http://www.sct.edu/cs/classes/cs610
email: rhalstea@sct.edu 356H Building voice: 528-5509 Fax: 528-5511
Office/Lab Hours: 10AM - Noon MW 4:30-5:50PM Tu,
and by Appointment--528-5509
"There are lies and there are damned lies...And then there
are statistics."
Upon successful completion of the course, each student will be able to:
| Oct 1 | Introduction, Distance Learning, Two Research Article Comparison Assignment |
| Oct 8 | Library Use, Internet Use, Avoiding Plagiarism, Primary versus Secondary Research, Measurement, Research Proposals, Presentations and Reports |
| Oct 15 | The Learning Resource Center, Research Reporting and Presentation, Questionnaire Construction, Group Exercise, Survey Studies as Example Research Projects, ST6000 Account Check, Survey Assignment and Empirical Research Assignment Open |
| Oct 22 | Library Tour/Presentation, Presentations of Two Research Article Comparisons, Two Research Article Comparison Report Due |
| Oct 29 | Survey Design, Study Design, Survey Data Analysis (Quantitative and Visual), Case Studies, |
| Nov 1 | LAST DAY TO DROP |
| Nov 5 | Survey Implementation, Research Reports, View the slides for week 5 11/5/96 covering PowerPoint Comparison Studies, Code Behavior Studies, |
| Nov 12 | Survey Reports Due, Final Project Proposal Due, Usability Testing, Software Quality Testing |
| Nov 19 | Empirical Research Assignment Due |
| Nov 26 | Project Workshop |
| Dec 3 | Project Presentations - Mandatory Class |
| Dec 10 | Final Project Reports Due (NO CLASS) |
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.
Class participation and contribution will account for a quarter
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!!!
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 in the class,
you will be required to hand-in five papers:
DATE PERCENT PAPER/ASSIGNMENT
10/22 5% SCT RS6000 ID & 2 Research Articles Comparison Report
11/5 10% Survey Report
11/12 5% Final Research Project Proposal
11/19 20% Case, Comparison, Software Quality Test or Usability- Test Study Report (Must involve primary research)
12/10 35% Final Research Project Report
25% Class Participation and Contribution
Detailed write-ups describe the assignments.
Note: All written work must be typed, preferable
using a wordprocessor and spell-checker. Deductions will be taken
for persistent misspellings, etc.
Note: A 2nd homework assignment (Survey Report) receiving a grade of B+ or lower may be re-written once, for potential grade improvement. Normally, the highest grade achievable on a re-write is an A-. Note further that the 2nd homework assignment is the only opportunity for re-write to improve one's grade.