NOTE: ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE DUE AS PER THIS TENTATIVE SCHEDULE UNLESS YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY INFORMED OTHERWISE IN CLASS. However, class material on one topic may overlap into class periods assigned for other topics.
| Date | Topic | Readings |
|---|---|---|
| 3/28/2008 | Introduction/Syllabus The Research Process The Misuse of Statistical Information Defining Research Problems |
Salkind: Ch. 13-14 NOTE: You need to use your UMD email username and password to access some of these files.
Statistics for MBA Students (MS Word)Prayer
& Medicine 1
(only read abstract & skim paper) |
| 3/29/2008 |
Survey Research Saturday PowerPoint Slides (Questionnaire Design/Describing Data) |
Freakonomics: Ch. Intro-2 Salkind: Ch. 1-3, 9
Writing Questions |
| 4/11/2008 | The Central Limit Theorem Sampling Issues Correlation and Causality
PowerPoint
Slides 1/Slides
2/Slides 3
Assignment 1: Statistical Analysis Using SPSS (Santa Fe Grill) |
Salkind: Ch. 4, 6-8 Campbell: Chapter 12* Sampling vs. Non Sampling Error |
| 4/12/2008 |
Probabilities and Percents
9AM-11 AM |
Freakonomics: Ch. 3-4 OPTIONAL: Check out this Criticism and Levitt's Response Campbell: Chapter 8,
Chapter 11* |
| 4/25/2008 |
Reliability and Validity
Graphical Misrepresentation
TENTATIVE:
PowerPoint Slides 1/Slides
2 Assignment 2: Internal Validity Guest Speaker: Rollie Gentzler, VP Finance, Hormel, Inc. |
Salkind: Ch. 5, 9-12 Freakonomics: Ch. 5-6 |
| 4/26/2008 |
Final Exam Final Survey Report Presentations
Research Project Outline Final Survey Report due |
* Other than the Salkind and Freakonomics books, all other readings will be provided to you in hardcopy (or linked off this web page where possible). The only books you need to purchase for this class are the Salkind and Freakonomics books.