PSC 203: Survey Research
Methods
Course Material
Syllabus
Course Readings
Web Resources
Note Sets
Assignments
Data
Practice Questions for Exam
(solutions)
Final Project
QuickCalc
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Course Schedule (updated
throughout semester)
Class 1 (Jan. 14) – Course
Overview
Class 2 (Jan. 21) – Discussion of
Surveys Overview, Topic 1: Readings [1]-[3] Assigned
Class 3 (Jan. 26) – Discussion of
Surveys Overview Continued, Topic 2: Readings [1]-[3] Assigned
Class 4 (Jan. 28) – Discussion of
Sampling, No Assigned Reading
Class 5 (Feb. 2) – Discussion of
Descriptive Statistics, No Assigned Reading
Class 6 (Feb. 4) – Discussion of
Descriptive Statistics Continued, Topic 3: Reading [1] Assigned, Data Analysis 1 Assigned
Class 7 (Feb. 9) – Discussion
of Sampling Error
Class 8 (Feb. 11) – Discussion of
Sampling Error Continued, Topic 4: Readings [1]-[2] Assigned, Data Analysis 1 Due in Class
Class 9 (Feb. 16) –
Discussion of Sampling Error Continued, Data
Analysis 2 Assigned
Class 10 (Feb. 18) –
Discussion of Sampling Error Continued
Class 11 (Feb. 23) – Discussion of
Sampling Error Continued, Discussion of Nonresponse, Topic 4: Reading [1]
Assigned, Data Analysis 2 Due in Class
Class 12 (Feb. 25) –
Discussion of Nonresponse Continued, Topic 4: Readings [2]-[3] Assigned, Data Analysis 3 Assigned
Class 13 (Mar. 2) –
Discussion of Nonresponse Continued, Topic 4: Reading [4] Assigned
Class 14 (Mar. 4) – Discussion of
Nonresponse Continued, Topic 4: Reading [6] Assigned, Data Analysis 3 Due
Class 15 (Mar. 16) –
Discussion of Factor Analysis
Class 16 (Mar. 18) – Discussion of
Factor Analysis Continued, Topic 7: Readings [1]-[2] Assigned
Class 17 (Mar. 23) – Discussion of
Likely Voters, Data Analysis 4 Assigned
Class 18 (Mar. 25) –
Discussion of Likely Voters Continued
Class 19 (Mar. 30) –
Discussion of Questionnaire Design, Topic 8: Reading [5], Chapters 1-2
Assigned, Data Analysis 5 Assigned, Data Analysis 4 Due
Class 20 (Apr. 1) –
Discussion of Questionnaire Design Continued, Topic 8: Reading [5], Chapter 3-4
Assigned
Class 21 (Apr. 6) – Class Canceled
Exam (Apr. 7) – Exam will be
held 6:30-9:00 in Goergen 102, Data
Analysis 5 Due
Class 22 (Apr. 8) –
Discussion of Questionnaire Design Continued
Class 23 (Apr. 13) – Discussion
of Questionnaire Design Continued, Discussion of Adjusting Polls, Topic 8:
Readings [6]-[9] Assigned
Class 24 (Apr. 15) –
Discussion of Adjusting Polls Continued
Class 25 (Apr. 20) – Surveys for Class Project Administered in Class,
Discussion of Accuracy of Polls
Class 26 (Apr. 22) –
Discussion of Accuracy of Polls Continued, Topic 11: Readings [2]-[4] Assigned
Class 27 (Apr. 27) –
Discussion of Accuracy of Polls Continued, Topic 12: Readings [2]-[4] Assigned
Class 28 (Apr. 29) –
Discussion of Accuracy of Polls Continued, Topic 13: Readings [1]-[4] Assigned