PSYC 302
Advanced Research Methods
Winter 2026
Topics
- Data Management
- Data Reduction I
- Data Reduction II
- Lab 3: Data Reduction
- Multiple Regression
- Lab 8: Multiple Regression
- Logistic Regression
- T-tests
- Statistics
- Relationships
- Training
Readings
- Recommended: Field, A., (2024). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (6th ed.). California: Sage Publications.
- Recommended: (see discoveringstatistics.com Hell-p pages too) Howitt, D., & Cramer, D., (2017). Introduction to SPSS in Psychology (7th ed.). United Kingdom: Pearson Education. Abelson, R. P. (1995). Statistics as Principled Argument. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Earlbaum. Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. New York: Penguin Tabachnick, B. G. & Fidell, L. S. (2021). Using Multivariate Statistics. New York: Pearson
- Recommended: See also Excel file on onQ with list of free textbooks
Winter 2025
Topics
- Data Management
- Data Reduction I
- Data Reduction II
- Lab 3: Data Reduction
- Multiple Regression
- Lab 8: Multiple Regression
- Logistic Regression
- T-tests
- Statistics
- Relationships
- Training
Readings
- Recommended: Field, A., (2018). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (5th ed.). California: Sage Publications. Howitt, D., & Cramer, D., (2017). Introduction to SPSS in Psychology (7th ed.). United Kingdom: Pearson Education. Abelson, R. P. (1995). Statistics as Principled Argument. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Earlbaum. Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. New York: Penguin Tabachnick, B. G. & Fidell, L. S. (2012). Using Multivariate Statistics. New York: Pearson
- Recommended: See also Excel file on onQ with list of free textbooks
Winter 2024
Topics
- Data Management
- Data Reduction I
- Data Reduction II
- Lab 3: Data Reduction
- Multiple Regression
- Lab 8: Multiple Regression
- Logistic Regression
- T-tests
- Statistics
- Relationships
- Training
Readings
- Recommended: Field, A., (2018). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (5th ed.). California: Sage Publications. Howitt, D., & Cramer, D., (2017). Introduction to SPSS in Psychology (7th ed.). United Kingdom: Pearson Education. Abelson, R. P. (1995). Statistics as Principled Argument. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Earlbaum. Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. New York: Penguin Tabachnick, B. G. & Fidell, L. S. (2012). Using Multivariate Statistics. New York: Pearson
- Recommended: See also Excel file on onQ with list of free textbooks
Winter 2022 · Advanced Research Methods (Winter 2022)
Topics
- T-tests
- Reduction
- Regression
Readings
- Listed material: (Strongly) Recommended Text (you should have this from PSYC301): Field, A. (2018). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (5th Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Listed material: Week Feb. 21 No Lectures No Labs
- Listed material: Feb. 24 7 Feb. 28 Repeated Measures
Winter 2021
Topics
- Data Management
- Data Reduction I
- Data Reduction II
- Lab 5: Data Reduction
- Multiple Regression
- Lab 10: Multiple Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Lab 11:Moderated Regression
- T-tests
- Statistics
- Relationships
- Training
Readings
- Recommended: Field, A., (2018). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (5th ed.). California: Sage Publications. Howitt, D., & Cramer, D., (2017). Introduction to SPSS in Psychology (7th ed.). United Kingdom: Pearson Education. Abelson, R. P. (1995). Statistics as Principled Argument. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Earlbaum. Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. New York: Penguin Tabachnick, B. G. & Fidell, L. S. (2012). Using Multivariate Statistics. New York: Pearson
- Recommended: See also Excel file on onQ with list of free textbooks
Winter 2021
Topics
- Data Management
- Data Reduction I
- Data Reduction II
- Lab 3: Data Reduction
- Multiple Regression
- Lab 8: Multiple Regression
- Logistic Regression
- T-tests
- Statistics
- Relationships
- Training
Readings
- Recommended: Field, A., (2018). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (5th ed.). California: Sage Publications. Howitt, D., & Cramer, D., (2017). Introduction to SPSS in Psychology (7th ed.). United Kingdom: Pearson Education. Abelson, R. P. (1995). Statistics as Principled Argument. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Earlbaum. Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. New York: Penguin Tabachnick, B. G. & Fidell, L. S. (2012). Using Multivariate Statistics. New York: Pearson
- Recommended: See also Excel file on onQ with list of free textbooks
Winter 2020
Topics
- T-tests
- Reduction
- Regression
- Statistics
- Relationships
- Training
Readings
- Required: Field, A., (2018). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (5th ed.). California: Sage Publications. Howitt, D., & Cramer, D., (2017). Introduction to SPSS in Psychology (7th ed.). United Kingdom: Pearson Education. Recommended Texts: Abelson, R. P. (1995). Statistics as Principled Argument. Hillsdale, NJ: Laurence Earlbaum. Pinker, S. (2014). The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. New York: Penguin Great Resource: Tabachnick, B. G. & Fidell, L. S. (2012). Using Multivariate Statistics. New York: Pearson
- Listed material: 1 W Jan. 8 Orientation
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