Week 1
| Thursday 1/25 | Course Introduction |
| Friday 1/26 | No Drop-in Hours |
Week 2
| Tuesday 1/30 | Codebooks and Data Architecture Submission Due: Quiz 1 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 2/1 | Literature Review |
| Friday 2/2 | 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 3
| Tuesday 2/6 | Writing about Empirical Research Submission Due: Quiz 2 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 2/8 | Working with Data Submission Due: Quiz 3 (before start of class) Class Locations: Section 1 (Stata): Allbritton 004 Section 2 (R) and Section 1 (R): Exley 189 Section 3 (SAS): Exley 189 Section 4 (R): https://wesleyan.zoom.us/my/rkabacoff |
| Friday 2/9 | 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 4
| Tuesday 2/13 | Working with Data (cont.) Continue work on Research Plan Outline |
| Thursday 2/15 | Data Management Submission Due: Quiz 4 (before start of class) |
| Friday 2/16 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 2&3 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 5
| Tuesday. 2/20 | Exam 1 |
| Thursday 2/22 | Graphing Variables Graphing Relationships Submission Due: Quiz 5&6 (before start of class) |
| Friday 2/23 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 4 Blog Entry 4 – Project Components E&F – 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 6
| Tuesday. 2/27 | Hypothesis Testing and ANOVA Submission Due: Quiz 7 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 2/29 | Chi-square Submission Due: Quiz 8 (before start of class) |
| Friday 3/1 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignments 4-5 & Research Plan Paper |
Week 7
| Tuesday 3/5 | Correlation Submission Due: Quiz 9 (before start of class) & Mini-Assignment 6 (by 6pm) |
| Thursday 3/7 | Exam 2 |
| Friday 3/8 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 5 Blog Entry 5 – 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 3/26 | Regression and Study Design Submission Due: Quiz 10 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 3/28 | Multiple Linear Regression Submission Due: Quiz 11 (before start of class) |
| Friday 3/29 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 7 |
Week 9
| Tuesday 4/2 | Logistic Regression Submission Due: Quiz 12 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 4/4 | Continuation of Work Submission Due: Quiz 12 (before start of class) |
| Friday 4/5 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 8 & 9 & Blog Entry 6 Blog Entry 6 – Project Component I & J – 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 4/9 | Moderating Variables Submission Due: Quiz 13 (before start of class) |
| Thursday 4/11 | Confounding Submission Due: Quiz 14 (before class) |
| Friday 4/12 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Mini-Assignment 10-11 & Blog Entry 7 Blog Entry 7 – Project Components K |
Week 11
| Tuesday. 4/16 | Exam 3 |
| Thursday 4/18 | Making Posters |
| Friday 4/19 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Project Component L (in WordPress) |
Week 12
| Tuesday 4/23 | Analysis and Poster Work (cont.) |
| Thursday 4/25 | Analysis and Poster Work (cont.) |
| Friday 4/26 | Drop-in Hours Submission Due by 6pm: Blog Entry 8 (Project Component M) |
Week 13
| Tuesday 4/30 | Analysis and Poster Work (cont.) Submission Due by 6pm: Posters on WordPress page AND Moodle and Final Code in Blog |
| Thursday 5/2 | Final Checklist Exam 4 Practice |
| Friday 5/3 | POSTER SESSION – 1PM TO 3PM |
Week 14
| Tuesday 5/7 | Exam 4 |