MERLOT Materials

These exercises were written to accompany a course in critical thinking. Everything starts with a question so it's... see more

The goal of these exercises is to introduce students to the analysis of political and social divisions in American... see more

The goal of these exercises is to introduce students to quantitative data analysis using a Pew Research Center survey... see more

These exercises were written for courses that include a component on religion as well as for courses that introduce... see more

This tutorial is intended for those who want to learn the basics of PSPP which is a statistical analysis program... see more

Description: This book is intended for those who want to learn the basics of SPSS which is a widely used statistical... see more

This is a series of thirteen exercises which were written for an introductory research methods course. The first exercise... see more

These exercises (15 in all) were written for instructors teaching an introductory class in statistics. They were written... see more

This OPEN TEXTBOOK is intended for those who want to learn the basics of SPSS (Version 23). This book can be used as a... see more

These exercises (16 in all) were written for instructors teaching an introductory class in statistics. They were written... see more

There are four exercises that use data from the 2018 General Social Survey to explore confidence in societal institutions... see more

There are four exercise that use data from the 2018 General Social Survey to explore gender differences. These exercises... see more

There are two exercises that use data from the 2018 General Social Survey to explore topics in attitudes toward abortion.... see more

There are three exercises that use data from the 2014 General Social Survey to explore topics in tolerance. Tolerance is... see more

These exercises (16 in all) were written for instructors teaching an introductory class in statistics. They were written... see more

Description: There are four exercises that use data from the 2018 General Social Survey to explore topics in religion.... see more

This module was designed to introduce students to the basics of data analysis. The focus is on two and three variable... see more

The goal of this exercise is to think about a concept typically called religious fundamentalism and to consider how we... see more

The goal of this exercise is to explore the relationship between religiosity and other variables using crosstabulation.... see more

The goal of this exercise is to create a measure of religiosity. We will also validate our measure. Validity refers to... see more

These resources accompany "Exercises for Critical Thinking" which is also available on Merlot. They provide resources for... see more

This OPEN TEXTBOOK is intended for those who want to learn the basics of SPSS (Version 22). This book can be used as a... see more

Developed by the CSU Social Sciences Research and Instructional Council (SSRIC), the Teaching Resources Depository... see more