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Course Schedule

BBSP 710 Fall 2023 Course Schedule*

Course Schedule* 

Week 1: (Sep 7)

Thurs: Experimental Design + Intro

  • Pre-test & Prism Tutorial Assignments

Experimental Design + Intro

  1. Course Introduction
  2. Observational Studies and Experiments
  3. Experimental Design Basic Principles
  4. Random Sampling

Week 2 (Sep 12/14):

Tues: Description of Data

  1. Types of Variables
  2. Graphical Methods for Summarizing Data (Histogram, Barplot, etc.)
  3. Summary Statistics (Mean, Median, Standard Deviation, etc.)
  4. Relationship Between Variables

Thurs: Probability, Distributions, Confidence Intervals

  • (Prism Assignment 1 due)

 

Week 3 (Sep 19/21):

Tues: Probability, Distributions and Confidence Intervals cont’d

  • (Prism Assignment 2 due)

Probability, Distributions and Confidence Intervals continued

  1. Probability
  2. Binomial and Normal Distributions
  3. Sampling Distributions
  4. Confidence Intervals for the Mean

Thurs: Final Project Planning Session

  • (Prism Assignment 3 due)

 

Week 4 (Sept 26/28):

Tues: Intro to Hypothesis Testing

Thurs: Hypothesis Testing & PRISM Tutorial

  1. Comparison of Two Independent Samples (t Test, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Test)
  2. Comparison of Paired Samples (Paired t Test, Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test)

Week 5 (Oct 3/5):

Tues: Intro to Multi-sample Inference

Multi-sample Inference (One-Way ANOVA)

  1. Hypothesis Testing in One-way ANOVA
  2. Comparing Specific Groups in One-way ANOVA
  3. Hypothesis Testing in One-way ANOVA
  4. Comparing Specific Groups in One-way ANOVA

Thurs: ANOVA PRISM Tutorial

 

Week 6 (Oct 10/12):

Tues: Multi-sample Inference – Advanced ANOVA (Factorial ANOVA & Repeated Measures)

  1. Two-way ANOVA
  2. Repeated Measures ANOVA
  3. Three-Way ANOVA (PRISM Tutorial)

Thurs: Advanced ANOVA PRISM Tutorial/Review

  • (Prism Assignment 4 due)

Week 7 (Oct 17/19):

Tues: Intro to Power

Thurs: Fall break (no class)

Weeks 8 (Oct 24-26):

Tues: Power Practical–Power Tutorial

  • (G*Power & NQuiry Demos) + Bring Your Own Data (BYOD)

Thurs: Intro to Correlation and Regression

Week 9 (Oct 31/ Nov 2):

Tues: Correlation and Regression cont’d + PRISM Tutorial

  1. Correlation
  2. Simple linear Regression
  3. Non-linear Regression

Thurs: Special Topics & Final Review Instructions

 

Weeks 10 (Nov 7/9): 

Tues: Special Topics– Chi Squared & Final Project Interactive Session

Thurs: Special Topics

 

Week 11 (Nov 14-16):

Tues: No Class – Work on final project edits

Thurs: Special Topics

 

Week 12 (Nov 21): 

Tues: Advanced topics

  1. Analysis Flowchart
  2. Review with Examples

Wrap-up & Course evaluations (in-class)

 

Sample Special Topics: Survival, Non-Linear, Growth; MANCOVA ANCOVA MANOVA + GLM (SEM/Mediation); Factor Analysis + Logistic Regression

Important Dates: (submit all assignments, drafts, & peer-reviews via Canvas)

Prism Tutorials Assignments 1, 2, 3, & 4 – due 9/14, 9/19, 9/21, + 10/12 (respectively)

Final Full Draft – due W 11/8 by 11a (automatic peer-review assignments)

Draft Reviews (2x each) – due M 11/13 by 11a (submit reviews)

Final Project – due M 11/20 by 11a (automatic peer-review assignments)

Final reviews (2x each) – due W 11/29 by 11a (submit reviews)

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