W4: Correlation and Regression

This is the module for Week 4. We will start learning the basics of how to model continuous relationships between variables.

Goals

• Introduce linear models via correlation and regression

Prep

Before Wednesday

• Read Chapter 15 (everything before Section 15.4) from the Gravetter & Wallnau (2017) textbook.
• Read Chapter 16 (everything before Section 16.2) from the Gravetter & Wallnau (2017) textbook.

Before Friday

• Read Chapter 15 (Section 15.5) from the Gravetter & Wallnau (2017) textbook.
• Watch videos for Pearson correlation and Linear regression

After Friday

• Watch the video for Spearman and point biserial correlations
• Review everything!
• Work on Problem Set #3

Try

Slides

Here you will find the slides for each class session as well as links to any demos/activities we may do in class.

W4: Slides 1

W4: Slides 2

Apply

This week, you will be submitting the following (on Canvas):

• Week 4 Quiz
• Problem Set 3 due on Feb 19
• Optional Meme