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\bf 36-303: Sampling, Surveys \& Society\\
HW03: To be done in-class Thursday, Feb 7, 2008
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\noindent\ul{\em Reminders:}
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\item Things to turn in:
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\item Due Thu Feb 14:
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\item Team Assig I.3 (ONLY email me your topic selection).  Because of
  my slow feedback to you on I.2, the Team Working Agreement will not
  be due until next week.
\item HW02, on paper in class.
\item Due Tues Feb 19: Team Assig. I.4.  Submit only the following:
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\item Brief reminder of your topic choice (one or two lines)
\item Revised and improved proposals for {\em Target Population}, {\em
  Sampling Frame}, {\em Random Sample} (don't worry about sample
  size), and {\em Nonresponse Strategies}.
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\item Due Tues Feb 19: Team Working Agreement (see separate handout on
  this). 
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\item For the exam Thurs Feb 21, you are responsible for: 
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\item Groves, Ch 1, 2, 4 (first part), 5, 7, 11 (first part); and Lohr
  Appx B
\item The lecture notes and handouts from class.
\item Material covered in homework or team assigments.
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You may bring a calculator, and an $8.5\times11$'' (one side {\bf
  only}) sheet of notes to the exam (any size type, images, etc.).  I
will confiscate notes that do not comply with this specification.

\item Clear, careful writing and interpretation of results is an
  important part of both weekly homeworks and the projects.  {\em I
    always expect neatly typed or neatly handwritten work.}
\item Always be judicious about including computer output and graphs:
  show enough that we can clearly see what you are doing, but not so
  much that we will get lost or bored leafing through your work!
\item You are operating under the same ethical guidelines as any
  intellectual worker: {\em beware of falsification, fabrication and
    plagiarism.}  Citing the source (person, book, etc) of material
  you use usually protects you against plagiarism claims.
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\noindent\ul{\em Exercises to Turn In (there are 4 excercises):}
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\item Read the article {\tt hughes-2007.pdf}.  The article gives some
  information about each of three surveys performed.  For the {\em
    first} survey, comment on the following:
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\item What research question(s) does this survey aim to answer?  Is
  previous research cited to explain and justify the research
  question(s)?


\item {\bf Target population.} What population do the authors want to make
  inferences about?


\item {\bf Sampling Frame.} What population do they actually sample
  from?  Is this different from (b)?


\item {\bf Sampling Plan and Nonresponse.} How do they carry
  out the survey \& why?  How do they identify and followup on
  non-respondents? 



\item What variables do they measure?


\item Are sample questions available for you to look at?


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