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Statsitics 36-303: Sampling, Surveys and Society\\
Tentative Schedule of Topics
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\item Following is a tentative schedule of topics for the course.\\
  Please check http://www.stat.cmu.edu/\~{}brian/303 {\em regularly}, for
  the latest information.
\item Especially after spring break, the schedule may change somewhat,
  due to Dr. Junker's travel, and/or guest speakers and other events
  that may be scheduled later.
\item Please note the dates marked for in-class presentations (**).
  Each group will present a progress report in Weeks 10--11, and a
  final report in weeks 14--15.
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{\bf Week} & {\bf Date}
           & {\bf Tentative Topics} & {\bf Tentative Sources}\\ \hline \hline
Week 1 & Jan 11, 13
       & Introduction, Projects
       & Class notes, handouts, Groves Ch 1  \\ \hline
Week 2 & Jan 18, 20
       & Components of a Survey, Survey Quality
       & Groves Ch's 2, 3 \\ \hline
Week 3 & Jan 25, 27
       & Sampling Methods, Survey Ethics
       & G\&H Ch's 5, 11 \\ \hline
Week 4 & Feb 01, 03$^*$      % NEED TO MENTION CLUS, STRA BRIEFLY HERE TOO
       & Statistics of Surveys
       & Handouts, Groves Ch 4 \\ \hline
Week 5 & Feb 08, 10
       & Survey Questions
       & Groves, Ch's 7, 8\\ \hline
Week 6 & Feb 15, 17
       & Review (2/15), MIDTERM EXAM (2/17)
       &                     \\ \hline
Week 7 & Feb 22, 24
       & The Analysis of Stratified Samples
       & Handouts, Groves Ch 4\\ \hline
Week 8 & Mar 01, 03
       & Dealing with Nonresponse \& Missing Data
       & Groves, Ch 6 \\ \hline
Week 8 & Mar 08, 10 
       & SPRING BREAK
       & HAVE FUN! \\ \hline
Week 9 & Mar 15, 17
       & The Analysis of Clustered Samples
       & Handouts, Groves Ch 4 \\ \hline
Week 10 & Mar 22$^{**}$, 24$^{**}$
       & Project Progress Reports
       & Groves, Ch 12 \\ \hline
Week 11 & Mar 29$^{**}$, 31
       & Post-Survey Processing
       & Groves, Ch 10\\ 
       & APRIL 1
       & SUBMIT ROUGH DRAFT OF PROJECT REPORT
       & \\ 
       & APRIL 1
       & \raggedright 
         DEADLINE FOR MEETING OF THE MINDS
       & http://www.cmu.edu/uro/MoM  \\ \hline
Week 12 & Apr 05, 07
       & Topics/Catch-up; Review 
       &     \\ \hline
Week 13 & Apr 12, 14
       & FINAL EXAM (4/12); Carnival (4/14)
       & TBA \\ \hline
Week 14 & Apr 19, 21$^{**}$
       & Topics
       & TBA \\ \hline
Week 15 & Apr 26$^{**}$, 28$^{**}$
       & Project Final Reports
       & TBA \\ 
       & APRIL 29
       & SUBMIT FINAL DRAFT OF PROJECT REPORT
       & \\ \hline
       & MAY 4 
       & MEETING OF THE MINDS
       & http://www.cmu.edu/uro/MoM \\ \hline
\multicolumn{4}{l}{$^{*}$ Dr. Junker absent this day.  Stay tuned for
other arrangements.}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{$^{**}$ In-class presentation days.  There will be
  three presentations per lecture.}\\
% \multicolumn{4}{l}{$^{***}$ We will skip, abbreviate, or modify this
%   topic, as time permits.}
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