I. Three Questions
- Population or Sample?
- Level of Measurement?
- How many variables?
II. Elementary data analysis
- Frequency Distributions
- Percentaging, recoding and graphing
- Central Tendency and Dispersion
- Bivariate tables, correlation and regression
III. The Elaboration Model
- Zero and first order partials
- Antecedent vs Intervening
- Elimination vs Specification
IV. Testing Differences
- Single Sample Tests - z tests and confidence intervals
- Two Sample Tests - t tests
- Multiple Sample Tests - ANOVA
- Non-parametric alternatives