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WEEKLY STUDY SCHEDULE: MEETINGS AND SELF-STUDY
WEEK 1 STATISTICS: COVARIANCE, CORRELATION AND PARTIAL CORRELATION
CAUSAL MODELS: SPURIOUS RELATIONS Scheduled meetings Learning materials What to do? Why? and self-study Befóre the Self- Repetition 1st Video’s: Study chapters 1 To refresh your course study year – Field: Variance-standard deviation and 2, a repeat of knowledge and Ch1: 1.8: (22- Reliability test the first year. introduce you to 39) Lecture Field Andy Field’s Ch 2: 2.7, 2.9 book (61-64, 72-78)
Monday 11:15- Introduction lecture: correlation and spurious relations
13:15 (online) Tuesday Self- Field: Video’s: SPSS: Watch the Videos Preparation study Ch 8: 8.2.1, Covariance Home and study the practical 8.2.2, 8.5 (336- Correlation practical literature. Then do 340, 355-361), SPSS: the home-practice 8.8 (364) correlation assignments, which test if you have understood the material. Wednesday Zelf- Field: Labcoat Leni p.365 Read this Preparation studie introduction on the practical group assignment 13:30- Practical SPSS Getting to know Learning 17:00 Group assignment based on: group members objective 1: (VU) Labcoat Leni p.365 (Chamorro-Premuzic et al Do the group calculation assignment interpretation 2008) – Why do you like your lecturers? analysis SPSS statements about population Thursday Self- Field: Video’s: Study the literature Prepare working study Ch 3: 3.2, 3.7 Causal model – spurious and watch the group (97-100, 113, relation videos. 116-117) Causal model – mediation Download the Statistical controls answer file of and Partial correlation the SPSS output. 15:30- Working group Do the group Learning 17:00 Group assignment based on SPSS - output assignment objective 2: (online) interpretation in terms of causal models Friday Self- Practice questions in Test Vision Test if you have Preparation study understood the midterm material. assessment