University of Houston-Clear Lake

Seminar in Advanced Statistics for Psychology
Wednesday, 9 - 10am, Bayou 2617-09

9/5/07: MANOVA-MANCOVA
Chabot and Taylor (1992) Circadian Modulation of Rat Acoustic Startle Response. Behavioral Neurosciene, 106, 5, pp. 846-852 <pdf>

http://www.statisticssolutions.com/index.htm

9/12/07: Meta Analysis
Dush, Hirt, and Schroeder (1989) Self statement modification and the treatment of child behavior disorders-A meta analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 106, 1, pp.97-106 <pdf>

9/19/07: MANOVA-MANCOVA
Douglas, Graham, Anderson, and Rogerson (2004) Managing chronic pain through cognitive change and multidisciplinary treatment program. Australian Psychologist, 39, 3, pp. 201-207 <pdf>

9/26/07 & 10/31/07: Multiple Regression
Kremen, Jacobsen, Xian, Eisen, Eaves, Tsuang, and Lyons (2007) Genetics of Verbal Working Memory Processes: A Twin Study of Middle-Aged Men. Neuropsychology, Vol. 21, No. 5, 569–580 <pdf>

Wilbum and Smith (2005) Stress, Self-esteem, and Suicidal Ideation in Late Adolescents, ADOLESCENCE, Vol. 40, No. 157, pp. 33-45 <pdf>

Peres, S. C., Fleetwood, M. D., Tamborello II, F. P., Yang, M., & Paige-Smith, D. L. (2005). Pros, cons, and changing behavior: An application in using the keyboard to issue commands. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, 49, 637-641.<pdf>

11/07/07 (2 hours): Signal Detection Theory
Wikipedia definition of Signal Detection Theory

Cool tutorial for Signal Detection Theory

Peres, S. C., & Lane, D. M. (2005) Auditory Graphs: The effects of redundant dimensions and divided attention, Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Auditory Displays. Limerick, Ireland.<pdf>

Receiver Operating Characteristics in Recognition Memory: A Review by Yonelinas and Parks in the Psychological Bulletin.
  

11/14/07 (2 hours): Confidence intervals and effect sizes

Online statistics book - particularly for simulations: www.onlinestatbook.com

Cuijpers, P., van Straten, A., Smits, N., & Smit, F. (2006) Screening and early psychological intervention for depression in schools; Systematic review and meta-analysis. European Child Adolescent Psychiatry <pdf>

Website on Effect Sizes

I found this website and I liked how he explains it all.   http://web.uccs.edu/lbecker/Psy590/es.htm
 
I thought you may find these interesting even though it is ecology.
  
http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/14/3/446
 
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/psy/cumming/docs/Di%20Stef%20Fidler%20et%20al%20Nova%2005.pdf

12/5/07: Discussion of course and evaluations