EdPsych 580
Statistical Methods in Education
Spring 2007
C.J. Anderson
Course Log
Up-dated 2/15/2007
Below is the time- line/more specific plan. After class meetings this file it up-dated to
reflect what we actually did in class.
Tuesday, Jan 16
Handout syllabus and discuss course.
Attempt 1 at determining potential lab times.
Covered “Introduction”
Thursday, Jan 18
Plan to cover “Describing Data”
Sign- up for one of introduction to Sign up for lab sessions.
Distribute homework 1
Tuesday, Jan 23
In lieu of lecture, we will meet in the computer lab (GRICL, rm 15/17A) in four 1
hour shifts (probably 10-11 and 11-12). You only need to attend one of them.
Please bring a copy of homework 1 and handout under the lecture note section
“Introduction to SAS and SAS Analyst”..
Work on first 1 homework.
Thursday, Jan 25
Continued Probability.
Little probability example (for fun).
Tuesday, Jan 30
We started sampling (up to normal distribution and CLT)
Thursday, Feb 1
Continue talking about sampling distributions.
Homework 1 is due.
Homework 2 available
Tuesday, Feb 6
Finished up sampling distributions including confidence intervals and started
Hypothesis testing of one mean.
Answered questions about the homework.
Thursday, Feb 8
Homework 2 is due
Homework 3 will be available
Will continue discussion of hypothesis testing of one mean
Tuesday, Feb 13
UofI closed
Thursday, Feb 15
Finish power and start hypothesis testing for two means
Tuesday, Feb 20
Homework 3 due
Homework 4 will be available
Finish hypothesis testing of two means