Applied Data Analysis
QAC 201
Fall 2011
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02
03
04
05
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| Crosslisting:
SOC 257, GOVT 201, PSYC 280, NS&B 280 |
| Certificates: The Study of Education |
This course allows you to ask and answer questions that you feel most passionately about through the analysis of existing data. The focus is on helping you develop and complete your own research project. The course offers unlimited one-on-one support; ample opportunities to work with other students who share your interests; training in numerous skills that prepare you to work in many different research labs across the University that collect empirical data; and a final project that can be submitted for possible publication in one of Wesleyan's student-run journals. It is also an opportunity to fulfill an important requirement in several different majors. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning |
| Credit: 1.5 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM QAC |
| Course Format: Laboratory | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (BIOL)(CADS)(DATA-MN)(EDST-MN)(EDST)(GOVT)(GOVT-American)(HRAD-MN)(INFO-MN)(NS&B)(PSYC)(SOC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Primary source journal articles on your chosen research topic. On-line tutorials through the Open Learning Initiative.
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Examinations and Assignments:
One literature review/methods paper; four quarterly on-line exams; 12 lab assignments, a final poster/oral presentation. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in several aspects of the research process including generating testable hypotheses; conducting a literature review; preparing data for analysis; conducting descriptive and inferential statistical analyses; and presenting research findings. Although students should feel free to enroll in any one of the laboratory sections, major fields of study often utilize one software application more frequently than others. For example, Government majors should consider enrolling in either a Stata or R laboratory group; Science majors, a SAS or R lab group; Economics majors, a Stata or SAS lab group; Sociology majors, a Stata or SPSS lab group; Psychology majors, an SPSS or SAS lab group; and College of Social Science majors, either a Stata or SPSS lab group. Fall2011, software packages to be used by each section: Section 1 will use SAS; Section 2 will use R; Section 3 will use SAS; Section 4 will use Stata; and Section 5 will use SAS. |
| Instructor(s): Dierker,Lisa C. Times: .....F. 12:00PM-02:00PM; .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: SHAN107; ALLB204; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 10 | SO: 10 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 6 | 1st Ranked: 3 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Dierker,Lisa C. Times: .....F. 12:00PM-02:00PM; .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: SHAN107; ALLB204; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 8 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 1 |
| SECTION 03 | | Special Attributes: FYI |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Dierker,Lisa C. Times: .....F. 12:00PM-02:00PM; .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: SHAN107; ALLB204; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 19 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 4 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
| SECTION 04 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Dierker,Lisa C. Times: .....F. 12:00PM-02:00PM; .M.W... 04:10PM-05:30PM; Location: SHAN107; ALLB204; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 2 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 10 | SO: 10 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 4 |
| SECTION 05 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Same as Section 01 Above |
| Examinations and Assignments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Additional Requirements and/or Comments: Same as Section 01 Above |
| Instructor(s): Dierker,Lisa C. Times: .....F. 12:00PM-02:00PM; ...W... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: SHAN107; ALLB204; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 19 | Permission of instructor will be granted during the drop/add period. Students must submit either a ranked or unranked drop/add request for this course. |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 7 | 1st Ranked: 0 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 7 |
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