Methods: Sites to Visit 
Correlational Analyses
Complete this Psychology in Focus to accompany your text. 
Discuss properties of correlations. What does a correlation between
two variables mean? What types of research questions are correlations most
appropriate for answering? 
Lifestyle Questionnaire
Take this brief questionnaire as honestly as you can.
What is your lifestyle? What advice are you given? Click the back button
on your browser and answer the questions to obtain the highest score you
can. How might bias in self reporting affect the results of an experiment
using a questionnaire like this one?
Some other interesting sites you may want to check out... 
Critical thinking about psychological research
Nancy Digdon, a psychology professor at GMCC, has developed some essential
critical thinking questions about psychological research. These tutorials
are short and simple. Check them out (HINT: Similar questions
are very likely to be on the midterm!).
Guessing correlations
Test your ability to guess correlations. Last term, one student
from PSYCO 105 made it onto the Top 10 list!
Butterfly Statistics
This site allows you to review concepts such as mean, median, mode
and histogram using butterflies as "subjects". The graphics are great but
may take some time to load.
3 Doors Problem
The 3 Doors Problem is a modification of Monte Hall's "Let's Make a
Deal" and illustrates a basic property of probability.
Interactive statistics tutorials by Jay Hill
You can work through some statistical concepts at this site.
Gray Website
Pull down to Chapter 2 to review concepts for this topic.
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