Course Information
Instructor:
James Murray, Ph.D.
Office: 403T Wimberly Hall
Office hours: 10:00am-11:30am Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:00pm-3:30pm Tuesdays.
Phone: 608-406-4068
E-mail: jmurray@uwlax.edu
Syllabus (PDF)
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Project Information
First Draft Methodology due Wednesday, November 28 by 11:59pm.
In-class Exercise: Deconstructing a Literature Review from Wednesday, September 26.
First Draft Introduction due Wednesday, October 3 by 11:59pm.
Writing Tips
Class notes on writing an introduction: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
Informed Consent due Tuesday, September 25 by 11:59pm.
Research Proposal due Tuesday, September 25 by 11:59pm.
Annotated Bibliography due Tuesday, September 18 by 11:59pm.
Contract Assignment due Monday, September 10
Weekly Meeting Minutes Assignment, due every Monday morning in a week with a project deadline.
CBA Written Communication Expectations (Rubric)
Module 8: Data Visualization
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class exercise: Data Visualization from Monday, November 26.
Module 7: Estimating Comovements / Relationships
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
SPSS Handout, Datasets: hotel.sav, publicexp.sav.
Module 6: Univariate and Bivariate Statistics
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
SPSS Handout, Datasets: eduspending.sav, econoutlook.sav Job Satisfaction.sav.
Homework assignment due on Monday, November 26, 2012. Datasets: eurointernet.sav, training.sav.
Module 5: Sampling Design
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In-class exercise: Sampling Design from Monday, October 22.
Module 4: Questionnaire Design
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In-class Exercise: Developing a Questionnaire due to the appropriate D2L dropbox by Friday, October 5 at 11:59pm.
In-class Exercise: Peer Feedback for Questionnaires. Reply to the e-mail that sent you the survey and include your typed responses to these questions. Please also CC me at jmurray@uwlax.edu.
Using Qualtrics:
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Qualtrics Questionnaire:
First draft due on Wednesday, October 17 by 2:15pm.
Practice run in class on Wednesday, October 17. We will complete each other's surveys.
Final draft due on Wednesday, October 24 by 2:15pm.
Just for fun:
Daily Show: Economist Daniel Hammermesh (University of Texas) measures looks on a 5-point scale.
Hammermesh wrote a serious New York Times Opinion Piece on this research.
Module 3: Survey Research
Class notes: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class exercise: Survey Approaches from Monday, October 1.
Module 2: Ethical Considerations in Research
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Homework: National Institute of Health course on Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP). due on Tuesday, October 2 by 11:59pm.
- At the end, you will be able to print out an official NIH PHRP certificate. Print to a PDF (can do this on campus with Google Chrome), and upload the PDF to D2L dropbox.
- This is something that can go on your resume!
Informed Consent due Tuesday, September 25 by 11:59pm.
Module 1: Introduction to Research Process
Class notes:
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Research Problem and the Research Proposal: Slides, Printer Friendly Version
In-class Exercise: Understanding and Refining Your Research Ideas
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