Jason T. Newsom PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology, Portland State University

 

 

 

 

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Current Courses

Univariate Quant

Multivariate Quant

Categorical Data Analysis

Structural Equation Modeling

Multilevel Regression

Psychological Measurement

Adult Development and Aging

 

Past Courses

Stats Notes

 

Resources

SEM References

SEM Books

 

Other

LSEM Book

LDA Book

Department of Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psy 521/621 Univariate Quantitative Methods

Syllabus

Readings

Homework

Homework Articles

Review Sheet for Exam 1

Data Sets

Lab Website

Handouts & Overheads

SPSS Access at PSU

The Normal Distribution and z-scores

Overhead: Examples of Distributions and Descriptive Graphs

Overhead: Coffee Grind Distribution

Overhead: Popcorn Distribution

Descriptive Statistics: SPSS and R Examples

Outlier and Sample Size Illustration

Overhead: Sampling Distribution Cutoffs and t-Distribution

t-Test Example: Hand Computation, SPSS, and R

Overhead: Effects of Combining Data Sets

Overhead: Independent-Groups t-Test Figures

Overhead: Effects of Combining Data Sets

Correlated Scores t Test Example: Hand Computation, SPSS, and R

Levels of Measurement and Choosing the Correct Statistical Test

Single-Group Statistical Tests with a Binary Dependent Variable: Hand Computations, SPSS, and R Examples

2 X 2 Contingency Chi-square: Hand Computations, SPSS, and R Examples

Chi-square for Within-subjects: McNemar’s Test

Overhead: Binomial Distribution Figures

Some General and Scientific Writing Suggestions

Overhead: Scatterplot Examples

Correlation Example: Hand Computations, SPSS, and R

Regression Example: Hand Computations, SPSS, and R

Reliability

Overhead: Reliability Figures

Reliability Analysis Example: SPSS and R

Overhead: Correlation limitations

t Tests, Chi-squares, Phi, Correlations: It’s all the same stuff

One-Way ANOVA

 

Links

Brief Research Design Review (William Trochim)

SPSS Overview at University South Australia

UCLA Statistical Computing Site on SPSS Syntax

UCLA Statistical Computing Site on using SPSS

William Trochim's Outstanding Research Methods Knowledge Base

APA 7th Edition Sample Manuscripts

Statistics on the Web Gateway

MacTutor History of Mathematics and Statistics

Installing R on Your Computer

Installing RStudio (install R first)

Quick RStudio Introduction (Oscar Torres-Rayna)

RStudio Video Introduction

Central Limit Theorem Demo

Interactive Statistical Demonstrations

Galton Board Illustration Video