We have created a number of resources to make your task as instructor easier. We will briefly describe each of them and how to obtain them.
We have prepared an Instructor's Manual and a computerized test-item file to simplify the work of instructors. The Instructor's Manual provides useful background information, advanced topics, and background reading. It also lists the items from the test-item file. We have provided over 2500 multiple-choice items as part of a computerized test-item file. Most of these items have been field tested, and all are keyed to the textbook for quick reference. Creating high-quality tests is easy with this system. If you have adopted the text for your course, contact your Allyn & Bacon representative or, if you do not know the name of your Allyn & Bacon representative, call 1-800-278-3525 to get the Instructor's Manual and computerized test-item file.
We market the CD supplement that is available for this text as a resource for students, and indeed it is just that. However, you will find that it is also a resource for you as the instructor. Several topics that are too specialized or too advanced for the textbook are covered on the CD. You have the choice of what topics to cover and what resources on the CD you will use. The tutorials on statistical analyses, APA publication style, and library research can reduce the time you spend in class covering these critical issues, thus freeing valuable time for things you can do better than any textbook. We have elected to put almost all of the computerized statistical analysis coverage on the CD to give instructors the option of how heavily they want to cover statistics. Although this material is separate from the textbook, it is fully integrated with the text, so that it is easy to cover statistical analysis if that is what you decide to do.
This is the first edition in which we have included a supplementary CD. We have been very careful to not sacrifice anything in the text in this edition. The text can be used just as effectively without the CD as it has been used in the first three editions. However, the CD supplement brings a dimension to the text that we feel in unmatched in this market. Together with our website, the CD provides more educational resources than any existing text, and does so at a very reasonable price. Nevertheless, we recognize that not every student will have a computer, so we did not want to penalize those without a computer by leaving critical material out of the text.
We have prepared basic PowerPoint lectures to facilitate preparation of your lecture material. For those who may be unfamiliar with PowerPoint, this is a program that is part of the Microsoft Office Package (also sold individually). With PowerPoint, you can create very professional looking slides in a matter of minutes. You can easily modify the slides because they exist as a computer file. You can insert new slide that you create, modify current slides, move the slides around, change the slide format and background, all with very little effort. If you want, you can have the graphics specialists at your university make 35 mm slides or color overheads, but by far the easiest is to have the computer project the slides for you. Check with your audiovisual specialists to find out if this capability is available at your university. Finally, you can easily printout handouts of your slides for distribution to students. Handouts make it easier for students to follow the lecture because students spend less time writing down the details and more time listening to you.
These PowerPoint lectures can be downloaded by clicking on the links below. The lectures contain the basics of the material covered in the text. You can easily expand the lectures to include topics not covered in the text, delete material you want to skip over, or change the coverage to suit your style. Our goal is not to structure your course, but rather to reduce your workload.
We have found in the past that PowerPoint files written in the newest formats are not easily read by older versions of PowerPoint. Therefore, we have included two versions of the files--one in PowerPoint 97 and the other in PowerPoint 4.0. If you have PowerPoint 97 or 2000, the 97 version should work. If you have an earlier version, try the 4.0 version. If you have any trouble reading them, contact Mike Raulin at raulin@acsu.buffalo.edu for help.
Even compressed, the basic lecture slides are over 1 meg. The download is relatively quick if you have an ethernet connection to your mainframe as your web access. With a 56K modem, you should be able to download the file in about 30 minutes depending on the quality of your phone connection. Downloading with a slower modem may be impractical. If you want a copy of the lectures but do not want to execute a long download, you can request a copy on disk from Mike Raulin. Be sure to include a mailing address in your e-mail request. This offer to provide the lectures on disk is open to course instructors ONLY, but students are welcome to download the lecture slides as a study aide.
The PowerPoint files have been zipped using WINZIP to dramatically reduce the download times. WINZIP, a windows version of the orginial DOS-based program Pkzip, is an inexpensive shareware utility available from hundreds of sources on the web. If you do not have a copy, I recommend downloading a copy and trying it. You may soon wonder how you ever got along without it. It can save tremendous space on your disk, while still giving you easy access to necessary files. If you do not want to bother to download WINZIP, you can probably find someone in the department who already has a copy and could unzip your files for you.
We have established an email discussion network for instructors who use the Graziano and Raulin text. This is a closed discussion list, so instructors need not worry about having irrelevant material or spam. If you would like to be included, send an email request to Mike Raulin at raulin@acsu.buffalo.edu. This has not been a terribly active list, but it can be helpful for instructors. Both Tony and Mike are on the list and will offer guidance, opinions, or support as appropriate. Also, feel free to email either of us with questions, comments, and suggestions. This text has benefitted greatly from the suggestions of instructors who use the text.
We have added template pages to set up your own web site. The package includes (1) detailed instructions for the novice on how to set up basic web pages, (2) who to contact at your computer center for more information, and (3) basic template pages for the research methods course, where all you need to do is fill in the blanks.
Creating web sites is getting easier all the time. We have included this package to give you the technology to set up a web site now with virtually no investment in software. If you want to get fancier, there are a number of excellent web creation software packages available. You may want to check with your instructional technology staff on campus, because many universities will provide these software packages to their faculty free in order to encourage use of web technology. In addition, the newly released Microsoft Office 2000 has the option to save output from most of its component programs (e.g., Word, Excel, etc.) in html format (the language of the web), making web creation almost as simple as writing a letter.