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| Date | Monday | Wednesday | |
| Aug | 22 | Topic: Course Overview; Intro. to Empirical Research | |
| 27,29 | Topic: Research in ILS Read: Hernon & Schwartz; O'Connor & Park; Park; Williams & Winston | Topic: Evaluating Research Read: Pyrczak, pgs. 1-11; 37-57; 129-145; [Bao OR Schachaf & Horowitz] AND Marby Due: Exercise 1 | |
| Sept | 03,05 | Labor Day | Topic: Research Design Read: Babbie, Chs. 4,5 |
| 10,12 | Topic: Research Design | Topic: Research Design Due: Exercise 2 | |
| 17,19 | Topic: Research Design Read: Fiske | Topic: Research Design Due: Exercise 3 | |
| 24,26 | Topic: Sampling Read: Babbie, Ch. 7; Pyrczak, 61-82 | Topic: Sampling Due: Problem Statement | |
| Oct | 01,03 | No Class | No Class |
| 08,10 | Problem Statement Workshop Due: Peer Reviews | Topic: Experiments Read: Babbie, Ch. 8 | |
| 15,17 | Topic: Experiments | Fall Break | |
| 22,24 | Topic: Surveys Read: Babbie, Ch. 9,6 | Topic: Surveys | |
| 29,31 | Topic: Content Analysis Read: Babbie, Ch. 11 (pgs. 312-323) Due: Literature Review | Topic: Content Analysis | |
| Nov | 05,07 | Topic: Interviews Read: Babbie, Ch. 10 | Topic: Qual. Data Analysis Read: Babbie, Ch. 13 |
| 12,14 | Topic: Quan. Data Analysis Read: Babbie, Chs. 14, 15; Dilevko (not required) | Topic: Quan. Data Analysis (Location: SILS RM 117) | |
| 19,21 | Topic: Quan. Data Analysis (Location: SILS RM 117) Due: Draft of Proposal | Thanksgiving | |
| 26,29 | Proposal Workshop Due: Peer Reviews | Topic: Ethics Read: Babbie, Ch. 3; Belmont Report | |
| Dec | 03,05 | Topic: Ethics (Location: Undergraduate Library) Read: Don't Talk to the Humans | Topic: Wrap-up, Review, Course Evaluations Due: Proposal (Dec 07) |
| 12 | Final Exam |