Syllabus for PSYC 3314

     And here are a few additional exercises on some of the topics we're covering:

Data Distributions and Graphs

Data Distributions and Descriptive Statistics

Standard Scores and the Standard Normal Distribution

Interval Estimation

One-Sample Significant Difference Tests

Two-Sample Significant Difference Tests

One-Way ANOVA

Correlation
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Now, more About Me!


Education
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Major: Psychology
Degree: B.A. (1973)

Texas Christian University
Major: Experimental Psychology
Degree: M.A. (1975), Ph.D. (1977)
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Statistical Consulting

I offer statistical consulting services to students and professionals who need assistance in completing theses, dissertations, program evaluations, and other school- or employment-related projects requiring any form of statistical analysis.

(Some thesis and dissertation work may require approval from your graduate committee director.)

I can help you with research design, survey development and online deployment, data collection and data file formatting, statistical analysis (using SPSS), and technical writing. I have extensive experience in research in the areas of psychology, sociology, social services, education, and program evaluation.

I have published two statistics textbooks (McGraw-Hill and Prentice-Hall) and over one hundred peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, technical manuals, and technical reports. I've taught both undergraduate and graduate level statistics courses for 30 years, and have directed dozens of graduate student theses and consulted on many dozens of additional theses and dissertations. I'm comfortable in a wide variety of research design settings, including experimental and quasi-experimental designs, field research, and surveys.

I  am familiar with a broad range of statistical analyses, including, but not limited to the following: descriptive statistics, significant difference tests (e.g., t-tests, one-way ANOVA, factorial ANOVAs), correlations (e.g., Pearson, Spearman, Chi-Square, partial and semipartial correlation), and multivariate methods such as multiple correlation and multiple regresssion, binary logistic regression, discriminant analysis, MANOVA, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling analysis.

Contact me to discuss your specific needs and my fee structure:
george.diekhoff@mwsu.edu

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Representative and Recent Papers and Publications

    Recent Paper Presentations

                
   Diekhoff, G. M., Thompson, S. K, Denney, R. M, and Aten, J. D. A church climate map: Development,
                 dimensions, and description.  Paper presented at the Christian Association for Psychological
                 Studies conference, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, March, 2007.

  Vandehey, M., Shuff, I., & Diekhoff, G. M.  Categorization of "partner" as a methodological concern
                 in HIV/AIDS social support research.  Paper presented at the conference of the
                 Southwestern Psychological Association, Kansas City, MO, April, 2008.
               
   Vandehey, M. A., Diekhoff, G. M., & Marsh, C. M.  Identifying "gateway" courses in the prediction
                of academic performance: Mathematics vs. psychology. Paper presented at the conference
                of the Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX, April, 2009.

    Diekhoff, G. M., Vandehey, M. A., and Marsh, C. M. General psychology midterm grades used to 
                identify academically at-risk college students. Poster presented at the Southwestern 
                Psychological Association conference, DallasTX ,April, 2010.
  
    Diekhoff, G. M., Packard, J., Carlston, D., Danilova, D., & Gilbert, C. Survey of Talent Management
                Practices in American Higher Education. Poster presented at the Southwestern
                Psychological Association conference, San Antonio, TX, April 2011.

                                                           Representative Publications

I've published over 100 items--technical reports, journal articles, book chapters, instructor's manuals, and textbooks--beginning with an article based on my masters thesis in 1976. Listed below are a few of my "favorite" publications--some of the work that I found the most fun and that gives a good sense of the nature of my interests.

               
              Diekhoff, G. M. (1976). Effects of feedback in a forced-choice GSR detection task. Psychophysiology, 13, 22-26.

              Diekhoff, G. M., Brown, P.J., and Dansereau, D. F. (1982). Development and assessment of a prose learning 
                       strategy training program based on network and depth-of-processing models. Journal of Experimental
                       Education, 50, 180-184.
  
              Diekhoff, G. M. (1983). Relationship judgments in the evaluation of structural understanding. Journal of
                       Educational Psychology, 75, 227-233.

              Haines, V., Diekhoff, G. M., LaBeff, E., and Clark, R. (1986). College cheating: Immaturity, lack of commitment,
                        and the neutralizing attitude. Research in Higher Education, 25, 342-354.          

              Diekhoff, G. M., Holder, B., and Burks, R. (1988). Social cognitive structures: Marriage counseling through
                         multidimensional scaling. Small Group Behavior, 19, 185-206.    

              Diekhoff, G. M. (1988). An appraisal of adult literacy programs: Reading between the lines. Journal of Reading,
                        31, 624-630.

              Diekhoff, G. M. (1992). Statistics for the social and behavioral sciences: Univariate, bivariate, multivariate.
                         New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

              Diekhoff, G. M. and Wigginton, P. K. (1992). Faculty perceptions of classroom environment: A mirror to the
                         self? Studies in Higher Education, 17, 21-25.

              Diekhoff, G. M. (1993). Demonstrations and activities for psychology. New York: Macmillan.
           
              Diekhoff, G. M. (1996). Basic statistics for the social and behavioral sciences. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
                         PrenticeHall.

              Diekhoff, G. M. (1996). Cognitive maps for teaching the history of psychology. In M. E. Ware and D. Johnson
                         (Eds.) Teaching Demonstrations and Activities. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 

              Diekhoff, G. M., LaBeff, E., Clark, R., Williams, L, Francis, B., and Haines, V. J. (1996). College cheating: Ten
                         years later. Research in Higher Education, 37, 487-502. 

              Pulvers, K. and Diekhoff, G. M. (1999). The relationship between academic dishonesty and college classroom
                        environment. Research in Higher Education, 40, 487-498.
             
              Diekhoff, G. M., Thompson, S., and Denney, R.  (2006).  A multidimensional scaling analysis of church climate.
                       Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 25, 17-27.

              Danilova, D., Diekhoff, G. M., and Vandehey, M. A. (in press). A multidimensional scaling analysis of male body
                        perceptions in males with muscle dysmorphia: "The Adonis Complex." International Journal of Men's
                        Health.