re: [tips] Table of random numbers
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:48:50 -0700, Michael Sylvester,PhD observed: I must confess that I never learned how to use that table that was at the last section of those stat texts. They also appeared in research methods texts and in other texts like Mike D'Amato's (1970) Experimental Psychology. It just seemed like a bunch of meaningless numbers to me. I'm not sure I know what you mean by meaningless numbers. The number 20 means one thing if it refers to how many dollars you've won on a lottery ticket and it means something else if it refers to the number of minutes you have to prepare for your next class. The meaning of a number depends upon how you use it and the context of its usage ($20 is very different from the 20 on a footbal jersey). How were those supposed to be used anyway? If you have a copy of D'Amato handy, see pages 25-25 in the section titled Using a Table of Random Numbers. Short explanation: imagine you have three experimental conditions A, B and C. Assign numbers to these letters (A=1, B=2, C=3). You need to randomly assign subjects to these three conditions; how do you do so? In essence, you have to come up with a series of 1, 2, and 3s that represent the order of assignment of subjects with the constraint that each number can only appear 20 times. You go to your random number table, starting in the first position and check to see if the number is either 1, 2, or 3 (if it is some other number, skip to the next column, row, or block; presumably your random table is set up so that each of the 10 digits has an equal probably of appearing in all positions). If the number is 1, 2, or 3, then this is the condition that the first subject is assigned to. Repeat this process for the remaining 59 subjects. I preferred the method of putting names in a salami paper bag, I have never heard of salami paper. Is it paper made out of salami? or in a Mexican sombrero or a Cuban campesino hat and drawing out names with the first name going to the experimental group and the econd pick from the hat going to the control group. This assumes that you have the names of all of the subjects. In the planning stage of most experiements this is not the case (or if one is working with animals; it's a good idea that you not name your animal subjects for the same reason you shouldn't name the fish/animal you're going to have for dinner) Did someone really spend time generating a table of random numbers? Yes. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number_table The Rand Coroporation made a project of this and its A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates became the source of random numbers for a variety of textbooks (e.g., Dixon and Massey's Introduction to Statistical Analysis). See: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1418/ Must be the ultimate research paradigm. Indeed. Physical processes like tossing fair dice or using a fair roulette wheel or the bubble and balls mechanism used for state lotteries and so on will provide true random numbers especially if a large sample is taken but, though one might think that computers can simulate such a process, it turns that this is extraordinarily difficult to do and only pseudorandom numbers can be produced (e.g., see: http://www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~igc/tch/mx4002/notes/node78.html http://www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~igc/tch/mx4002/notes/node77.html ). Although researchers may use random numbers for random assignment and such, there are many other uses, especially in cryptography; see: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cryptography/Random_Quality http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1750.txt http://www.std.com/~cme/P1363/ranno.html -Mike Palij New York University [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Intro to the Major course
Sorry for the cross posting. Like many places, VSU has a careers in psych course (1 hour). Currently, it is not required. We are thinking about replacing it with a required Intro to the Major course (beyond the Intro to Psych course) - not only careers, but also APA writing, library research - and I'm not sure what else. Does anyone have something like this that they would be willing to share syllabi (and website) info? Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 (229) 333-5994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/ Well I know these voices must be my soul... Rhyme and Reason - DMB --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [tips] Intro to the Major course
As I recall, Drew Appleby at IUPUI has offered such an Intro to the major course for quite some time. D Deb Briihl [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/24/08 9:06 AM Sorry for the cross posting. Like many places, VShttps://gwweb02.albion.edu/gw/webacc?User.context=it0rk9Te9ur5jd6Km9Item.drn=191907z4z0Url.Folder.type=Folder.UNIVERSALaction=Item.Actionmerge=xsendUrl.Item.Reply=1Item.Read=Item.Reply=senderCompose.downloadAddrBook=#U has a careers in psych course (1 hour). Currently, it is not required. We are thinking about replacing it with a required Intro to the Major course (beyond the Intro to Psych course) - not only careers, but also APA writing, library research - and I'm not sure what else. Does anyone have something like this that they would be willing to share syllabi (and website) info? Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 (229) 333-5994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/ Well I know these voices must be my soul... Rhyme and Reason - DMB --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: [tips] Gay/Lesbian Students in a large lecture human sexuality class
