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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 17, 19
       & Introduction, Projects
       & Class notes, handouts, Groves Ch 1  \\ \hline
Week 2 & Jan 24, 26
       & Components of a Survey, Survey Quality
       & Groves Ch's 2, 3 \\ \hline
Week 3 & Jan 31, Feb 02$^*$
       & Sampling Methods, Survey Ethics
       & Groves Ch's 5, 11 \\ \hline
Week 4 & Feb 07, 09  
       & Statistics of Surveys
       & Handouts, Groves Ch 4 \\ \hline
Week 5 & Feb 14, 16
       & Survey Questions
       & Groves, Ch's 7, 8\\ \hline
Week 6 & Feb 21, 23$^{**}$
       & Review (2/21), MIDTERM EXAM (2/23)
       &                     \\ \hline
Week 7 & Feb 28, Mar 01
       & The Analysis of Stratified Samples
       & Handouts, Groves Ch 4\\ \hline
Week 8 & Mar 06, 08$^{**}$
       & Dealing with Nonresponse \& Missing Data
       & Groves, Ch 6 \\ \hline
---    & Mar 13, 15 
       & SPRING BREAK
       & HAVE FUN! \\ \hline
Week 9 & Mar 20, 22
       & The Analysis of Clustered Samples
       & Handouts, Groves Ch 4 \\ \hline
Week 10 & Mar 27$^{***}$, 29$^{***}$,$^{**}$
       & Project Progress Reports
       & Groves, Ch 12 \\ \hline
Week 11 & Apr 03$^{***}$, 05
       & Post-Survey Processing
       & Groves, Ch 10\\ 
       & APRIL 2
       & DEADLINE FOR MEETING OF THE MINDS
       & \\ 
       & APRIL 6
       & \raggedright 
         SUBMIT ROUGH DRAFT OF PROJECT REPORT
       & http://www.cmu.edu/uro/MoM  \\ \hline
Week 12 & Apr 10, 12
       & Topics/Catch-up; Review 
       &     \\ \hline
Week 13 & Apr 17, 19
       & FINAL EXAM (4/17); Carnival (4/19)
       & TBA \\ \hline
Week 14 & Apr 24, 26$^{***}$
       & Topics
       & TBA \\ \hline
Week 15 & May 01$^{***}$, 03$^{***}$
       & Project Final Reports
       & TBA \\ 
       & MAY 4
       & 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 {\bf will} absent this day.  Stay tuned for
other arrangements.}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{$^{**}$ Dr. Junker {\bf may} be absent this day.  Stay tuned for
possible 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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