Basic Math and Statistics Review for Psyc 480
Topic
Textbook
Internet
addition, summation, additive effect
p. 30-31
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
fractions
NA
Wikipedia
absolute value
NA
Wikipedia
square and square root
NA
Wikipedia
reciprocal
NA
Wikipedia
rounding and truncation
NA
Wikipedia
significant digits
NA
Wikipedia
scientific notation
NA
Wikipedia
sequences of numbers
NA
MathsIsFun
logarithms
NA
Wikipedia
rules for exponents
NA
AlgebraLab
proportions, percentages, and rates
NA
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
greater than and less than
NA
Wikipedia
reading graphs
NA
Beginning Algebra
linear equations and variables
NA
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
quadratic and cubic equations
NA
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
logarithmic, exponential, and other nonlinear functions
NA
Google Videos
Google Videos
scales of measurement
p. 6-8
Wikipedia
probability
p. 112-117
Wikipedia
experimental design
NA
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
hypothesis testing
chap. 4
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Thirteen Things You Should Be Able to Calculate On the Fly Without a Formula Sheet
1) sample mean
p. 33
OnlineMathLearning
2) sample median
p. 32-33
OnlineMathLearning
3) sum of squares
p. 324
NA
4) sample variance
p. 40-43
OnlineMathLearning
5) sample standard deviation
p. 40-43
OnlineMathLearning
6) standard error of the sample mean
p. 183
Wikipedia
7) 95% confidence interval for the sample mean
p. 192
Stat.Yale.edu
8) standard ("z") score
p. 54
Wikipedia
9) weighted mean
NA
Wikipedia
10) pooled variance
p. 206
Wikipedia
11) t statistic
p. 185-186
Wikipedia
12) covariance
p. 250-251
Visual Statistics
13) correlation coefficient
p. 252
Wikipedia