| Tuesday 9/6 | Course Introduction |
| Thursday 9/8 | Codebooks and Data Architecture |
| Friday 9/9 | NO DROP-IN HOURS Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 1 and Blog Entry 1 Blog Entry 1 (Your blog entry should include the information below and any additional reflection or questions you have moving forward. Please refer to the syllabus for instructions on how you should submit your blog). – Project Component A – Are you happy with your research question? Are you having trouble focusing on one topic or association of interest? |
| Tuesday 9/13 | Literature Review |
| Thursday 9/15 | Writing about Empirical Research Submission Due: Quiz 2 (before start of class) |
| Friday 9/16 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 2 Blog Entry 2 – Discuss any changes to your research question – Project Component B – Did you struggle to find literature that pertained to your project? |
| Tuesday 9/20 | Working with Data Submission Due: Quiz 3 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 9/22 | Working with Data (cont.) Continue work on Research Plan Outline |
| Friday 9/23 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 2 and Blog Entry 3 Blog Entry 3 – Discuss any changes to your research question and the reason for these changes – Project Components C&D – Any general concerns about your project as you move forward? |
| Tuesday 9/27 | Data Management Submission Due: Quiz 4 (before start of class), Mini-Assignment 3 (due 9/29 by 6PM) |
| Thursday 9/29 | Exam 1 |
| Friday 9/30 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 4 Blog Entry 4 – Project Component E – Do you feel like your project is on track? If not, what type of support do you feel you need in order to move forward? – What type of data management decisions do you still have left? |
| Tuesday 10/4 | Graphing Variables Submission Due: Quiz 5 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 10/6 | Graphing Relationships Submission Due: Quiz 6 (before start of class) |
| Friday 10/7 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 4 and Blog Entry 5 Blog Entry 5 – Project Component F – Describe any current roadblocks on your project. What is your next step in moving forward? |
| Tuesday 10/11 | Hypothesis Testing and ANOVA Submission Due: Quiz 7 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 10/13 | Chi-square Submission Due: Quiz 8 (before start of class) |
| Friday 10/14 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 5 & Research Plan Paper |
| Tuesday 10/18 | Correlation Submission Due: – Quiz 9 (before start of class) – Mini-Assignment 6 (by 6pm) |
| Thursday 10/20 | Exam 2 |
| Friday 10/21 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 6 Blog Entry 6 – Project Components G&H – Does your graph meet your expectations about the relationship between the variables under consideration? – How do these components connect to your research question? |
| Tuesday 10/25 | FALL BREAK |
| Thursday 10/27 | Regression and Study Design Submission Due: Quiz 10 (before start of class) |
| Friday 10/28 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 7 |
| Tuesday 11/1 | Multiple Linear Regression Submission Due: Quiz 11 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 11/3 | Confounding and Multivariate Models Submission Due: Quiz 12 (before start of class) |
| Friday 11/4 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 8 & 9 & Blog Entry 7 Blog Entry 7 – Project Component I – Describe additional variables you want to bring into your study. Why do you think they are important or interesting to explore? – How do these additional variables of interest connect to the literature? |
| Tuesday 11/8 | Moderating Variables Submission Due: Quiz 13 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 11/10 | Logistic Regression Submission Due: Quiz 14 (before class) |
| Friday 11/11 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignments 10-11 & Blog Entry 8 Blog Entry 8 – Project Component J |
| Tuesday 11/15 | Logistic Regression (cont.) |
| Thursday 11/17 | Exam 3 |
| Friday 11/18 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 9 (Project Components K & L) |
| Tuesday 11/22 | Making Posters Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 10 Blog Entry 10 Describe anything that you are working on. This may include: – A new visualization or graph you think you would like to use on your final poster. – A new analysis you have performed Do have any questions or concerns about your project? This will be your last opportunity to get written feedback from your peer mentor. |
| Thursday 11/24 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| Friday 11/25 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| Tuesday 11/29 | Analysis and Poster Work (cont.) Submission Due by 6pm: Complete Project Component M in WordPress |
| Thursday 12/1 | Analysis and Poster Work (cont.) |
| Friday 12/2 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Posters on WordPress page AND Moodle |
| Tuesday 12/6 | Exam 4 Practice Submission Due by 6pm: Project Abstract on WordPress |
| Thursday 12/8 | Exam 4 |
| Friday 12/9 | POSTER SESSION – 1PM TO 3PM |
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