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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey R. Stowell , William E. AddisonPublisher: American Psychological Association Imprint: American Psychological Association Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781433827143ISBN 10: 143382714 Pages: 133 Publication Date: 13 March 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContributors Acknowledgments Introduction Jeffrey R. Stowell and William E. Addison Part I: Statistics Chapter 1: Reducing Anxiety in the Statistics Classroom Tamarah Smith Chapter 2: How to Lie With the Y-Axis Thomas E. Heinzen Chapter 3: Summarizing Data Using Measures of Central Tendency: A Group Activity Thomson J. Ling Chapter 4: How Fast Is Your Internet? An Activity for Teaching Variance and Standard Deviation Bonnie A. Green and Jeffrey R. Stowell Chapter 5: Getting Dicey: Thinking About Normal Distributions and Descriptive Statistics Robert McEntarffer and Maria Vita Chapter 6: A Low-Anxiety Introduction to the Standard Normal Distribution and Measures of Relative Standing Laura Brandt and William E. Addison Chapter 7: Using the Heat Hypothesis to Explore the Statistical Methods of Correlation and Regression George Y. Bizer Chapter 8: Active Learning for Understanding Sampling Distributions David S. Kreiner Chapter 9: Testing Students for ESP: Demonstrating the Role of Probability in Hypothesis Testing William E. Addison Chapter 10: Using a TV Game Show Format to Demonstrate Confidence Intervals Alexis Grosofsky Chapter 11: Real-Life Application of Type I and Type II Decision Errors Bernard C. Beins Chapter 12: Factors That Influence Statistical Power Michael J. Tagler and Christopher L. Thomas Chapter 13: An Interdisciplinary Activity for p Values, Effect Sizes, and the Law of Small Numbers Andrew N. Christopher Part II: Research Methods Chapter 14: An Activity for Teaching the Scientific Method R. Eric Landrum Chapter 15: Linking Identification of Independent and Dependent Variables to the Goals of Science Mary E. Kite Chapter 16: Everything Is Awesome: Building Operational Definitions With Play-Doh and LEGOs Stephanie E. Afful and Karen Wilson Chapter 17: A Demonstration of Random Assignment That Is Guaranteed to Work (95% of the Time) Thomas P. Pusateri Chapter 18: Identifying Confounding Factors in Psychology Research Chris Jones-Cage Chapter 19: Demonstrating Experimenter and Participant Bias Caridad F. Brito Chapter 20: The Most Unethical Researcher: An Activity for Demonstrating Research Ethics in Psychology Sue Frantz Chapter 21: The Ethics of Behavioral Research Using Animals: A Classroom Exercise (PDF, 909KB) Harold Herzog Chapter 22: Demonstrating Interobserver Reliability in Naturalistic Settings Janie H. Wilson and Shauna W. Joye Chapter 23: Using a Classic Model of Stress to Teach Survey Construction and Analysis Joseph A. Wister Chapter 24: Using Childhood Memories to Demonstrate Principles of Qualitative Research Steven A. Meyers Chapter 25: Using a Peer-Writing Workshop to Help Students Learn American Psychological Association Style Dana S. Dunn Index About the EditorsReviewsAuthor InformationJeffrey R. Stowell, PhD, earned his doctoral degree in psychobiology from The Ohio State University. He is a professor and the assistant chair of the psychology department at Eastern Illinois University (EIU), where he teaches courses in biological psychology, sensation and perception, learning, and introductory psychology. He has published articles in Teaching of Psychology, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, and other teaching-related journals on the use of technology in teaching. He presents regularly at regional psychology conferences and mentors undergraduate and graduate student research. He participated in the 2008 National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology: A Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline. He received the Society for Teaching of Psychology's Early Career Teaching Award and served as the society's Internet editor for 8 years. At EIU, Dr. Stowell has earned the honors of Professor Laureate and Distinguished Honors Faculty Award; he is a three-time winner of the Psi Chi Chapter Faculty of the Year Award and has received the College of Sciences' highest awards in three different areas (teaching, research, and service). William E. Addison, PhD, is a professor in the psychology department at EIU, where he has regularly taught courses in statistics and research methods. He is a Fellow and former president of APA Division 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology), and he is a charter Fellow of the Midwestern Psychological Association. He has served as a consulting editor and reviewer for the journal Teaching of Psychology, as a member of the GRE Psychology Test Development Committee, and as a faculty consultant for the annual Advanced Placement Exam in Psychology. He participated in the 1999 National Forum on Psychology Partnerships and the 2008 National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology: A Blueprint for the Future of the Discipline. Dr. Addison presents regularly at annual meetings of APA and the Midwestern Psychological Association and at the Midwest Institute for Students and Teachers of Psychology. His publications include teaching-oriented articles in Teaching of Psychology and the College Student Journal. He has received a number of awards for his teaching, including the EIU Distinguished Faculty Award and the EIU Distinguished Honors Faculty Award. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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