Instructor: | J. Cooper Cutting |
Office: | De Garmo 421 |
Phone: | 438-2999 |
e-mail: | jccutti@mail.ilstu.edu |
office hours: | MWF 11-12 & 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. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. | Norusis, M. J. (1995). SPSS 6.1 Guide to Data Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. |
Grades by code name.
The lab in room 13A of DeGarmo Hall (Macintosh lab) will be open and staffed at the following times. Please refer to the schedule on the door of 13A until such time as I get all the hours posted here.
Personnel |
Time |
Day |
Joe Montana | Time ?? | Monday |
Michael Jordan | 2-4 | Tuesday |
Tiger Woods | 9-10 | Wednesday |
Wayne Gretzky | 2-4 | Thursday |
Junior Griffey | 10-1 | Friday |
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 |
Homework |
WK1 (Jan. 12, 14) | Introductions Introduction to computers, E-mail & the Internet |
this syllabus | Homework #1 |
WK2 (Jan. 19, 21) | E-mail & the Internet cont. | Homework #2 | |
WK3 (Jan. 26, 28) | MS Word and APA format | Homework #3 | |
WK4 (Feb. 2, 4) | Microsoft Excel | Homework #4 | |
WK5 (Feb. 9, 11) | Microsoft PowerPoint | Homework #5 | |
WK6 (Feb. 16, 18) | Introduction to SPSS |
Chapters 1&2 Chapters 1, 2 or 3 |
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WK7 (Feb. 23, 25) | SPSS: Transforming data | Chapters 3 & 4 Appendix B |
Homework #6 |
WK8 (Mar. 2, 4) | SPSS: Frequencies | Chapters 5 & 6 Chapters 4, 7 |
Homework #7 |
SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK |
WK9 (Mar. 16, 18) | SPSS: Crosstabs and chi-square | Chapter 8 Chapters 8, 17 |
Homework #8 |
WK10 (Mar. 23, 25) | SPSS: Descriptive statistics |
Chapter 7 Chapters 4, 5 |
Homework #9 |
WK11 (Mar. 30, April 1 | SPSS: Comparing means - t-tests | Chapter 11 Chapters 12, 13, & 14 |
Homework #10 |
WK13 (Apr. 6, 8) | SPSS: Comparing means - one-way ANOVAs | Chapter 12 Chapter 15 |
Homework #11 |
WK14 (Apr. 13, 15) | SPSS: Two-way ANOVAs and plotting interactions | Chapter 13 Chapter 16, Appendix A |
Homework #12 |
WK15 (Apr. 20, 22) | SPSS: Correlation and regression | Chapter 15 Chapter 20 |
Homework #13 |
WK16 (Apr. 27, 29) | Present Project Proposals | Project Proposals Due |
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Finals Week |
TAKE HOME FINAL EXAM DUE
Monday May 3 @ 5 PM |
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