Schedule - INF 397C - Fall 2018
Evolving schedule
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Sept 10 | Introduction and Introductions, Ethics in Research | Syllabus Reading-related videos: Ethics videos: | Syllabus overview What is research? Introductions |
| Start thinking about project/task teams (groups of three) |
Sept 17 | Epistemological perspectives | Gray Chapters 1,2, 4
| Systematic thinking about research |
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Sept 24 | Qualitative and Quantitative research design, Mixed methods | Gray chapter 6, 7, 8 |
| IRB Certification |
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Oct 1 | Data collection methods: questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups | Gray chapters 10, 14, 15, 18 |
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Oct 8 |
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| No class. Work on questionnaire design assignment |
| Communicating Research Motivation |
Oct 15 | Continued - Data collection methods |
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Oct 22 |
| --- Class canceled due to instructor's health issues — readings moved to following session |
| Critique a research article |
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Oct 29 | Data collection methods: observation, unobtrusive, ethnography, secondary analysis | Gray chapters 16, 17, 19, |
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Nov 5 | Quantitative analysis: descriptive statistics | Gray chapter 24 (609-624)
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| Questionnaire Design |
Nov 12 | Quantitative analysis: inferential statistics | Gray chapter 24 (pages 624-end)
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Nov 19 | Qualitative data analysis: | Gray chapter 26
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| Experiment Design |
Nov 26 | Presenting results | Gray chapters 27, 28 |
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Dec 3 | Research Bias, Review, Wrap-up | Why you can't Accept the Null Hypothesis 9 types research bias and how to avoid them Overcoming Social Desirability Bias – He’s Got a Little List 6 Science-backed Ways to Reduce the Social Desirability Bias
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Dec 10 | No class session |
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| Quantitative data analysis (11:59pm) |
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| Travel day | ||||