Dennis Shaffer

2016

Professor Dennis Shaffer plans to replace the statistics textbook, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, with self-published materials. Replacing the textbook would allow Shaffer to include new material integral to teaching his courses, as well as introduce free online resources that would allow students to better prepare for the course. Shaffer foresees this change as having an impact on several groups of students: psychology majors across all Ohio State campuses, psychology majors specifically attending the Mansfield campus, students taking the advanced statistics course Psychology 3321, and Columbus students taking courses at the Mansfield campus during the summer semester.

2020

In order to replace a costly textbook, Shaffer will utilize originally-authored text paired with links to existing videos, lectures and real-world examples of course topics.