewing answers for exams. Text: Aron, A., Coups, E. J., & Aron, E. N. (2013). Statistics for psychology, 6th edition. Boston: Pearson. Basis of evaluation: 1. Exams (5 exams--lowest of first four dropped--possible 100 points each) 2. Assignments (18 class assignments and 10 Section assignments, possible 20 points each; 4 points off up to one class/section late; 8 points off if more than one class or section day late. Zero points for any assignment not completed by first exam after assignments due date) 3.RPP: Credit for participation in experiments: 17 pts per unit participation, up to 3 units) 4.Grades: A+ = 980-1011; A= 925-979, A- = 900-924, B+ = 875-899; B = 825-874; B- = 800-824; C+ = 760-799; C = 700-759; C- = 650-699; D+ = 625-649; D = 600-624; D- = 550-599

NOTE: We cannot accept extra credit or make any special arrangements regarding grades or adjust grades due to special circumstances of any kind. Please do NOT ask for any adjustments to your grade (other than for errors).

PSYCHOLOGY 101 SYLLABUS About exams:

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1. Each of the five exams will cover only the material since the last exam (except to the extent that the previous material is necessary for understanding the new material). 2 There will be NO make up exams, no early exams, and no later exams. A missed exam counts as a zero. 3. We will drop your lowest score on the first four exams; the last exam cannot be dropped (and if missed, counts as a zero). If religious holidays or other accommodations require missing more than one exam or require missing the last exam, your GSI must be notified at least 2 weeks in advance. (In the case of an unexpected medical problem, it must be verified with a written medical note confirmed by the GSI calling the physician). About assignments: 1. Class assignments are due at 11:10 turned in at the classroom (or in advance by slipping under the door of 3435 Tolman before 10:45am on the due date, with a note included with the name of your Section GSI ). 2. Class assignments should be hand written, neatly, with all pages stapled (not paper clipped) together. 3. Show your work (when working a problem involving formulas, at the minimum show each complete formula in its basic form filled in with numbers, at least one intermediate step, and the final answer). 4. When writing an essay, you should not use the exact wording in the answers at the back of the text. 5. Class assignments are due at 11:10 (even a minute late is late!); 4 points are deducted if your assignment is between one minute late and the start of the next class after it is due; 8 points are deducted if later than that. If not completed by the start of the next exam, you receive 0 points for that assignment. 6. You are allowed a total, over the entire semester, of four late class assignments without penalty. (This is for assignments turned in late, but before the next exam after they are due.) 7. All class (and section) assignments due on dates before an exam must be completed by start of that exam. 8. You are encouraged to complete most section assignments during the section If turned in after, they are due by the date shown on the syllabuswhich is sometimes your next section, sometimes the start of an exam. Knowledge of mathematics: The course does not emphasize mathematics. There will be many calculations, but these require nothing more than elementary high-school algebra. The emphasis, instead, is on understanding the LOGIC of the statistical methods. The most important part of most class assignments will be a problem in which you use a statistical procedure to analyze the results of a study and then write an essay explaining what you have done to someone who has no knowledge of statistics. And the most important part of each exam will be showing you understand the logic of the procedure we have covered. Calculators: We strongly encourage you to use a hand calculator for assignments, and we will permit simple hand calculators during tests (but not phones, tablets, laptops, etc). We suggest a calculator because we prefer you spend your time developing an understanding of concepts rather than adding and dividing. An inexpensive calculator that adds, subtracts, divides, multiplies, and takes square roots is all you need. You must show your work on all assignments and exams, thus calculators that do statistical calculations will be little help (they could even hurtsometimes the way they compute things is different from the method you will use). You may not use calculators with text on any exam. Grading and Appeals Policy: If you have questions about the grading of an exam, first see you GSI during his or her office hours or by appointment before the next exam. (Questions about exam grades will not be considered after the next exam.) Please see the instructor only AFTER you have first discussed the matter with your GSI.

PSYCHOLOGY 101 SYLLABUS Date Day Topic

-3Reading in Text Syl, Intro, Ch 1: 1-10 Ch 1: 10-25 Ch 2: 34-60 Ch 3: 68-103

A. Aron - Spring, 2014 Assignment Due

TENTATIVE Schedule (Students are responsible to check bspace.berkeley.edu for updates) Part I: The Basics 1/21 Tues Some Basics and Frequency Tables 1/23 Thurs Describing a Distribution Graphically Section mtg 1 (1/24-1/29) 1/28 Tues Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation 1/30 Thurs Some Key Ingredients for Inferential Stats Section mtg 2 (1/31-2/5) 2/4 Tues Review 2/6 Thurs First Exam Part II: The Logic of Hypothesis Testing 2/11 Tues Introduction to Hypothesis Testing 2/13 Thurs Directional Tests and Decision Errors Section mtg 3 (2/10, 2/14, 2/18, 2/19) 2/18 Tues Hypothesis Tests with Means of Samples 2/20 Thurs Effect Size and Statistical Power Section mtg 4 (2/21-2/26) 2/25 Tues Review 2/27 Thurs Second Exam

A:Ch 1: 1,2,4,6,10+special B:Ch 2: 1,2,5,8 Sec-1* C:Ch 3: 1,4,5,6,7,8,11,12 Sec-2** (&A-C if not yet in)

Ch 4: 108-120 Ch 4: 120-133 Ch 5: 139-58,165-9 Ch 6: 177-214,217-9

D:Ch 4: 3abc,4ACE,6 W-1 E:Ch 4: 3d,4BD,8a,9 F: Ch 5: 1,2,3,6ab,8abc Sec-3 G:Ch 6: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10 Sec-4** (&D-G if not yet in)

