Topics:
1. Creating effective notes from textbook readings
Required reading / viewing / listening:
"Appendix: Statistical methods," in Wade & Tavris, Psychology, 7th ed.
Homework due:
Homework 3 (2 points)
After you've read and marked up (e.g., highlighted, underlined, made notes in the margin, or made notes on a separate piece of paper) the reading for this week ("Appendix: Statistical methods"), scan your notes as a single electronic file on the scanner in the UNYP Library and email it to your instructor. Remember to write your name on your notes so I can identify your work.
In-class assessment:
Quiz 3
Quiz questions will be drawn from this week's reading, "Appendix: Statistical methods." Quiz questions will be drawn from the following:
In two to three sentences, define and state the significance of the following terms from the reading:
raw data
frequency distribution
grouped frequency distribution
graph
measure of central tendency
mean
median
mode
measure of variability
range
standard deviation
Define the following symbols from the reading: N, X, Σ
Notes:
Academic reading links, from Empire State College
Note-taking systems links, from Empire State College
Fastfacts - Learning from texts, from the University of Guelph
Fastfacts - SQ4R: A classic method for studying texts, from the University of Guelph
