CS 6023 - Research Methods and Presentations - Spring 2000

Rich Halstead-Nussloch
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email: Rich Halstead-Nussloch 382 J Building voice (770)528-5509. Fax: (770)528-5511 Office/Lab Hours: 3:00 PM until 5:30 PM Monday; --Please always call before you come (770)528-5509, and by Appointment--(770)528-5509.

Last Changed 3/24/00
3/27/00 Class Schedule--6:10 until 7:00 Library Tour, meeting in Room 258 of the Library
7:15 - End of Class Room J381 to cover survey data analysis, etc.
New due dates: Survey Report 4/3/00; Q&E Empirical Research Report 4/17
Take the Spring 2000 survey--it's ready and fresh!.
Check back Monday 3/13/00 about the library tour.
Rich H-N's Rock Eagle '99 Presentation Notes, Paper, Scripts, etc.

Text | Class Notices | Objectives | Projects and Assignments | Lecture Notes | Documents/Handouts |
Class Schedule | Journal | Class Attendance | Graded Work | Policies | Hyperlinks
Disabilities (ADA) |

Text:

 Halstead-Nussloch, R., and Harbort, B. Research Methods in Computing . Simon and Schuster Custom Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-536-02124-4

Class Notices:

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Benjamin Disraeli, as cited by Mark Twain ... on Lies and Statistics

"There are lies and there are damned lies...And then there are statistics."

Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, each student will be able to:

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Disabilities--Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the counselor working with disabilities at (770) 528-7226 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

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Projects Assignments and Graded Work

Three homework papers and a final project (requiring submission of both a proposal and a project report) are required for the course. Participation in and contribution to class discussion is required. Thus, in addition to participating and contributing in the class, you will be required to hand-in five papers:

Note: All written work must be typed, preferable using a wordprocessor and spell-checker. Deductions will be taken for persistent misspellings, etc.

Note: A survey report assignment handed in on time that is evaluated as a B+ or lower might be re-written for potential grade improvement. If this assignment is handed in after the due date, it may not be re-written for potential grade improvement.

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Lecture Notes Available

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Useful Documents and Handouts

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Class Schedule
Week Beginning What is to be covered
24 January Introduction to CS6023, Introduction to each other, Text Chapter 1, Information Goals, Final Research Project Requirements, Two Research Article Comparison Assignment.
31 January Chapter 2, Presentations of Two Research Article Comparisons begin.
7 February Two article comparison presentations. Two Research Article Comparison Report Due.
14 February Feedback on two article comparisons, Final Project Proposal Open.
21 February Survey Assignment open, Chapters 3 and 4, Class develops survey study plan.
28 February Chapter 5, Quick and Efficient Empirical Research Assignment Open, Survey Study continues, Final Project Proposal Due (changed to 3/6)
6 March Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Last day to withdraw is
13 March Chapter 8. Role of empirical research in computer science.
20 March Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Survey Study report due (Moved to 4/3). Project workshop.
27 March Course and book review. Project workshop.
3 April Quick and Efficient Empirical Research Project Reports Due (Moved to 4/17). Project Workshop.
10 April Project Workshop.
17 April Research methodology review, Project Workshop.
24 April Research methodology review, Project Workshop.
1 May Project Presentations - Mandatory Classes, Course evaluation, Book evaluation.
Final Exam Day (X May) Final Project Reports (and all oustanding work) Due 8:05 PM on X May 2000.

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Journal

Keeping a journal is highly recommended for this course. Include in it descriptions of your readings, your reviews of your readings, tips and techniques for doing research, the results of your research, logs of, e.g., Internet activity, etc.

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Class Attendance

Class participation and contribution will account for a significant portion of your grade. Since one cannot contribute to and participate in the class without attending, attendance is recommended. Regardless of attendance, each student is responsible for keeping up with materials and information from each class period. This means it is up to the student to arrange with another class member, obtaining notes, handouts, etc., from any class meeting, or portion thereof, missed.

NOTE: All students are expected to attend the final presentation sessions in their entirety. Any un-excused absences during this period will result in the loss of a whole letter grade from your final course grade. If you're going to miss either of those classes, let me know ahead of time!!!

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Policies

  1. No late submissions for full grade credit except for documented emergencies.
  2. All work assigned to be turned in is due at the beginning of the class.
  3. Assignments turned in late will be accepted, but at a grade discount. Multiple late assignments will result in additional discount applied to your final course grade.
  4. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.
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Useful Hyperlinks

Note that you will be leaving the Southern Polytechnic website by taking these links, and neither Southern Polytechnic nor Richard Halstead-Nussloch has control over what you will encounter.

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