| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 133 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jeffrey R. Stowell and William E. Addison -- I. Statistics. Reducing anxiety in the statistics classroom / Tamarah Smith -- How to lie with the y-axis / Thomas E. Heinzen -- Summarizing data using measures of central tendency : a group activity / Thomson J. Ling -- How fast is your internet? an activity for teaching variance and standard deviation / Bonnie A. Green and Jeffrey R. Stowell -- Getting dicey : thinking about normal distributions and descriptive statistics / Robert McEntarffer and Maria Vita -- A low-anxiety introduction to the standard normal distribution and measures of relative standing / Laura Brandt and William E. Addison -- Using the heat hypothesis to explore the statistical methods of correlation and regression / George Y. Bizer -- Active learning for understanding sampling distributions / David S. Kreiner -- Testing students for ESP: demonstrating the role of probability in hypothesis testing / William E. Addison -- Using a TV game show format to demonstrate confidence intervals / Alexis Grosofsky -- Real-life application of type I and type II decision errors / Bernard C. Beins -- Factors that influence statistical power / Michael J. Tagler and Christopher L. Thomas -- An interdisciplinary activity for p values, effect sizes, and the law of small numbers / Andrew N. Christopher -- II. Research methods. An activity for teaching the scientific method / R. Eric Landrum -- Linking identification of independent and dependent variables to the goals of science / Mary E. Kite -- Everything is awesome : building operational definitions with play-doh and Legos / Stephanie E. Afful and Karen Wilson -- A demonstration of random assignment that is guaranteed to work (95% of the time) / Thomas P. Pusateri -- Identifying confounding factors in psychology research / Chris Jones-Cage -- Demonstrating experimenter and participant bias / Caridad F. Brito -- The most unethical researcher : an activity for demonstrating research ethics in psychology / Sue Frantz -- The ethics of behavioral research using animals : a classroom exercise / Harold Herzog -- Demonstrating interobserver reliability in naturalistic settings / Janie H. Wilson and Shauna W. Joye -- Using a classic model of stress to teach survey construction and analysis / Joseph A. Wister -- Using childhood memories to demonstrate principles of qualitative research / Steven A. Meyers -- Using a peer-writing workshop to help students learn American Psychological Association style / Dana S. Dunn |
| Summary |
"This book was designed to address the need for a comprehensive collection of classroom-tested activities that would engage students, teach correct principles, and inspire instructors. Each chapter describes one or more activities that are pedagogically sound, practical, easily implemented, and effective in helping students learn core topics in statistics and research methods in psychology and, more broadly, the social sciences. The primary audiences for this book are college instructors who teach undergraduate introductory courses in statistics and research methods (and introductory psychology) and high school AP Psychology teachers. Novice instructors, including graduate students, can use this book as a guided set of activities to launch in their classroom from the start, and veteran instructors can use these activities to replace or supplement existing teaching activities. The chapter authors represent a diverse group of experts in their respective fields. We have deliberately selected individuals who have distinguished teaching and/or publication records and who are representative of the audience for whom the book is written. Many of the authors have won local or national teaching awards, and some have authored textbooks in the areas of statistics and research methodology. As a whole, the group is demographically, geographically, and institutionally diverse"--Publicity materials. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 16, 2017) |
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Psychology -- Statistical methods
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Psychology -- Methodology.
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Psychology -- Study and teaching.
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Psychology -- statistics & numerical data
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Psychology -- methods
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Psychology -- education
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Reference.
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PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training
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Psychology -- Methodology
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Psychology -- Statistical methods
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Psychology -- Study and teaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stowell, Jeffrey R., editor.
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Addison, William E., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781433827150 |
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1433827158 |
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