| Date | Subject | Reference | Handouts |
| Tues. Jan 15 | Introduction | Lohr, Chap 1, 1.1-1.3 | Course syllabus, Project Info, Lohr Chap 1 |
| Thur. Jan 17 | Quiz/ Ethics | Fowler, Chap 9; Sieber Chap 6 | Surveys & Privacy |
| Tues. Jan 22 | Introduction to Data Collection | Fowler, Chap 4 | |
| Thur. Jan 24 | Sampling and Non-sampling Errors | Lohr, Chap 1, 1.4, 1.6 | Non-Sampling Error |
| Tues. Jan 29 | Ethics/IRB/ Projects Progress Reports | Fowler, Chap 9; Sieber Chap 6 | CMU Human Subjects 1,2,3,4 IRB form (Word) |
| Thur. Jan 31 | Modes of Interviewing | Fowler, Chap 7; Handout | Modes of Interview |
| Tues. Feb 5 | Validity and Reliability of Questions | Fowler, Chap 5 | Hunger in America Survey |
| Thur. Feb 7 | Designing Survey Questions | Lohr, Chap 1, 1.5 | |
| Tues. Feb 12 | Focus Groups, Pilot Studies, and Pretesting | Fowler, Chap 6 | What
are Focus Groups? Sieber Chap. 6, IRB form (Word) |
| Thur. Feb 14 | Case Studies: Hunger in America, Sex in America, CPS | "Sex in America" handout, CPS | |
| Tues. Feb 19 | Case Studies (cont.)/ Project Progress Reports | January employment: NYT, BLS | |
| Thur. Feb 21 | Midterm
Examination |
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| Tues. Feb 26 | Sampling from Finite Populations-- Binary Outcomes | ||
| Thur. Feb 28 | Sampling from Finite Populations-- Binary Outcomes (cont.) | Henry, Chap 7 | The Passion of Molly T., Press Release, Ariana online |
| Tues. Mar 5 | Asking Sensitive Questions– Randomized Response | Henry, Chap 7 | Margin of Error: CPS, Taxpayer |
| Tues. Mar 12 | Sampling from Finite Populations-- Continuous Outcomes | Means & Variances | |
| Thur. Mar 14 | Sampling from Finite Populations: Expectations and variances; unequal probabilities of selection | ||
| Tues. Mar 19 | Quiz, Stratified Sampling | Henry, Chap 8 | |
| Thur. Mar 21 | Stratified Sampling/ Project Progress Reports | Henry, Chap 2,6 | Stratified Sampling, Proportional Allocation, Optimal Allocation |
| Tues. Mar 26 | Clustering | Henry, Chap 2,6 | Cluster Sampling |
| Thur. Mar 28 | Stratifying and Clustering: Applications/ Project Progress Reports | ||
| Tues. Apr 9 | Preparing Survey Data for Analysis/ Project Progress Reports | ||
| Thur. Apr 11 | Preparing Survey Data for Analysis/ Displaying Data and Results | Fowler, Chap 8 | |
| Tues. Apr 16 | Capture-recapture, ACE, Census Undercount | Handout | Encyclopedia of the US Census |
| Thur. Apr 18 | Final Examination | ||
| Tues. Apr 23 | Oral Presentations of Project Results | ||
| Thur. Apr 25 | Capture-recapture, ACE, Census Undercount: Guest lecture | Washington Post article | |
| Tues. April 30 | Oral Presentations of Project Results | ||
| Thur. May 2 | Oral Presentations of Project Results | Slides with project tips |
