Introduction to Psychological Statistics

Psych 02, Summer Session I, 2004,

Instructor: Alexandra Jesse

An introduction to the basic methods in statistics used in psychology to study human behavior. You will learn the logic, strategies, and fundamental techniques of both descriptive and inferential statistics. These techniques are used to summarize and analyze behavioral data. The goal of this course is also to provide you with the knowledge of statistical methods necessary to intelligently comprehend and critically evaluate reports of psychological research.

Prerequisite(s): see Registrar's schedule of classes.

Meeting times

Lecture: Tu & Th 9:00-12:30, Earth & Marine Sciences #B210

Sections: 

Section A: Wednesday 9:00 to 10:00

Section B: Wednesday 10:00 to 11:00

Both sections are at Baskin Engineering, #169.

Section attendance is mandatory. You can sign up for a section during the first lecture.

Please bring your books and calculator to all sections and lectures.

Contact Info

Instructor: Alexandra Jesse, Social Sciences 2, #419

email: alex at fuzzy.ucsc.edu

Alexandra's office hours: 

Tu 1:00 to 2:00, or by appointment

T.A.: Chad Sampanes, sampanes at cats.ucsc.edu

Chad's office hours: Mo 5:00 to 6:00, Social Sciences 2, #419

NEWS: 

There will be no sections this week. Instead there will be a review section on Wednesday from 9-11 in the (note: different location than section!!!) Natural Sciences Annex #103.

Chad recommends to do the following problems in your workbook:

Chap 2: 4,5
Chap 4: 1b, 3, 7a, 8
Chap 5: 3a, 5a
Chap 6: 5
Chap 8: 1a-c
Chap 9: 1
Chap 10: 1a-b, 2, 6a
Chap 11: 4,5
Chap 12: 1c, 2a, 3a-b
Chap 14: 1a, 1d, 4
Chap 15: 1a-d, 2a
Chap 16: 1, 3
Chap 17: 1, 2, 4

 

Syllabus

Homework Assignments

Lecture Handouts

 last update: July 19, 2004