Week 1
| Tuesday 9/3 | Course Introduction |
| Thursday 9/5 | Codebooks and Data Architecture Submission Due: Quiz 1 (before start of class) |
| Friday 9/6 | 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? |
Week 2
| Tuesday 9/10 | Literature Review |
| Thursday 9/12 | Writing about Empirical Research Submission Due: Quiz 2 (before start of class) |
| Friday 9/13 | 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? |
Week 3
| Tuesday 9/17 | Working with Data – Section 1 – Stats – (Exley 184 – Woodhead Lounge) – Section 2 – R – (Exley 189 – Normal classroom) – Section 3 – Python students only – (Exley 184 – Woodhead Lounge) – Section 4 – R & Section 3 – R (Exley 189 – Normal classroom) |
| Thursday 9/19 | Working with Data (cont.) Submission Due: Quiz 3 (before start of class) Continue work on Research Plan Outline |
| Friday 9/20 | 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? |
Week 4
| Tuesday. 9/24 | Data Management Submission Due: Quiz 4 (before start of class) Mini-Assignment 3 (by 6pm) |
| Thursday 9/26 | Exam 1 |
| Friday 9/27 | 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? |
Week 5
| Tuesday. 10/1 | Graphing Variables Submission Due: Quiz 5 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 10/3 | Graphing Relationships Submission Due: Quiz 6 (before start of class) |
| Friday 10/4 | 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? |
Week 6
| Tuesday. 10/8 | Hypothesis Testing and ANOVA Submission Due: Quiz 7 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 10/10 | Chi-square Submission Due: Quiz 8 (before start of class) |
| Friday 10/11 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 5 & Research Plan Paper |
Week 7
| Tuesday. 10/15 | Correlation Submission Due: – Quiz 9 (before start of class) – Mini-Assignment 6 (by 6pm) |
| Thursday 10/17 | Exam 2 |
| Friday 10/18 | 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? |
Week 8
| Tuesday 10/22 | FALL BREAK |
| Thursday 10/24 | Regression and Study Design Submission Due: Quiz 10 (before start of class) |
| Friday 10/25 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 7 |
Week 9
| Tuesday 10/29 | Multiple Linear Regression Submission Due: Quiz 11 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 10/31 | Logistic Regression Submission Due: Quiz 12 (before start of class) |
| Friday 11/1 | 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? |
Week 10
| Tuesday 11/5 | Continuation of Work |
| Thursday 11/7 | Moderating Variables Submission Due: Quiz 13 (before start of class) |
| Friday 11/8 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 10 & Blog Entry 8 Blog Entry 8 – Project Components J & K |
Week 11
| Tuesday. 11/12 | Confounding Submission Due: Quiz 14 (before class) Mini-Assignment 11 (by 6pm) |
| Thursday 11/14 | Exam 3 |
| Friday 11/15 | Drop-in Hours |
Week 12
| Tuesday 11/19 | Making Posters |
| Thursday 11/21 | Analysis and Poster Work (cont.) |
| Friday 11/22 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Complete Project Component L in WordPress (Late submissions will receive a 5 point deduction on final project). |
Week 13
| Tuesday 11/26 | Finalize project code (Project Component M) and WordPress page Submission Due by 6pm: Finalized poster submitted on WordPress Completed abstract on WordPress page Finalized poster submitted on Moodle (Late submissions will receive a 5 point deduction per day on final project.) |
| Thursday 11/28 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Friday 11/29 | Thanksgiving Break |
Week 14
| Tuesday 12/3 | Final Checklist Exam 4 Practice |
| Thursday 12/5 | Exam 4 |
| Friday 12/6 | POSTER SESSION – 1PM TO 3PM |