| Mass Communication Research Tentative Fall Schedule |
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| INDEX | SYLLABUS | SCHEDULE | e-MEDIA | COMM-STOP |
| Schedule Index | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/21-1/25 | 1/28-2/1 | 2/4-2/8 | 2/11-2/15 |
| 2/18-2/22 | 2/25-3/1 | 3/4-3/8 | 3/11-3/15 |
| 3/25-3/29 | 4/1-4/5 | 4/8-4/12 | 4/15-4/19 |
| 4/22-4/26 | 4/29 | Miller's Final | Sitton's Final |
| DATE | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT |
|---|---|---|
| W/Jan. 9 {T1} | Introduction to Course Graduation Application Deadline - Summer 2002 |
Course Overview Syllabus Uses of Research ASSIGN: Rubenstein, Chaps. 1-3 |
| F/Jan. 11 {T1} | Lab 1, Room 309 Exploration of Class Web Page |
CourseInfo Sign up CourseInfo Instructions Discussion Board and Dropbox Survey |
| M/Jan. 14 {T1} | AAPOR Standards Assign Groups, Lab Times |
Web note |
| W/Jan. 16 {T2} | Finding Polls on the Web | Quiz 1: Syllabus, AAPOR standards, Uses of Research, Chaps. 1-3 |
| F/Jan. 18 {T2} | Lab 2 Last Day to Final Register, Add or Change From/To Audit or S/NC Grading or Drop without a "W" |
ASSIGN: Group Project 1: Finding and Evaluating Polls |
| M/Jan. 21 {T2} | Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday | NO CLASS! |
| W/Jan. 23 {T3} | Group Meeting Last Day to Adjust Hours for Financial Aid Awarding (4 p.m.) |
Group Project 1: draft due Thursday, midnight |
| F/Jan. 25 {T3} | Lab 3 Intro to SPSS |
SPSS menu SPSS Rules of Thumb |
| M/Jan. 28 {T3} | Research Procedures | Group Project 1: Due midnight ASSIGN Group Project 2: News Release Report |
| W/Jan. 30 {T4} | Descriptive Statistics for News Research | Rubenstein, Appendix 1 Intro to Statistics Quiz 2: Research Procedures, SPSS |
| F/Feb. 1 {T4} | Lab 4 | Descriptive Statistics Lab 1: Frequency Tables, Percentages, Recoding for Collapsing Categories |
| M/Feb. 4 {T4} | Elements of research Research Ethics |
Measurement Levels of Measurement |
| W/Feb. 6 {T5} | Qualitative Research:Focus Groups & Unstructured Interviews | Rubenstein Chapters 8-9 Quiz 3: (Elements and Ethics, Descriptive Stats) |
| F/Feb. 8 {T5} | Lab 5 | Descriptive Statistics Lab 2: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Recoding for Missing Values |
| M/Feb. 11 {T5} | Group Meeting | Group Project 2: draft due midnight |
| W/Feb. 13 {T6} | Chi-square Hypothesis testing Steps in Statistical Hypothesis Testing Logic of Statistical Hypothesis Testing | Quiz 4: (Measurement, Qualitative, Chapters 8-9) |
| F/Feb. 15 {T6} | Lab 6 | Chi-square lab |
| M/Feb. 18 {T6} | Survey Research | Rubenstein Chapter 7 Group Project 2: Due midnight |
| W/Feb. 20 {T7} | Review for Lab Exam 1 Last Day to Drop with a "W" |
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| F/Feb. 22 {T7} | Lab 7 | Lab Exam 1 |
| M/Feb. 25 {T7} | Review for Midterm Exam | ASSIGN Group Project 3: Report of Student Issues |
| W/Feb. 27 {T8} | Midterm Exam | Student Evaluations Sign-up |
| F/March 1 {T8} | Lab 8 t-test |
t-test lab |
| M/March 4 {T8} | Student Evaluations Group Meeting |
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| W/March 6 {T9} | Student Evaluations Group Meeting |
Quiz 5:(Chi-square, Hypothesis Testing, Chapter 7) Group Project 3: draft due midnight |
| F/March 8 {T9} | Lab 9 Analysis of Variance |
ANOVA lab |
| M/March 11 {T9} | Group Meetings | Assign Rubenstein, Chapter 7 |
| T/March 12 {T9} | Questionnaire Design | Group Project 3: Due midnight |
| W/March 13 {T10} | Questionnaire Design ASSIGN Group Project 4: Writing a Questionnairre |
Quiz 6: (Survey research, questionnairre design, Chapter 7, t test) Night Class Project 3 due midnight |
| F/March 15 {T10} | Lab 10 Correlation |
Correlation Lab |
| March 18-22 | SPRING BREAK | NO CLASS! |
| M/March 25 {T10} | Sampling Sampling Error, Confidence Intervals, Confidence Levels |
Rubenstein 6 |
| W/March 27 {T11} | TBA | Rubenstein, Chapter 10 Quiz 7: (ANOVA, Print Research) Group Project 4: draft due midnight |
| F/March 29 {T11} | SPRING RECESS | NO CLASS! |
| M/April 1 {T11} | TBA Last Day to Drop with WP/WF grade |
Group Project 4: Due midnight Rubenstein, Chaps. 11-13 |
| W/April 3 {T12} | Distribute Questionnaire | Administration Instructions |
| F/April 5 {T12} | Lab 11 Setting up SPSS Data Files Data Entry |
Bring TWO completed questionnaires to Lab |
| M/April 8 {T12} | Data Gathering | NO CLASS |
| W/April 10 {T13} | Data Gathering | NO CLASS |
| F/April 12 {T13} | Lab 12 ALL QUESTIONNAIRES DUE |
All Data Entry Due |
| M/April 15 {T13} | Group Meetings | ASSIGN Final Group Project |
| W/April 17 {T14} | Group Meetings | |
| F/April 19 {T14} | Group Meetings | |
| M/April 22 {T14} | Review for Lab Exam 2 | Final Group Project: Due midnight |
| W/April 24 {T15} | Class Evaluation | |
| F/April 26 {T15} | Lab Exam 2 | |
| M/April 29 {T15} | Review for Final Exam Total Withdrawal from the University Deadline |
NOTE: Tuesday night class meets April 30. |
| Section | Final Date | Final Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - Miller | Friday, May 3 | 2:45-4:45 P.M. |
| 2 - Sitton | Thursday, May 2 | 8-10 A.M. |
| 3 - Sitton | Tuesday, May 7 | 5-7 P.M. |
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