Interesting question Nancy... Since I'm not in your class, I can't really comment on what you are or are not doing - or even that it's you -- that's prompted that response. If it were me, I'd leave 10 minutes at the end of class one day and tell students that I'd like to get some feedback on how the class is going. Could I have 5 or 6 volunteers? Show of hands, please. Dismiss everyone else, and just at the front of the room, ask them how the class is going. Then pick out a couple things, including this one, to ask them about. The focus should be on what's going well and what you can do to make the class better. I had a colleague who did this about every week, but if memory serves, he met with the students for a few minutes after class. As the semester progressed, he met with the students less frequently, because the students had less to say as their issues were adequately addressed. For instance, you may discover that it's not you but the textbook... and that may be a reflection on the research. The vast majority of the research has been with other-sex relationships. And that's understandable - there are more of them, thus easier to find. And, frankly, probably easier to fund. John Gottman who has done a ton of research on relationships reports having done one longitudinal study on same-sex couples on his website, albeit an interesting one, and it's not yet published: http://www.gottman.com/research/projects/gaylesbian/. If the issue is the lack of research found in the textbook, then there's fodder for an interesting classroom presentation or small group discussion. Sue -- Sue Frantz Highline Community College PsychologyDes Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/ -- APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology http://teachpsych.org/ Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Project Syllabus http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:18 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Gay/Lesbian Students in a large lecture human sexuality class Hi, I teach a 90 student human sexuality class. This (the large size) is not my idea and not at all ideal. I don't think a human sexuality class in psychology (as opposed to health) should be so large - it makes discussion difficult. But this is administration's call and of course it saves money not to run two concurrent small sections. Needless to say, I understand the environment may be daunting for students who are sexual minorities. The discussion skews toward male-female, heterosexual themes (as they compromise the majority of enrolled students). I do offer a wide variety of topics and themes in videos and guest speakers including GLBT materials. For the second time in 2 years I have been informed by other students that there are gay/lesbian students who feel left out of the discussion. As I DO make comments and interjections trying to (to the best of my limited ability) introduce the perspective of homosexuals/bisexuals into discussions (I am straight, and I feel as if I may not be able to accurately portray those views). I am anxious and unsure of what else to do. I would appreciate suggestions, if I am guilty of running a heterosexist class on how to help these students feel more included. Or, other perspectives if perhaps (as I've wondered) they should speak out and claim some turf if they want to be heard (as I have made it clear I am there to help all students speak about their experiences if they so choose to do). Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Find phone numbers fast with the New AOL Yellow Pages http://yellowpages.aol.com/?NCID=emlweusyelp0001 ! --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] Is a BA in Psychology?
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[tips] intro psych resources - compiled
Accompanying the list of intro psych links I sent out was a request for any good links you would like to pass along. I said I would compile the ones I received. Here they are From Ed Pollak: It's an interactive psychopharmacology animation. Immensely entertaining popular with students. Seehttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html A long list from Riki Koenigsberg: You should check out the teacher resources at the AP Central website. Also, there are syllabi available at the TOPSS website. They offer lots of useful info as well as lots of activities in the Psychology teacher network (PTN) issues, at the same site. I think you can access that even if you are not a member. http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/homepage.html There are also unit lesson plans available at http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/unitlesson.html. You could become a member of Division 2 of APA, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology http://teachpsych.org/members/howjoin.php For $25 you get a great journal, a possibility of joining two other listserves for psych teachers, one monitored and one not, as well as other materials. Check out their website to see if you might be interested. If you become a high school teacher affiliate of STP, you will also automatically become a member of TOPPS, an organization for high school teachers which is an APA affiliate and part of STPand have even more info available to you. These are some other useful websites: Checking out the teaching resources at AP Central. This is the social psychology site. Sign up for the newsletter. http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/ This is the site for the Neuroscience for Kids newsletter: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html This is Miss Hannah's site. She has lots of resources: http://academics.tjhsst.edu/psych/ This site hasn't been updated for this semester yet, but it has many resources that Amy Sweetman compiled: http://www.intropsychresources.com/ This is the teaching resources site from the Society for the teaching of Psych, which I think is available without membership. It has loads of resources. http://teachpsych.org/otrp/index.php This is the TOPSS website: http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/ This is the site for the Assn for Psychological Science, which also has resources for teaching. Even though STP is Division 2 of APA, they changed their name because they cosponsor some events with APS. