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Psychology 2102 is a statistics course for psychology students, taught by Dr. Başak Şahin-Acar, focusing on statistical procedures and SPSS usage. The course includes lectures, labs, and assignments, with a grading structure of 60% for assignments, 35% for lab attendance and exams, and 5% for research participation. Students are expected to adhere to academic integrity and check the Odtuclass platform for course materials and announcements.

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BSA Syllabus Stats Fall22

Psychology 2102 is a statistics course for psychology students, taught by Dr. Başak Şahin-Acar, focusing on statistical procedures and SPSS usage. The course includes lectures, labs, and assignments, with a grading structure of 60% for assignments, 35% for lab attendance and exams, and 5% for research participation. Students are expected to adhere to academic integrity and check the Odtuclass platform for course materials and announcements.

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Psychology 2102: Statistics for Psychology

Fall 2022

Instructor : Başak Şahin-Acar, Ph.D.


Office Room# : B-226
Office phone : (312) 210- 5109
E-mail : [email protected]
Office hours : Thu 1.00- 2.00 p.m., or by appointment
Teaching Assistants : Aysu Alkış ([email protected]), Betül Abut ([email protected]),
Nilsu Tosun-Borhan ([email protected]), Hilal Ersoy ([email protected]), Şüheda
Kurt ([email protected])

Course Meetings:
Lectures: Wednesdays 8.40 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. at YP-A4 (Yüksel Proje)
Labs: Thursdays 12.40-16.30 at G-106 (also online via Zoom; the link will be uploaded on
Odtuclass)

Course Description & Objectives


The main objectives of Psy 2102 include to:
• Obtain a perspective about the common statistical procedures in psychological science.
• Develop an understanding about how to use SPSS by the hands-on practices in lab hours.
This course includes three hours of lecture and a lab hour, which might seem to be a lot of work;
yet, it provides a unique opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding about the course
material. You are expected to have a good understanding about the basic statistical concepts by
the end of the semester.

Course Material:
Moore, D.S. (2010). Essential Statistics, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, NY.
ISBN: 1429234466

Supplemental Reading:
Aron, A., Aron, E. N., & Coups, E. (2013). Statistics for Psychology (International 6th ed.)
Pearson.

Grading, Evaluation and Responsibilities

METU Class & Turnitin


One of your responsibilities in this course is making sure that you have access to
Odtuclass. I will use Odtuclass frequently to post announcements, instructions on assignments,
and other course-related materials. It is your responsibility to check your Odtuclass account in
order to follow the instructions on class work.

Time-sensitive Take-home Assignments (60%):


There will be 4 assignment and no exams. The assignment questions will consist of the
material covered in the lectures, including class demonstrations, activities, and videos.
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Assignment grades will be posted on Odtuclass. These assignments constitute 60% of your total
grade. You will be given each take-home assignment on the dates given at the very end of the
syllabus, and will have a specific deadline. You are expected to upload your assignments to a
Turnitin link given in the Odtuclass. If you miss the deadline for these assignments, you will lose
one point per each minute that you are late (e.g. if the deadline is on 3 pm and you submit on
3.05, you’ll be evaluated out of 10 instead of 15 points). So, please plan ahead and use your time
wisely!There will be no make-up assignments, unless you have a legitimate reason, which
does not include oversleeping or forgetfulness.

Lab Attendance (Online or face to face) & Lab Exam (20% + 15%):
Through labs in this course, you will find the opportunity to apply what you learn in
lectures by learning how to use SPSS and interpret the outputs. Lab attendance is an important
part of this course, and attendance will be randomly taken at 5 different times, and through the
assignments in the lab. At the end of the semester, there will be a “Lab Exam” that you will be
responsible of everything that was covered throughout the semester.

SONA Studies (5%)


5% of your overall grade is through participating as a participant in the research that is
conducted by fellow researchers in Psychology Department. You can get up to 5 points from
research participation. SONA is a research sign-up system for students to get bonus points for
their courses. If you already have a SONA account, please feel free to participate the available
studies. If you don't have an account, visit "https://metu-tr.sona-systems.com" and request an
account. Then read Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) before starting to use the system. If you
encounter a problem, please feel free to contact SONA Moderator via
[email protected].
Foreign students as participants? For the compensation, please contact me at the end of the
semester so that I can plan the compensation activities in advance.

Academic Integrity:
Every student is expected to abide by the METU honor code. http://ueam.metu.edu.tr/odtu-
ueamnin-amaclari

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Tentative Class Schedule
Note that the emphasis is on tentative. The following schedule and content may change
depending on the progress we make throughout the semester. If we can finish covering these
topics, we will continue with nonparametric tests.
Date (Month/Day) Topic Assignment Due/ Exams

Wednesday Oct 05 Introduction & Course Overview

Wednesday Oct 12 Central Tendency and Variability

Wednesday Oct 19 Describing Distributions

Wednesday Oct 26 Frequency Tables


Take-home Assignment 1
Wednesday Nov 02 Inferential Statistics

Wednesday Nov 09 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

Wednesday Nov 16 Z-Test

Wednesday Nov 23 Statistical Significance Take-home Assignment 2

Wednesday Nov 30 T-Tests

Wednesday Dec 07 One-Sample T-Test

Wednesday Dec 14 Independent Samples T-Test Take-home Assignment 3

Wednesday Dec 21 Analysis of Variance

Wednesday Dec 28 Correlation

Wednesday Jan 04 Regression Take-home Assignment 4

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Grading
Number of Points per Total % of Final
Criteria Assignments Assignment Points Grade
Assignments 4 15 60 60%
Lab Attendance + 5+1 (4 x 5) + 15 35 35%
Lab Exam
SONA x X 5 5%
Total 18 100 100%

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