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PSY 315 · FALL 2026

🗓️ Class Schedule

Tuesdays & Thursdays · 85-minute classes · Professor Magee

🗓️ Semester plan · 25 meetings ⬇ Download as PDF
How due-dates work

A short T/F quiz on the previous class's unit is due before almost every class (two lowest dropped). A tougher multiple-choice (MC) test covering a whole block is due before each review (lowest dropped). Four exams, one review before each, no final — instead a team game during finals week. Tip: click any unit to open its reading.

Block 1Describing Data

#DateIn classDue before class
1Thu Sep 10Unit 1 — Welcome, variables & measurement + math refresher
2Tue Sep 15Unit 2 — Frequency distributions & graphsT/F Quiz 1 (Unit 1)
3Thu Sep 17Unit 3 — Central tendencyT/F Quiz 2 (Unit 2)
4Tue Sep 22Unit 4 — Variability (SD, variance)T/F Quiz 3 (Unit 3)
5Thu Sep 24Unit 5 — z-scores & the normal curveT/F Quiz 4 (Unit 4)
6Tue Sep 29Review 1T/F Quiz 5 (Unit 5) + MC Test 1 (Block 1)
7Thu Oct 1EXAM 1 (Units 1–5)study

Block 2Relationships

#DateIn classDue before class
8Tue Oct 6Unit 6 — Correlation & scatterplots (+ Exam 1 results)
9Thu Oct 8Unit 7 — Regression & predictionT/F Quiz 6 (Unit 6)
10Tue Oct 13Review 2T/F Quiz 7 (Unit 7) + MC Test 2 (Block 2)
11Thu Oct 15EXAM 2 (Units 6–7 + descriptives)study
Tue Oct 20No class — University Meeting Day

Block 3Hypothesis Testing & t-Tests

#DateIn classDue before class
12Thu Oct 22Unit 8 — Probability, sampling & the CLT (+ Exam 2 results)
13Tue Oct 27Unit 9 — Logic of hypothesis testing (z-test) + powerT/F Quiz 8 (Unit 8)
14Thu Oct 29Unit 10 — One-sample t-testT/F Quiz 9 (Unit 9)
15Tue Nov 3Unit 11 — Independent-samples t-testT/F Quiz 10 (Unit 10)
16Thu Nov 5Unit 12 — Paired / dependent t-testT/F Quiz 11 (Unit 11)
17Tue Nov 10Review 3T/F Quiz 12 (Unit 12) + MC Test 3 (Block 3)
18Thu Nov 12EXAM 3 (Units 8–12)study

Block 4ANOVA

#DateIn classDue before class
19Tue Nov 17Unit 13 — One-way ANOVA (+ Exam 3 results)
20Thu Nov 19Unit 14 — Two-way ANOVA: main effects & interactionsT/F Quiz 13 (Unit 13)
Tue Nov 24TBA / flex — Thanksgiving week
Thu Nov 26No class — Thanksgiving
21Tue Dec 1Two-way ANOVA: reading interaction graphs
22Thu Dec 3Flex / Catch-up (insurance buffer)
23Tue Dec 8Review 4T/F Quiz 14 (Unit 14) + MC Test 4 (Block 4)
24Thu Dec 10EXAM 4 (Units 13–14)study
25Tue Dec 15Course wrap + game rules & teams (+ Exam 4 results)
🎮Dec 16–22Statistics Game (team extra credit) — your assigned finals slot
Totals

25 class meetings · 4 exams · 4 reviews · 14 T/F quizzes (two lowest dropped) · 4 MC tests (lowest dropped) · 1 finals-week game.

Built-in slack

The Nov 24 TBA and the Dec 3 Flex day are deliberate buffers — if a class is ever cancelled or runs behind, the schedule absorbs it without moving an exam. If they aren't needed, Dec 3 becomes extra ANOVA practice.

Verified against the official SJNY 2026–27 calendar: classes begin Wed Sep 9; no class Tue Oct 20 (University Meeting Day) or Nov 26 (Thanksgiving). Last day of classes Dec 15; finals Dec 16–22. Dates may shift slightly — changes announced in class and on Canvas.