This four-credit-hour, one-semester online course is designed to offer the same major subject and content areas as a traditional statistics course, but differs in that an emphasis is placed on application. Students will explore data sets and challenges from several disciplines, including health professions, education, sports science, and business, to make the course relevant to their specific needs and interests. The course provides a practical application of the statistical component of SPSS and introduces higher level statistics concepts and topics.
You will need to purchase the SPSS Statistics Standard GradPack 25 software to complete this course. SPSS Statistics Standard GradPack 25 is available in Windows and Mac versions, as either 6-month or 12-month rentals. If you are a macOS Big Sur user, you will need to utilize the Standard GradPack 27.
You will need access to a scientific calculator for this course. Any calculator that has an exponent and square root key suffices. Using cell phones or online calculators is not recommended. If you need to purchase a calculator you need to make sure it is “scientific”. There are many inexpensive options available that will suffice for this class as most calculations will be done using SPSS.
Textbooks, software, and calculators need to be purchased separately and are not part of your registration fee.
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
On the course start date, students will have access to orientation. This must be completed to be able to gain access to the first module in the course. Students must complete the first module to gain access to the next one. We recommend that students spend about 15 hours per week to complete a course in 16 weeks. When trying to complete the course in less than 16 weeks, we typically see students do this successfully within 12-14 weeks. Instructors will be timely in grading and feedback, but it will not be instant.
Each week, this course will present you with:
This is a challenging course, and regular contact with your professor is strongly encouraged.
This course is designed to take 16 weeks to complete.
Homework
Each week (except for the Midterm and Final Exam weeks) includes a graded set of homework questions related to that week’s concepts and skills. Before you attempt the homework, we strongly encourage you to complete the self-test questions included in each week. Use these ungraded self-assessments to guide your study and practice.
Course Project
Regularly throughout the course you will complete a section of a large, research-based project. This project will ask you to step into the shoes of a research statistician who has been asked to analyze the data collected by a research team. Through the five parts of the project, you will gain first-hand experience using statistical analysis and reasoning to generate meaningful conclusions from large data sets.
Discussions
Posting to a course discussion can be exciting. You are interacting with your peers, sharing your thoughts, opinions, questions, and observations, and reading about others’ experiences as well. This is where you get to know your fellow classmates, build and maintain your connections, and even learn a thing or two! In this course, you will use the discussion boards to explore the topics, challenges, and ambiguities of statistical analysis and reasoning. Every two weeks you will choose two discussion topics to explore, and will post your responses on the online discussion board. On the following weeks you will return to the discussion board and read and respond to your classmates’ posts.
Exams
There will be two proctored exams. The Midterm Exam (in week 8) will cover Chapters 1-6 and Chapters 8-10. The Final Exam (in week 16) will cover material from the entire course. You will have three hours to complete each exam. You may use your scientific calculator (not a calculator app on your phone or tablet) and a UNE-authorized whiteboard. You must show your proctor that your whiteboard is clear at the beginning of your testing session, and you must erase your whiteboard in front of the proctor before disconnecting from your session. If you do not do this, your exam will not be credited. You will need to schedule each exam with our online proctoring system, ProctorU. You must purchase a UNE-compliant Webcam to take your proctored examinations. Remember to order your webcam at least three weeks prior to scheduling your first proctored exam.
For all exams, you must review the Proctored Examinations information and requirements in the Policies section of this syllabus.
Your grade in this course will be determined by the following criteria:
Homework | 20% |
Discussions | 10% |
Midterm Exam (must be proctored) | 20% |
Final Exam (must be proctored) | 25% |
Course Project (in 5 parts) | 25% |
TOTAL | 100% |
Grade | Grade Point | Grade Point Average |
A | 94-100 | 4 |
A- | 90-93 | 3.75 |
B+ | 87-89 | 3.5 |
B | 84-86 | 3 |
B- | 80-83 | 2.75 |
C+ | 77-79 | 2.5 |
C | 74-76 | 2 |
C- | 70-73 | 1.75 |
D | 64-69 | 1 |
F | 00-63 | 0 |
Goals | |
Getting Started |
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Week 1 |
Introduction & The SPINE of Statistics
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Week 2 |
The Phoenix of Statistics & SPSS
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Week 3 |
Exploring Data with Graphs and Project: Part 1
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Week 4 |
The Beast of Bias
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Week 5 |
Correlation
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Week 6 |
The Linear Model and Regression
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Week 7 |
Comparing Two Means and Project: Part 2
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Week 8 |
Midterm Exam
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Week 9 |
Comparing Several Independent Means
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Week 10 |
Comparing Means Adjusted for Other Predictors and Project: Part 3
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Week 11 |
Factorial Designs
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Week 12 |
Repeated-Measures Designs
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Week 13 |
Mixed Designs and Project: Part 4
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Week 14 |
Categorical Outcomes 1: Chi-Square and Logilinear Analysis
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Week 15 |
Categorical Outcomes 2: Logistic Regression
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Week 16 |
Proctored Final Exam and Project Part 5
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End of course |
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Questions? Visit the Student Support Science Prerequisites page
Check Brightspace for specific instructor and support specialist contact information.
