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Learning to Give Reverse Causality Explanations for Correlations: Still Hard after All These Tries
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Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2019
After explicit instruction on how to give possible bidirectional (two-way) causality explanations for a correlation, 240 students from eight sections of social psychology and research methods courses wrote "reverse causality" explanations on various test questions, creating a total of 882 answers. Averaging across multiple graded…
Descriptors: Correlation, Causal Models, Research Methodology, Social Psychology
Undergraduate Summer Research Programs and Graduate School Outcomes: Don't Ignore Rejected Program Applicants
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Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
We tracked a sample of primarily Black psychology baccalaureates' advanced degree enrollments and completions and estimated the association of those outcomes with summer research experience by merging three data sets: (a) summer research program participants, (b) a comparison group of alumni, mostly without summer research, and (c) degree…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Summer Programs, Psychology, Alumni
Postbaccalaureate Salaries of Psychology Majors from a Historically Black University: How Much Does a Master's Degree Add?
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Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
A sample of predominantly African American psychology major baccalaureates from a historically Black university self-reported job types, salaries, and master's degree completion. For this pre-2009 recession sample, we found that (a) the rates of employment were quite high; (b) most jobs were related to health, mental health, social work, and…
Descriptors: College Graduates, African American Students, Black Colleges, Universities
Diverse Colleges of Origin of African American Doctoral Recipients, 2001-2005: Historically Black Colleges and Universities and beyond
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Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Research in Higher Education, 2011
The contribution of HBCUs as "colleges of origin," i.e., where Black doctorates earned their bachelors' degrees, remains of interest, given the historical role of HBCUs and the current desire to increase the percentage of doctorates awarded to African Americans in all fields. Using national survey data from multiple sources, we estimated…
Descriptors: African American Students, Research Universities, Black Colleges, Standardized Tests
Should College Algebra be a Prerequisite for Taking Psychology Statistics?
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Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
In order to consider whether a course in college algebra should be a prerequisite for taking psychology statistics, we recorded students' grades in elementary psychology statistics and in college algebra at a 4-year university. Students who earned credit in algebra prior to enrolling in statistics for the first time had a significantly higher mean…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Prerequisites, Psychology, Statistics
Differences in Graduation Rates between Young Black and White College Students: Effect of Entry into Parenthood and Historically Black Universities
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Sibulkin, Amy E.; Butler, J. S. – Research in Higher Education, 2005
Black and White students who enrolled in college by age 20 were selected from a national probability sample, in order to estimate the prevalence of having children and the effect of having a child on probability of graduation with a bachelor's degree. Black students reported significantly higher rates of having children than White students, but…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, African American Students, White Students, College Students