| HOMEWORK (label it Day1) --Leave under my door, Mac 102: Pretest and Student questionnaire, if not finished in class today. --Activstats--Getting Started, do front page. Three Activstats disks are on reserve in Long Library, if you don't have your own yet. Do Ch. 1, Introduction Do Ch. 2, Data & Measurement: Do the Circle Experiment, p. 2-3 top in Generic(IntroStats) version, 2-2 top in SPSS version; and save your results as instructed in the Experiment. ("Looking at your data" in Activstats / learning about SPSS or DataDesk is optional.) Remember, variables hold measured information on individual cases. In this dataset we measured: Variables: * the time between mouse clicks (time) * the size of the circle (size) * the distance between the circles (distance) * by how much you missed the center of the circle (missBy) * whether the trial was for your right or left hand (hand) * the color of the cirle recorded in text (color) * and as an index number (color Index) * the distance in the x direction between the two circles (dX) *the distance in the y direction between the two circles (dY). Hand in: B) Which (of the above) are quantitative, which categorical ? A) Bring Circle data to class & be prepared to discuss: What questions could we ask about your performance? |
Syllabus, class mechanics, links
from main page
Handouts:
Syllabus,
Activstats
Pretest, Student questionnaire
(Return when finished)
Data collection: Class year, height, hair color, shoe size, heart
rate
(pulse). Pick a card. Record on questionnaire.
Data: Information (usually numbers)
in context:
Who (& how many), What (is measured.
Units), When and Where?
Why? How?
Variable (possible values), individuals (cases)
Categorical (can be
ordinal--has
natural order, or not) or Quantitative (can add,
average)
Intro Stats Text &
Activstats (Generic) or for SPSS (bundled) Prof.
Velleman's
life
work.
Intro Stats:
I really like the philosophy of this text. As a first edition,
there are still a few bugs left; don't be afraid to disagree with the
author or the solutions manual. Close reading,
back-and-forth. "Key concepts" = glossary. Bookmark and use
as you read.
Activstats
goes through the concepts one by one,
with an activity, exercises, self-tests. You can stop, start,
repeat
as often as you like. Eliminates the "I dropped my pencil and
missed
3 definitions" problem with lectures, also class diversity problem.
SPSS vs. DataDesk: Statistical Packages...
SPSS is research-level
package standardized on by social sciences. We will learn how to
use (some of) it this term.
DataDesk (student
version) comes with Activstats bound in book. Has a powerful set of
tools for
manipulating and visualizing data, as well as doing standard
statistics. Learning it is optional. (But if
you learn 2 stats packages, the next will be easy!)
Take notes! (Book and disk.).
Questions? (answers) More than once through!
Long-term memory--repetition at intervals, several senses
(write it down).
Outline (for final!)
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