The Student Lounge Discussion Board is a designated support forum in which students may engage with each other and grapple with course content. Feel free to post questions, seek clarification, and support each other, but be mindful of UNE's Academic Integrity Policy.
Your instructor will monitor this forum. However, if you are seeking specific and timely answers to questions about course content or your personal grades, please contact your instructor via course messages. For questions about course materials, program policy, and how to navigate and proceed through the course, please contact your Student Service Advisor through the Student Portal.
Any student who would like to request, or ask any questions regarding, academic adjustments or accommodations must contact the Student Access Center at (207) 221-4438 or pcstudentaccess@une.edu. Student Access Center staff will evaluate the student's documentation and determine eligibility of accommodation(s) through the Student Access Center registration procedure.
Students should notify their Student Support Specialist and instructor in the event of a problem relating to a course. This notification should occur promptly and proactively to support timely resolution.
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Your Student Support Specialist is a resource for you - they will monitor course progression and provide assistance or guidance when needed. Please don’t hesitate to contact them for assistance, including, but not limited to course planning, course materials, billing, current problems or issues in a course, technology concerns, or personal emergencies.
Questions? Visit the Student Support Science Prerequisites page
Check Brightspace for specific instructor and support specialist contact information.
The Student Lounge Discussion Board is a designated support forum in which students may engage with each other and grapple with course content. Feel free to post questions, seek clarification, and support each other, but be mindful of UNE's Academic Integrity Policy.
Your instructor will monitor this forum. However, if you are seeking specific and timely answers to questions about course content or your personal grades, please contact your instructor via course messages. For questions about course materials, program policy, and how to navigate and proceed through the course, please contact your Student Service Advisor through the Student Portal.
The University of New England has contracted with ProctorU to provide students with the most convenient online exam proctoring system. This system provides a simple, no cost to the student, secure, online proctor for exams and allows the student to take all the exams at home and on their own schedule.
Upon enrollment into the course, each student will register with ProctorU and establish a login name and password. This will give the student access to all of ProctorU's services. When ready, students will schedule each of their proctored exams with ProctorU. Exams must be scheduled at least 72 hours in advance to avoid fees. Prior to taking their exams, students must be sure that they have downloaded any required additional software. They must also be sure their testing site's connection meets the minimum requirements by using ProctorU's "Test It Out" utility.
Upon the exam day and hour, students will log in to ProctorU and click on "exams". After following the procedures outlined at ProctorU's website, the student will log in to Brightspace and locate their correct exam. The proctor will then allow student access to that exam.
Students must use ProctorU and must follow all proctoring requirements for their exams to be credited. Please contact your instructor for specific feedback.
Students will receive two attempts at all proctored examinations. The higher score of the two attempts will be calculated into the final grade. Students can schedule their second attempt by following the same ProctorU instructions as with the original exam.
All students are encouraged to utilize a second attempt on their exams in order to improve their overall performance in the course.
Discussion topics cover events or materials related to this course that contribute to a deeper understanding of key concepts and allow you to interact with your classmates and the instructor. Each discussion topic may require you to conduct internet research, read additional materials, visit a specific webpage, AND/OR view a short video before writing a response following the specific guidelines in the discussion topic prompt.
To earn full credit you will need to post a response to the discussion topic, respond to the original posts of other students, and then contribute meaningfully to an ongoing discussion. You may need to post your initial response before you will see any posts from your classmates. For special cases where one or two students are accelerating faster through the course, the instructor will participate in the discussion so that everyone has the opportunity to interact.
Please see Brightspace for a full description, along with specific guidelines, for each discussion topic. Discussion board assignments should be completed, along with all other assignments in the course, in the order that they appear. Due to the course design, you may be unable to take a proctored exam if you do not complete all assignments that appear prior to that exam.
Please also refer to the Grading Policy/Grade Breakdown section of the syllabus to learn the percentage of your grade that each discussion is worth.
Please review the technical requirements for UNE Online Programs: Technical Requirements
A schedule of lectures and assignments is included in this syllabus. This is, however a self-paced course and you can complete the course in less time.
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Students are expected to attempt and complete all graded assignments and proctored exams by the end date of the course. View the incomplete grade policy..
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