C.V.,Background, & My Research

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Psy 131
(Social Psych)
Last Taught S06
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Psy 138 (Stat 1)
Last taught S04
Spring 04 Syllabus
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Psy 340 (Stat II)
Current Course S08
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Psy 376
(Org Psy)
Current Course S08
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• In class labs: Every class (except exam and review days) will include a lab. These labs will be include both group and individual exercises. Each of the labs will be described in a web page. Included on each lab webpage will be a "lab worksheet." These worksheets are MS Word files into which you will need to type (or in some cases "copy" and "paste") your answers into. At the end of each lab period, you should save your worksheets to disk, and print out a copy of the worksheet to turn into your instructor. Lab solutions will be available on the Mallard course page (go to Lessons page in Mallard) after they are due. It is your responsibility to check the solutions to understand errors in your lab work.
  
• Mallard Quizzes: There will be a total of 6 Mallard quizzes. Mallard is an ingenious Web-based system for asynchronous, interactive learning developed at the University of Illinois. I have programmed Mallard to randomly generate and select questions for a homework quiz from a designated pool of questions for each concept we cover in the course. You will take your Mallard quiz on-line and it will be graded on-line. The Mallard system will then record your grade in the on-line gradebook module. You must earn a minimum grade of 60% on a homework quiz before Mallard will record your grade in the gradebook. However, within the time period allotted for a homework quiz, you may repeat a quiz up to five times to earn a grade higher than 60%. You should know, however, that when you retake the quiz all of the questions may be different than the last time that you took the quiz (testing the same material but different questions). Quizzes taken after the allotted time period will be assessed a 10% late penalty for each day that your quiz is late. After 4 late days, you may continue to take the quiz, but no grade will be recorded in the gradebook. All quizzes are due at 11:59 pm on the due date listed below.
  
• Homework Problems: Each week you will be assigned some exercises from your textbook. Due dates are listed below. Click here for a list of HW problems for each assigned homework.
  There will be 14 homeworks assigned with conceptual or computational problems to complete. Homework solutions will be available on the Mallard course page (go to Lessons page in Mallard) after they are due. It is your responsibility to check the solutions to understand errors in your homework problems.
  
• Exams: There will be three exams. They are cumulative to the extent that the material from later parts of the class build upon material from the early parts. These exams may include both conceptual and compuational questions. The format will typically be both multiple choice and short answer. Some portions of the exams will be closed book. More information will be given in class.
  
• Projects: There will be two projects for the course. Each project is designed to apply the principles of the unit to a realistic research project. Project assignment sheets are in your reading packet and due dates are listed on the syllabus. For the final project (Project #2) you will be given a brief description of a research project with a set of data. Your task will be to analyze the data set and to write a written summary of the results of your analyses. Project descriptions and data sets will be posted on the course web pages. Ask me or your TA for help on the projects if you need it.
  
  The grading scheme is not a curve.
  
  Each exam is worth a maximum of 150 points (450 total)
  Your homeworks are worth 10 points each (140 total).
  Each Mallard quiz is worth a maximum of 15 points (90 total).
  Each labs are worth 5 points each (130 total).
  Your projects are worth 70 & 120 points (190 total).

  Therefore, there is a total of 1000 possible points. Grades are determined from a straight percentage scale. Your final semester grade will be determined from your total points out of 1000 possible points:
  

  Point Total	Grade
  900-1000	A
  800-899	B
  700-799	C
  600-699	D
  0-599	F