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Assignments: All Readings from Designing & Conducting Survey Research by Rea & Parker, abbreviated R & P |
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| 1: Jan 16 |
R & P 2 |
Overview of the Methods of the Social Sciences
Designing Questionnaires |
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| Research Journal, due on Friday of even weeks (6 total) |
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| Research Design: Review: Topic, Thesis, Types of Analysis, Literature Review |
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| Research Objectives / Questions |
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| 2. Jan 24 |
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Developing Survey Questions |
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| Survey Construction |
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| Survey Sampling |
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Conceptualize |
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Research Instrument: survey, interview, etc. |
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Operationalization |
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| 3. Jan 30 |
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Data Collection Strategy |
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| Fri Feb 3 |
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Draft Survey DUE | |
| 4. Feb 7 |
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Administering the Questionnaire |
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| Convert Draft Survey to Draft Master Survey w/ Research Objectives & Variables |
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| 5. Feb 13 | Refine Survey |
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| Fri Feb 17 |
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Draft Master Survey w/ Research Objectives & Variables DUE | |
| 6. Feb 20 |
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Refine Survey & Master Survey |
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| 7. Feb 27 |
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Refine Senior Thesis & Survey |
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| Fri Mar 3 |
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Final Survey & Master Survey w/ Research Objectives & Variables DUE | |
| 8. Mar 6 |
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Implement Research Instrument(s): Collect Data |
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| Mar 13 |
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Break! Smell the flowers , Pass Go, Collect $200 ! |
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| 9. Mar 20 |
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Presenting & Describing Data |
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| Fri Mar 24 |
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Draft Senior Thesis Term Paper w/ updated thesis statement DUE |
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Data Preparation, Analysis |
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| 10. Mar 27 |
R & P 11 |
Testing Statistical Significance
Measuring the Statistical Strength of Survey Data |
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Data Analysis |
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| 11. Apr 3 |
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Data Interpretation |
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| Fri Apr 7 |
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Data Table, Stats Runs DUE | |
| 12. Apr 10 |
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Preparing the Final Report |
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| Fri Apr 14 |
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6th & Final Research Journal DUE |
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| 13. Apr 17 |
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Refine Senior Thesis & Presentation |
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| 14. Apr 24 |
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Presentations begin DUE |
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| Fri Apr 28 |
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HIC FInal Report DUE |
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| 15. May 1 |
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Final Presentations continue |
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| Fri May 5 |
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Final Senior Thesis Term Paper DUE |
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| 16. May 8 |
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Last day of classes, Final Presentations continue, & Finals Week begins |
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| 17. May 15 |
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Finals End & Break Begins! Congratulations Grads! "Show me the MONEY!" ; ) |
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The End