Part III: The t Test and Alternatives when Assumptions are Not Met 3/4 Tues One-Sample t Test Ch 7: 226-240 3/6 Thurs Dependent Means t Test Ch 7: 240-263 H:Ch 7: 1,2ab,3 Section mtg 5 (3/7-3/12) 3/11 Tues Independent Means t Test Ch 8: 275-304 I:Ch 7: 4,5,6ab,7,8,9 3/13 Thurs Data Transformations & Rank-Order Tests Ch 14: 585-605 J:Ch 8: 1,2,3,4,7a,8,10 Section mtg 6 (3/14-3/19) Sec-5 3/18 Tues Review K:Ch 14: 1,4,11a,12 3/20 Thurs Third Exam Sec-6** (&H-K if not yet in) ******************** SPRING BREAK ****************************************************** Part IV: The Analysis of Variance 4/1 Tues One-Way Analysis of Variance I Section mtg 7 (4/1-4/7) 4/3 Thurs One-Way Analysis of Variance II 4/8 Tues Factorial Designs & Interaction Effects Section mtg 8 (4/8-4/14) 4/10 Thurs Review 4/15 Tues Fourth Exam Ch 9: 316-337 Ch 9: 337-51, 357-63 L:Ch 9: 1,2ab,3abd Ch 10:377-401, 417-9 M:Ch 9: 3cefg,,6,7,8,9 Sec-7 N:Ch 10: 1,2,3,4 Sec-8** (&L-N if not yet in)

Part V: Correlation and Nonparametric Tests 4/17 Thurs Scatter Diagrams & Patterns of Association Ch 11: 439- 450 4/22 Tues The Correlation Coefficient Ch 11: 451-480 Section mtg 9 (4/22-4/28) 4/24 Thurs Introduction to Regression Analysis Ch 12:493-509,524-8 4/29 Tues Chi-Square Tests Ch 13: 542-573 Section mtg 10 (4/29-5/5) 5/1 Thurs Review 5/15 Thurs Fifth Exam 9-11am (during Finals period)

O:Ch 11: 1,2ab,3ab,4ab P:Ch 11: 1,2cdef,3cdf,4cd,7,8 Q:Ch 12: 2,3,4abcd,6abcdeg Sec-9 R:Ch13:1,2a,3,5abc,6,8ab, Sec-10 (&N-R if not yet in)

* Assignments Sec-1 to Sec-10 to be assigned and turned in at Sections (most completed during sections) ** This assignment (if not completed during Section or brought to GSI early, should be turned in at start of exam)

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RESEARCH PARTICIPATION Our class will participate in the Research Participation Program (RPP). For 3 hours of research participation, you will receive 3 RPP credits. Your participation counts for approximately 5% of your grade. To learn how to create an RPP account and start participating in experiments, please go to the following link: http://psychology.berkeley.edu/undergraduateprogram/research-participation-program and click on "Important Information for Students." If you have any questions, please contact RPP at [email protected]. Students with Disabilities If you are a student who needs academic accommodations or support because of a documented disability, you should contact me and provide copies of your documentation within 2 weeks of the start of the semester. This will allow us to make the appropriate arrangements. All discussions will remain confidential. The Disabled Students' Program (DSP) is the campus office responsible for verifying that students have disability-related needs for academic accommodations and for planning appropriate accommodations, in cooperation with the students themselves and their instructors. Students who need academic accommodations should request them from DSP: 230 Csar Chvez Student Center, 642-0518 (voice) and 642-6376 (TTY). Academic Integrity Both the University and your instructor take academic honesty very seriously. Cheating on an exam or assignment will have very serious consequences for this course and will be reported to the Psychology Department and University.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT A (due 11:10 am, Tuesday, January 28)
Remember - The entire homework assignment should be neatly hand written. - All pages should be stapled (not paper clipped) together with your name on each page. However, for this assignment only, Part II should be on a separate page (with your name on it). - When writing an essay, do not use the exact wording in the answers at the back of the text. - The way to learn the most is to answer the problem first, then look up the answer at the back of the book. If your answer is not correct, rework it until it is! Part I. Complete Chapter 1 problems 1, 2, 4, 6 and 10. Part II. On a separate piece of paper, put at the top of the page your name and your email address where you can be reached most easily, then copy by hand, exactly, all the material in the box below in neat handwriting. Some syllabus points: 1. Course goals: Able to understand and explain stats used in psych research, prepared for any advanced stats courses, able to do basic stats, familiar with standard stats software, basic understanding of research methods, and development of quantitative and analytic thinking skills. 2. Students are responsible for knowing entire syllabus (& updates on bspace), not just this summary. 3. No extra credit, no adjustments to grades due to special circumstances of any kind. 4. Exams are Thurs 2/6, 2/27, & 3/20 (Thurs before spring break), Tues 4/15, and Thurs 5/15 (9-11am, finals period). No make up, early, or late exams. Grade for missed exam = 0. (The lowest grade on the first four exams will be dropped; the last exam cannot be dropped) 5. Class assignments due at 11:10; if 1 min late up to one class late, 4 points off; 8 points off for later (but before next exam). 6. All assignments (class and section) due before an exam must be turned in by start of that exam; after that, those assignments are given a zero and not accepted. 7. Special arrangements for disabilities (or other issues) must be made in advance.