| Date | Subject | Reference | Handouts |
| Tues. Jan. 14 | Introduction | Lohr, Chapt. 1, 1.1-1.3 | Course syllabus, Team Project Assignment, Lohr Chap 1 |
| Thur. Jan. 16 | Quiz/ Ethics | Fowler, Chapt. 9; Sieber Chapt. 6 | Surveys & Privacy |
| Tues. Jan. 21 | Introduction to Data Collection/Project Progress Reports |
Fowler, Chapt. 4 | |
| Thur. Jan. 23 | Sampling and Non-sampling Errors | Lohr, Chapt. 1, 1.4, 1.6 | Non-Sampling Error |
| Tues. Jan. 28 | Ethics/IRB/ Projects Progress Reports | Fowler, Chapt. 9 | CMU Human Subject forms 1, 2,, CMU-HS webpage |
| Thur. Jan. 30 | Modes of Interviewing | Fowler, Chapt. 7; Handout | Modes of Interview |
| Tues. Feb. 4 | Validity and Reliability of Questions |
Fowler, Chapt. 5 | |
| Thur. Feb. 6 | Designing and Testing Survey Questions | Fowler Chapter 6 | Designing a Questionnaire, What are Focus Groups? How to Conduct a Pretest |
| Tues. Feb. 11 | Clever Use of Groups for Sampling |
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| Thur. Feb. 13 | Introduction to urn models: Sampling From Finite Populations for Binary Outcomes |
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| Tues. Feb. 18 | Sampling from Finite Populations for Binary Outcomes --Part I |
Henry, Chapt. 7 | The Passion of Molly T. |
| Thur. Feb. 20 | Midterm Examination I |
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| Tues. Feb. 25 | Sampling from Finite Populations for Binary Outcomes --Part II Hypergeometric distribution |
Henry, Chapt. 7 | |
| Thur. Feb. 27 | Sampling from Finite Populations -- Continuous Outcomes |
Henry, Chapt. 7 | , |
| Tues. March 4 | Sampling from Finite Populations -- Expectations and Variances |
Means & Variances |
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| Thur. March 6 | Midsemester Break -- No Class | ||
| Tues. March 11 | Sampling from Finite Populations--Asking Sensitive Questions- Randomized Response |
Means and Variance Handout updated | |
| Thur. March 13 | Clever Use of Groups--Stratification |
Henry, Chapt. 2,6 |
Stratified Sampling |
| Tues. March 18 | Stratified Sampling (cont.) |
Henry, Chapt. 2,6 |
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| Thur. March 20 | Clustering | Henry, Chapt. 2,6 | Cluster Sampling |
| Tues. March 25 |
Spring Break |
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| Thurs. March 27 |
Spring Break |
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| Tues. April 1 | Case Study--CPS |
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| Thur. April 3 | Case Study -- CPS |
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| Tues. April 8 | Review for Exam Case Study--Sex in America |
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| Thur. April 10 | Midsemester Exam II |
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| Tues. April 15 | Preparing Survey Data for Analysis and DisplayingData and Results |
Fowler, Chapt. 8 | |
| Thur. April 17 | Capture -recapture, ACE, Census Undercount |
Handout | Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census |
| Tues. April 22 |
Student Presentations of Project Results |
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| Thur. April 24 | Case Study |
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| Tues. Apr 29 | Student Presentations of Project Results |
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| Thur. May 1 | Student Presentations of Project Results |
Slides with project tips |
