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36-303: Sampling, Surveys and Society\\
Notes on Team Working Assignments\\
Tue Feb 9, 2010
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Here is a revised schedule of Team Project Assignments, up through
Spring Break (I have been falling a little behind anyway, and the
snow days make it even more important that we be efficient about
moving forward).

\section*{So far\ldots}

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\item[I.0] Teams Formed (Tue Jan 19)
\item[I.1] Propose Two Topics (Tue Jan 26)
\item[I.2] Revise proposals (Thu Feb 4)
\item[I.3] Choose Topic (Thu Feb 11: one short email per team to
  brian@stat.cmu.edu) [Do not worry about IRB application or draft
    questions yet]

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\section*{Upcoming\ldots}

The remaining Team Project Assignments will more or less follow the
shorter ``designing a sample survey'' outline from the beginning of
the semester.  {\em DATES AND DETAILS HAVE CHANGED; PLEASE READ
  BELOW.}
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\item[I.4] Target Pop, Sampling Plan, Sampling Frame, Nonresponse Plan
  (Tue Feb 16; \ul{one page}, emailed to brian@stat.cmu.edu) 
\begin{itemize}
\item Clearly define a \ul{\em target population} that you can reach in
  your survey
\item Clearly discuss your \ul{\em sampling plan}: How will you obtain
  a representative sample from the the target population  you defined?
  This should involve:
\begin{itemize}
\item Clearly define a \ul{\em sampling frame}: a list of persons in
  the target population from which you can draw a random sample.
  Acceptable frames include: (a) list of email addresses from which
  you can draw an SRS without replacement; (b) set of phone numbers or
  prefixes that you can use for random-digit dialling (this is again
  an SRS without replacement); (c) list or map of blocks, addresses,
  or similar geographic information you can use to randomly select
  houses or businesses to approach; etc.  {\em There are very few
    cases where a non-random sample with no clearly defined frame
    (e.g. man-on-the-street interviews) is acceptable.  For
    man-on-the-street interviews, careful design of
    times/dates/locations, and method of approach people ``on the
    street'' (or on-campus, etc.) will be needed.}
\item Clearly discuss how you will use the sampling frame to obtain a
  representative sample.
\item Clearly discuss how you will deal with \ul{\em nonresponse}:
\begin{itemize}
\item What will you do about reminding or following-up nonresponders?
\item If you suspect your sample is not representative of the target
  population, what adjustments do you anticipate making?
\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}

\item[Team Working Agreements] (Tue Feb 23, in email to
  brian@stat.cmu.edu and {\bf on paper}.) [see
  separate handout]

\item[II.5a] Sampling Scheme \& Question Design (Thu Feb 25; email
  attachment to brian@stat.cmu.edu; I will only provide feedback if
  needed)
\begin{itemize}
\item Items K, L, M on the shorter ``designing a sample survey''
  handout
\item Items K and M should be 1/2 page each.  Item L should be however
  long is needed.
\item For item M, please also include information on oversampling to
  compensate for nonresponse.  For example, if you anticipate a 25\%
  response rate and you want a sample size of 120, how many
  respondents should you approach?
\end{itemize}
\item[II.5b] Pretest \& Revise Questions (Tue Mar 2; email
  brian@stat.cmu.edu ONLY part O.  I will provide feedback only if needed.)
\begin{itemize}
\item Items N, O on the shorter ``designing a sample survey'' handout
\end{itemize}
\item[II.6] Final IRB \& Project Plan (Thu Mar 4; email attachments to
  brian@stat.cmu.edu);
\begin{itemize}
\item Final, full project proposal (items A-M on the
shorter ``designing a sample survey'' handout).
\begin{itemize}
\item From this proposal, anyone outside our class should be able to
  read and understand completely what you are proposing to do.
\end{itemize}
\item IRB form filled out completely 
\begin{itemize}
\item You can get a copy of this form from the course website or from\\
  {\tt
    http://www.cmu.edu/osp/regulatory-compliance/human-subjects.html}
\item To save time, you do NOT need to do the IRB Training Certificate
  indicated in blocks 2 and 3 of the IRB form.  Ignore those
  checkboxes (but do fill out the rest of those blocks).
\end{itemize}
\item A draft informed consent statement for your survey.
\end{itemize}
Turn in all three to me, not CMU IRB.
% \item[EACH ASSIGNMENT ABOVE TURN IN BY EMAIL]~
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