Class Notes for Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences , 2nd Edition

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|CH A P T ERONE|AnIntroductiontoStatisticsand ResearchDesignNOTETOINSTRUCTORSThischapterisessentialtounderstandingconceptsusedrepeatedlythroughoutthetext.Therefore,instructorsshouldspendextratimeonthismaterialtoensureasmoothtransitiontofuturechapters.Inparticular,emphasizethedifferencesbetween inferentialanddescriptivestatistics,independentanddependentvariables,andthedifferentkindsofvariables(e.g.,nominalvs.interval),allofwhichstudentswillneedtounderstandwhenworkingwiththeexercisesandexamplesinthetext. Thesefounda-tionalconceptsneedtobediscussedandreviewedtogivestudentseveryadvantageinmasteringstatistics.Tobestillustratethemeaningsandappli-cationsoftheseconcepts,useanumberofeverydayexamples.You’llfindthatthediscussionquestionsandclassexercises havebeendesignedtohelpyouinthisprocess.OUTLINEOFRESOURCESI.TheTwoBranchesofStatisticsDiscussionQuestion1-1(p.2)ClassroomActivity1-1:StatisticalJeopardy(p.2)II.HowtoTransformObservationsintoVariablesDiscussionQuestion1-2(p.5)ClassroomActivity1-2:AStroopTask(p.5)III.VariablesandResearchDiscussionQuestion1-3(p.6)DiscussionQuestion1-4(p.6)IV.IntroductiontoHypothesisTestingDiscussionQuestion1-5(p.7)DiscussionQuestion1-6(p.7)ClassroomActivity1-3:NewspaperExperiment(p.8)ClassroomActivity1-4:ArticleExamination(p.8)1

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