Note--Instead of Meeting in D234, this class will meet in CIT Room 133 in Building C (The Library).
Class Notices |
Objectives |
Projects and Assignments |
Lecture Notes |
Documents/Handouts |
Class Schedule |
Journal |
Class Attendance |
Graded Work |
Policies |
Feedback |
Hyperlinks
CS610 Winter '98 Survey
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"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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Projects and Assignments
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Lecture Notes Available
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Useful Documents and Handouts
| Week 1 | Introduction to CS610, Information Goals, Avoiding Plagiarism, Primary versus Secondary Research, Measurement, Presentations and Reports Two Research Article Comparison Assignment, and Survey Assignment open, Research Proposals, Final Research Project Requirements |
| Week 2 | Library Use Lab |
| Week 3 | Questionnaire Construction, Survey Studies as Example Research Projects, Empirical Research Assignment Open, |
| Week 4 | Presentations of Two Research Article Comparisons. Two Research Article Comparison Report Due |
| Week 5 | Final Project Proposal Due, Last day to drop is 12 February, Survey Design, Study Design, Survey Data Analysis (Quantitative and Visual), Case Studies, |
| Week 6 | Survey Implementation (last possible day) Research Reports, Comparison Studies, Code Behavior Studies |
| Week 7 | Survey Reports Due, Usability Testing, Software Quality Testing |
| Week 8 | Project Workshop |
| Week 9 | Empirical Research Assignment Due |
| Week 10 | Project Presentations - Mandatory Classes |
| Final Exam Day | Final Project Reports Due |
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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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:
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.
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Policies
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.