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

Thu 27 Aug [slides]

  • (No reading.)

Week 2: Foundations of Research and Measurement

Tue 1 Sep [slides]

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

Thu 3 Sep [slides]

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

Tue 8 Sep [slides]

WORKSHOP: Getting acquainted with R and RStudio - 5-6pm in South Hall Room 210. Bring your computer.

  • Bernard, Ch. 9 [PDF]
  • 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 10 Sep [slides]

Week 4: Survey Design (continued), Lab 1

Tue 15 Sep [slides]

  • Jon Krosnick, "Question and Questionnaire Design" [PDF]
  • 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. [PDF]

Thu 17 Sep

  • Lab 1 in class

Week 5: Experiments and Experimental Design

Tue 22 Sep [slides]

  • Bernard, Ch. 4 [PDF]
  • RMKB: Design

    (Read through ALL sections under design, including validity, type of designs, Quasi-Experimental Design, etc.)

Thu 24 Sep [slides]

  • Natural and Field Experiments (Ch 13) [PDF] (focus on pg 427-440 only)
  • Bad Copy: In The Wake of High-Profile Controversies, Psychologists are Facing up to Problems with Replication. [PDF]

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

Tue 29 Sep [slides]

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

Thu 1 Oct [slides]

  • Bernard Chapter 5, "Sampling" [PDF]

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

Tue 6 Oct [slides]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 2

Thu 8 Oct [slides] [Sampling dist demo R script]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 2

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

Tue 13 Oct [slides]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 3

Thu 15 Oct [Simple examples in R script] [GSS data]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 4

Week 9: Exploring Assumptions and Lab 2

Tue 20 Oct [slides], [Countries data], [Assumptions R script]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 5

Thu 22 Oct [Lab 2 - pdf] [Lab 2 - doc]

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

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

Tue 27 Oct [slides], [Correlation R script]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 6

Thu 29 Oct [slides], [Chisquare R script]

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

Week 11: Comparing Two Means: Independent and Dependent Tests

Tue 3 Nov [slides], [Independent t-test R script]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 9

Thu 5 Nov [slides], [More tests of difference R script], [Countries3 data]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 15

Week 12: Bivariate Analyses, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Lab 3

Tue 10 Nov [slides], [Lab 2 Sample R script]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 10

Thu 12 Nov [Lab3 PDF], [Lab 3 doc], [ANOVA Part 2 slides], [ANOVA R Script]

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

Week 13: OLS Regression

Tue 17 Nov [slides], [Regression R script]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 7

Thu 19 Nov [slides]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 7

Week 14: Holiday

Tue Nov 24 -- [NO CLASS]

Thu Nov 26 -- [NO CLASS, Thanksgiving Holiday]

Week 15: Regression Diagnostics, Multiple Regression

Tue 1 Dec [slides]

  • Field, Miles and Field, Chapter 7

Thu 3 Dec [slides], [multiple regression R script], [videos data]

Week 16: Review Session and Final Exam

Tue 8 Dec [Dating data] [Final exam pdf] [Final exam doc] [Review slides]

  • REVIEW SESSION
  • FINAL EXAM DISTRIBUTED - DUE TUE DEC 15

Thurs 10 Dec

  • NO CLASS