*Statistical Software Packages

Design & Data: How Do Parents Respond to Their Child’s Public Tantrums? (Observational Research/Descriptive Statistics)

*Statistical Software Packages, 02. Frequency Distributions & Data Visualization, 04. Psychologist’s Toolbox: Sampling, Measurement, Reliability, & Validity, 06. Observational Research, 11. One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Communicating Psych Science, Research Methods, Statistics, The APA Style Research Report / , , , , , , , , , , , , , , /

Key Topics and Links to Files Data Analysis Guide The Many Forms of Discipline in Parents’ Bag of Tricks Analyses Included: Descriptive Statistics (Frequencies; Central Tendency); Inter-observer Reliability (Cohen’s Kappa); Inter-observer Reliability (Pearson’s r); Creating a Mean; Creating a Median Split; Selecting Cases Dataset Syntax Output BONUS: Dyads at Diners (How often and how much […]

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Open Stats Lab: Additional Activities

*Statistical Software Packages, 04. Psychologist’s Toolbox: Sampling, Measurement, Reliability, & Validity, 07. Correlational/Survey Research, 16. Chi-square Tests / , , , , , , , , , , /

Activities focus on the following topics: (RELIABILITY ANALYSIS) Do People Feel Immoral After Behaving Inauthentically? Here students get to compute new variable, calculate descriptive statistics, find Cronbach’s alpha, and create a table. (CHI-SQUARE TEST OF INDEPENDENCE) Why do People Fail to Follow Through on Their Good Intentions? Here students get to conduct a t-test for

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Open Stats Lab: Two-Way (Factorial) ANOVA Activities

*Statistical Software Packages, 11. Factorial Design, 12. Mixed Design, 13. Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) / , , , , , , , , /

Activities focus on the following topics: (TWO-WAY ANOVA) Do People Judge Physical Distances of Locations Based on Their Psychological Orientation Toward Them? Here students get to conduct a two-way (factorial) ANOVA, tests for the interaction, and create a figure. (MIXED ANOVA) Do People Underestimate the Pleasure of Remembering Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Events? Here students get

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Open Stats Lab: One-Way ANOVA Activities

*Statistical Software Packages, 09. Multigroup Design, 10. t test For Two Independent/Unrelated Samples, 11. One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) / , , , , , , , /

Activities focus on the following topics: (ANOVA w/ PLANNED COMPARISONS) Does Reasoning about Personal Problems Improve with Psychological Distance? Here students get to conduct a one-way ANOVA (with planned comparisons) and create a figure. (ANOVA w/ PLANNED CONTRASTS) Can Playing Tetris Reduce the Occurrence of Intrusive Memories? Here students get to conduct a one-way ANOVA

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Open Stats Lab: Regression Activities

*Open Science, *Statistical Software Packages, 07. Correlational/Survey Research, 15. Regression / , , , , , , , , , /

Activities focus on the following topics: Why are People Biased When Reasoning About the Status Quo? Here students get to conduct bivariate correlations, regression, and multiple regression. They may also create a table. Do Experts Overrate the Extent of Their Expertise? Here students will conduct descriptive statistics, t-tests, multiple regression, and use a split file.

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Open Stats Lab: Correlation Activities

*Statistical Software Packages, 07. Correlational/Survey Research, 14. Correlation, Statistics / , , , , , , , , , , /

Activities focus on the following topics: Does Being Wealthy Distort Perceptions of Wealth Inequality? Here students get to create new variables, calculate means and standard deviations, and conduct bivariate correlations. Do Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases Influence Voting Behavior? Here students will need to select certain cases for the analysis, conduct bivariate correlations, and generate scatterplots.

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Assignment: Creating a Conference Poster on Sex Differences (SPSS)

*Statistical Software Packages, 02. Frequency Distributions & Data Visualization, 10. t test For Two Independent/Unrelated Samples, Communicating Psych Science, Poster Presentations / , , , , , , , , , /

In this assignment (created by Dr. Kimberly A. Barchard and Dr. Leiszle Lapping-Carr), students conduct a literature review, analyze data using an independent samples t-test and a confidence interval, create a grouped frequency distribution and a histogram, write a research report, and create a PowerPoint poster. A detailed grading rubric is included. This assignment was

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Lecture Slides: Predicting Job Performance (Multiple Regression)

*Statistical Software Packages, 15. Regression, Statistics / , , , , , /

This is an example (created by Dr. Alisa McArthur) looking at predictors of job performance that shows simple multiple regression using SPSS which illustrates how multicollinearity can lead to results that are inconsistent and difficult to interpret. It includes both a PowerPoint as well as hard copy for students to help them get more comfortable

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Resource: Learning Statistics with JAMOVI

*Statistical Software Packages, Statistics / , , /

This is a very basic/brief statistics textbook by Dr. Danielle Navarro and Dr. David Foxcroft. It includes an easy to follow section on using JAMOVI with instructions and screenshots. If you’re new to JAMOVI this is a fantastic resource. Please click here for the free file. To download JAMOVI, click here.

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