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/ http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/psycres.shtml http://www.psychology.org/links/Resources/MetaSites/ www.appsycblight.org ( http://www.appsycblight.org/ ) http://top20psychology.com/ http://www.psychnet-uk.com/games/games.htm http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html http://www.psychwww.com/ http://www.thepsychfiles.com/for-psychology-teachers-and-students/ http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/inclassex.html http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/playground/ http://personalitypedagogy.arcadia.edu/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Content.Index http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm#psychology http://www.behavenet.com/ http://www.psychologymatters.org/ There are many videos on this site besides Discovering Psych, so check them all out. http://www.learner.org/discoveringpsychology/ http://psychexps.olemiss.edu/Exps/start.htm http://www.socialpsychology.org/teaching.htm http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/topic.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/tv/ Thanks, Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu ( http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/ ) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: [tips] intro psych resources - compiled
Dear Jon, Thanks very much for this. Stuart ___ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661 Bishop's University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy blocked::http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy ___ From: Jonathan Mueller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 24, 2008 2:17 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] intro psych resources - compiled Accompanying the list of intro psych links I sent out was a request for any good links you would like to pass along. I said I would compile the ones I received. Here they are From Ed Pollak: It's an interactive psychopharmacology animation. Immensely entertaining popular with students. See http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html A long list from Riki Koenigsberg: You should check out the teacher resources at the AP Central website. Also, there are syllabi available at the TOPSS website. They offer lots of useful info as well as lots of activities in the Psychology teacher network (PTN) issues, at the same site. I think you can access that even if you are not a member. http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/homepage.html There are also unit lesson plans available at http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/unitlesson.html. You could become a member of Division 2 of APA, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology http://teachpsych.org/members/howjoin.php For $25 you get a great journal, a possibility of joining two other listserves for psych teachers, one monitored and one not, as well as other materials. Check out their website to see if you might be interested. If you become a high school teacher affiliate of STP, you will also automatically become a member of TOPPS, an organization for high school teachers which is an APA affiliate and part of STPand have even more info available to you. These are some other useful websites: Checking out the teaching resources at AP Central. This is the social psychology site. Sign up for the newsletter. http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/ This is the site for the Neuroscience for Kids newsletter: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html This is Miss Hannah's site. She has lots of resources: http://academics.tjhsst.edu/psych/ This site hasn't been updated for this semester yet, but it has many resources that Amy Sweetman compiled: http://www.intropsychresources.com/ This is the teaching resources site from the Society for the teaching of Psych, which I think is available without membership. It has loads of resources. http://teachpsych.org/otrp/index.php This is the TOPSS website: http://www.apa.org/ed/topss/ This is the site for the Assn for Psychological Science, which also has resources for teaching. Even though STP is Division 2 of APA, they changed their name because they cosponsor some events with APS. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/teaching/ http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/psycres.shtml http://www.psychology.org/links/Resources/MetaSites/ www.appsycblight.org http://www.appsycblight.org/ http://top20psychology.com/ http://www.psychnet-uk.com/games/games.htm http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/tutor.html http://www.psychwww.com/ http://www.thepsychfiles.com/for-psychology-teachers-and-students/ http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/inclassex.html http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/playground/ http://personalitypedagogy.arcadia.edu/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Content.Index http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ubcase.htm#psychology http://www.behavenet.com/ http://www.psychologymatters.org/ There are many videos on this site besides Discovering Psych, so check them all out. http://www.learner.org/discoveringpsychology/ http://psychexps.olemiss.edu/Exps/start.htm http://www.socialpsychology.org/teaching.htm http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/topic.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/tv/ Thanks, Jon === Jon Mueller Professor of Psychology North Central College 30 N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60540 voice: (630)-637-5329 fax: (630)-637-5121 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
[tips] youtube videos
