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Part I: Quantitative Research Methods
Week 1: Introduction and Background to Research

Thurs 28 Aug

  • (No reading.)

Week 2: Foundations of Research and Measurement

Tue 2 Sep

  • Creswell, Chapters 1 (p.3-23), Chapters 7 (p.143-153)

Thu 4 Sep

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 1
Week 3: Measurement (continued) and Survey Design

Tue 9 Sep

  • Bernard, Ch. 9
  • RMKB: Survey Research (Be sure to click through all the subsections that appear when you click through the sections of Survey Research on the left-hand navigation.)

Thu 11 Sep

  • Bernard, Ch. 11

Week 4: Survey Design (continued), Working with R, and Lab 1

Tue 16 Sep

  • Jon Krosnick, "Question and Questionnaire Design"
  • Saris, W., Revilla, M., Krosnick, J. A., & Shaeffer, E. (2010). Comparing questions with agree/disagree response options to questions with item-specific response options. Survey Research Methods, 4, 61-79.

Thu 18 Sep

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 3
  • Lab 1 in class

Week 5: Experiments and Experimental Design

Tue 23 Sep [In class R examples]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 3

Thu 25 Sep

  • Bernard, Ch. 4
  • RMKB: Design (Read through ALL sections under design, including validity, type of designs, Quasi-Experimental Design, etc)
  • Natural and Field Experiments (Ch 13) (focus on pg 427-440 only).
  • Bad Copy: In The Wake of High-Profile Controversies, Psychologists are Facing up to Problems with Replication.

Part II: Probability and Statistics
Week 6: Probability and Sampling

Tue 30 Sep

  • Chapters on Probability: Freedman et al. Chapters 13-14.

Thu 2 Oct

  • Bernard Chapter 5, "Sampling"

Week 7: Statistical Models, Central Limit Theorem, Hypothesis Testing

Tue 7 Oct

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 2

Thu 9 Oct

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 2

Week 8: Working with R: Data Prep and Using R, Exploring Data with graphs

Tue 14 Oct

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 3

Thu 16 Oct

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 4

Week 9: Exploring Assumptions and Lab 2

Tue 21 Oct

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 5

Thu 23 Oct

  • Lab 2 in class: Working with Numeric Data in R

Part III: Bivariate and Multivariate Analyses
Week 10: Correlation and Chi-Square

Tue 28 Oct

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 6

Thu 30 Oct

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 18 (812-828 only)

Week 11: Comparing Two Means: Independent and Dependent Tests

Tue 4 Nov

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 9

Thu 6 Nov

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 15

Week 12: Bringing it Together: Bivariate Analyses / Lab 3

Tue 11 Nov -- [NO CLASS, HOLIDAY]

Thu 13 Nov

  • Lab 3 in class: Hypothesis Testing with Numeric Data using R

Week 13: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Intro to Regression

Tue 18 Nov

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 10

Thurs 20 Nov

Week 14: OLS Regression

Nov 25

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 7

Nov 27-- [NO CLASS, Thanksgiving Holiday]

Week 15: Regression Diagnostics, Multiple Regression

Tue 2 Dec

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 7

Thu 4 Dec

Week 16: Review Session and Final Exam

Tue 9 Dec

  • REVIEW SESSION

Thurs 11 Dec

  • NO CLASS- FINAL EXAM DISTRIBUTED