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Information
for Psy 213 students
Course description: Statistics for the
Behavioral Sciences is an introduction to understanding and using
statistical analyses in behavioral research. You will learn how to
select, compute, and interpret descriptive statistics and inferential
statistical tests for a variety of research questions.
Course resources:
The class syllabus and PowerPoint lecture notes are posted in
Blackboard.
Required materials for the course:
1. Calculator with basic functions of
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square, and
square root. A memory function is useful too.
2. Textbook:
Basic Statistics for the
Behavioral Science,
Sixth
Edition (2011, Wadsworth Cengage) by Gary W.
Heiman. The cover is pictured here. Be sure to get the right book. You
need to purchase or rent your own
copy. The ISBN is: 978-0-8400-3143-3
3. A
stapler to staple your assignments.
Resources for help:
1. The
book's
web site has practice quizzes and other resources for each chapter. 2.
The Alexandria campus's Academic Center for Excellence has a math lab that offers free math tutoring.
In addition, you can get specific tutoring for Psy 213 through their
tutorial services.
The A.C.E. is in room 229 and the phone number is
703 - 845 - 6363. 3.
I have review questions for each chapter that
you should use to guide your reading and studying. 4.
I have a site that allows you to review research
methods. Pay special attention to correlation and experiment. Back
to Dr. Lanthier's
psychology page
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