Quantitative and Psychometric Methods
Francis Marion University
Spring 2020
Instructor:
William
P. Wattles, Ph.D. Office: CEMC 109G Phone: 661-1639
Class meets: MWF 10:30-11:20 CEMC234B
Office hours: 9:00-10:30 Monday-Friday Click here to print a paper copy
E-mail: wwattles@fmarion.edu Web page http://people.fmarion.edu/wWattles/psy302
Texts: Spatz, Chris.
(2019) Exploring Statistics: Tales of Distributions. 12th
Edition. Conway Arkansas: Outcrop Publishers (Required)
Class Outline:
Survey of psychometric theory of correlational analysis, norms, reliability, validity and item analysis. Topics also discussed include fundamental descriptive statistics and an introduction to inferential statistics. Semester Goals include:
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Students develop an appreciation for the rationale and utility of psychometric methods. |
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Understand probability and probability distributions. |
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Differentiate between quantitative and qualitative data. |
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Emphasize reliance on empirical procedures in research and evaluation. |
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Learn to use a spreadsheet program for actual manipulation of data. |
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Be able to describe data using charts and numbers. |
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Understand the basic principles of inferential statistics including confidence intervals and effect size. |
Grades:
Final Grades will be determined as follows: (There is no extra credit option)
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Three exams |
45% |
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A |
90-100 |
C |
70-76 |
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Final Exam |
20% |
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B+ |
87-89 |
D+ |
67-79 |
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Homework |
15% |
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B |
80-86 |
D |
60-66 |
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Quizzes |
10% |
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C+ |
77-79 |
F |
<60 |
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Paper |
10% |
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Attendance:
The FMU catalog states: "It is the responsibility of the student to attend all scheduled meetings in the courses in which he/she is enrolled." Students missing more than six (6) classes (excused or unexcused) will be dropped from the class with a grade of NC or W. Make-up exams will be given to students with appropriate written excuses only on April 27, the last day of classes.
The material may be difficult so I administer quizzes as an incentive for reading the assignments. I will drop the lowest score for those who take all the quizzes. Due to the nature of the material exams will be cumulative.
Prerequisites:
PSY 206, 216 PSY 220 prerequisite/corequisite
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Tentative Schedule |
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Beginning |
Subject |
PPT |
Text |
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1 |
13-Jan |
Scientific Thinking, Essence of Method |
1 |
1,2 |
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2 |
20-Jan |
Describing distributions |
2 |
3,4 |
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3 |
27-Jan |
Normal Distributions and Standard Scores |
3 |
7 |
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4 |
3-Feb |
Sampling Distributions, Exam One |
5 |
8 |
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5 |
10-Feb |
Scatterpots, Correlation |
4 |
6 |
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6 |
17-Feb |
Confidence intervals, hypothesis test |
6, 7 |
10 |
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7 |
24-Feb |
One-sample and matched pairs t-test, Exam 2 |
8 |
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8 |
2-Mar |
two sample t-tests, effect size |
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5 (pages 86-88) |
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9 |
9-Mar |
Apa reporting of resutls |
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10 |
16-Mar |
Spring Break Yeah! |
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11 |
23-Mar |
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12 |
30-Mar |
Inference for proportions, Mann-Whitney Reports Due |
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13 |
6-Apr |
Chi Square, two-way tables |
10 |
14 |
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14 |
13-Apr |
Inference for regression |
11 |
6 |
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15 |
20-Apr |
Psychometrics: reliability, validity, item analysis |
12 |
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16 |
27-Apr |
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Final Exam Wednesday April 29, 2020 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
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Attendance is mandatory unless excused in writing by the department chair or dean |
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