I'm finding this thread rather interesting since I will start teaching
stats for the first time (officially) in a few weeks.
I've been deebating how much hand calculation I should include in the
course, and tend to agree that some hand calculation is a good thing. But,
I see little to no reason to have people hand calculate ANOVAs by hand.
Right now my leaning is towards bringing SPSS into the course early so I
can make sure that they understand how to interpret the output when they
move on to the methods course, along with knowing which test(s) are
appropriate for different situations. My biggest problem in teaching the
methods course now is having to "re-teach" stats to the students, and I
often find myself with students who have never used SPSS in their stats
course which forces me to deal with topics that I feel they should know
prior to the methods course. (But that's another topic...)
I'd love to hear responses from others on this topic as I try to refine my
plan for the coming semester.
- Marc
G. Marc Turner, MEd
Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
Department of Psychology
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
phone: (512)245-2526
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
