Instructor: | J. Cooper Cutting |
Office: | De Garmo 421 |
Phone: | 438-2999 |
e-mail: | psych345@hotmail.com |
office hours: | Mon. 11-12, Tue. 1-2 & by appointment |
Where and When?
Course Description & Objective.
Course Requirements.
Class Policies
Required | Optional |
George, D. & Mallery, P. (1999). SPSS for Windows step by step: A simple guide and reference (2nd Ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. | Norusis, M. J. (1995). SPSS 6.1 Guide to Data Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. |
Other labs on campus are open at various times, including Stevenson 250, Milner Library 213B, and Shroeder Hall 344.
Class Dates | Tentative topic calendar | George & Mallery Norusis |
Labs & Homework |
WK1 (Jan. 18, 20) | Introductions Introduction to computers, E-mail & the Internet |
this syllabus | Homework #1 |
WK2 (Jan. 25, 27) | E-mail & the Internet cont. | Internet lab Homework #2 |
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WK3 (Feb. 1, 3) | MS Word and APA format | Word and APA style Lab Homework #3 |
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WK4 (Feb. 8, 10) | Microsoft Excel | Excel Lab Homework #4 |
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WK5 (Feb. 15, 17) | Microsoft PowerPoint | Power Point Lab Homework #5 |
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WK6 (Feb. 22, 24) | Introduction to SPSS |
Chapters 1&2 Chapters 1, 2 or 3 |
SPSS Lab 1 |
WK7 (Feb. 28 & Mar. 2) | SPSS: Transforming data | Chapters 3 & 4 Appendix B |
SPSS Lab 2 Homework #6 |
WK8 (Mar. 7, 9) | SPSS: Frequencies | Chapters 5 & 6 Chapters 4, 7 |
SPSS Lab 3 Homework #7 |
SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK |
WK9 (Mar. 21, 23) | SPSS: Crosstabs and chi-square | Chapter 8 Chapters 8, 17 |
SPSS Lab 4 Homework #8 |
WK10 (Mar. 28, 30) | SPSS: Descriptive statistics |
Chapter 7 Chapters 4, 5 |
SPSS Lab 5 Homework #9 |
WK11 (Apr. 4, 6 | SPSS: Comparing means - t-tests | Chapter 11 Chapters 12, 13, & 14 |
SPSS Lab 6 Homework #10 |
WK12 (Apr. 11, 13) | SPSS: Comparing means - one-way ANOVAs | Chapter 12 Chapter 15 |
SPSS Lab 7 Homework #11 |
WK13 (Apr. 18, 20) | SPSS: Two-way ANOVAs and plotting interactions | Chapter 13 Chapter 16, Appendix A |
SPSS Lab 8 Homework #12 |
WK14 (Apr. 25, 27) | SPSS: Correlation and regression | Chapter 15 Chapter 20 |
SPSS Lab 9 Homework #13 |
WK15 (May 2, 4) | Present Project Proposals | Project Proposals Due | |
Finals Week |
TAKE HOME FINAL EXAM DUE FinalExam.sav Thursday May 11 @ 4:30 PM |
Additional ResourcesSome brief SPSS how-to's Web Resouces Search engines
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