Dear Tipsters, I have been searching through about a million message looking for a discussion thread on how to download youtube videos. So far I haven't found what I'm looking for. Didn't several people post links to free programs that would let you do that or am I imagining it? I remember thinking I didn't want to delete the posts because it seemed like really useful information, unfortunately I neglected to move them to a folder for easy access. Can anyone help me? Thanks Carol --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])winmail.dat
Re: [tips] youtube videos
Carol, You're probably thinking of an online service called Zamzar. Here's the link: http://www.zamzar.com/ I've tried it - it works great. Michael Michael Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thepsychfiles.com On Sep 24, 2008, at 8:57 PM, DeVolder Carol L wrote: Dear Tipsters, I have been searching through about a million message looking for a discussion thread on how to download youtube videos. So far I haven't found what I'm looking for. Didn't several people post links to free programs that would let you do that or am I imagining it? I remember thinking I didn't want to delete the posts because it seemed like really useful information, unfortunately I neglected to move them to a folder for easy access. Can anyone help me? Thanks Carol --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])winmail.dat --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [tips] youtube videos
Michael, You have any advice on download format, etc., to make it easier on us? As I recall, there were some options and questions to be considered. --Dave Michael Britt wrote: Carol, You're probably thinking of an online service called Zamzar. Here's the link: http://www.zamzar.com/ I've tried it - it works great. Michael Michael Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thepsychfiles.com On Sep 24, 2008, at 8:57 PM, DeVolder Carol L wrote: Dear Tipsters, I have been searching through about a million message looking for a discussion thread on how to download youtube videos. So far I haven't found what I'm looking for. Didn't several people post links to free programs that would let you do that or am I imagining it? I remember thinking I didn't want to delete the posts because it seemed like really useful information, unfortunately I neglected to move them to a folder for easy access. Can anyone help me? Thanks Carol --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])winmail.dat --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- ___ David E. Campbell, Ph.D.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of PsychologyPhone: 707-826-3721 Office: 444 BSS Humboldt State University FAX: 707-826-4993 Arcata, CA 95521-8299 www.humboldt.edu/~campbell/psyc.htm --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RE: [tips] youtube videos
Awesome! It worked great for me, too. Thank you so much! Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -Original Message- From: Michael Britt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 9/24/2008 8:07 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] youtube videos Carol, You're probably thinking of an online service called Zamzar. Here's the link: http://www.zamzar.com/ I've tried it - it works great. Michael Michael Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thepsychfiles.com On Sep 24, 2008, at 8:57 PM, DeVolder Carol L wrote: Dear Tipsters, I have been searching through about a million message looking for a discussion thread on how to download youtube videos. So far I haven't found what I'm looking for. Didn't several people post links to free programs that would let you do that or am I imagining it? I remember thinking I didn't want to delete the posts because it seemed like really useful information, unfortunately I neglected to move them to a folder for easy access. Can anyone help me? Thanks Carol --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])winmail.dat --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])winmail.dat
Re: [tips] youtube videos
Yes, there are a lot of options in step 2 of the process. I would suggest mov under the Video formats list. The video you get might be a little larger in size, but it's a versatile format. Of course, I'm a Mac person so that's a little bias there. If you're a Windows person then you would want to go with the wmv format. Hope that helps. Feel free to email me offline if you have other questions, Michael Michael Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thepsychfiles.com On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:22 PM, David Campbell wrote: Michael, You have any advice on download format, etc., to make it easier on us? As I recall, there were some options and questions to be considered. --Dave Michael Britt wrote: Carol, You're probably thinking of an online service called Zamzar. Here's the link: http://www.zamzar.com/ I've tried it - it works great. Michael Michael Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thepsychfiles.com On Sep 24, 2008, at 8:57 PM, DeVolder Carol L wrote: Dear Tipsters, I have been searching through about a million message looking for a discussion thread on how to download youtube videos. So far I haven't found what I'm looking for. Didn't several people post links to free programs that would let you do that or am I imagining it? I remember thinking I didn't want to delete the posts because it seemed like really useful information, unfortunately I neglected to move them to a folder for easy access. Can anyone help me? Thanks Carol --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])winmail.dat --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- ___ David E. Campbell, Ph.D.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of PsychologyPhone: 707-826-3721 Office: 444 BSS Humboldt State University FAX: 707-826-4993 Arcata, CA 95521-8299 www.humboldt.edu/~campbell/psyc.htm --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
