It is time for me to look ahead to the courses I will be teaching in the
fall and I would appreciate your advice.
Until now, our students have taken statistics in the Math department.
Starting in the fall our department will teach this course as the first part
of our research methods sequence. I am happy that this new course will be my
responsibility.
I have begun the process of selecting a primary textbook for the course and
I would appreciate any wisdom that you all might have to offer. (I know this
topic was discussed fairly recently but I did not pay attention because at
the time I thought this course was locked into our Math department.) I have
narrowed my list of potential books to three: Aron & Aron from Prentice
Hall; Lockhart from Freeman; and Welkowitz, Ewen, & Cohen from Harcourt
Brace. Do any of you have experience with any of these texts? Can you tell
me about student reactions to these books? Are there any particular
strengths in one that I might overlook?
I have also started to collect internet resources to use in the course. Do
any of you know a good basic site with links to more specific sites? I am
hoping to find databases that I could use for illustration and homework
problems as well as some informational sites that could support explanations
from class and textbook materials.
Thanks for your advice.
Dennis
Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg, VA 24503
