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Week 1 - April 1, 2025 |
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Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
Introduction to the Course
What is Research?
What's PhD All About?
Research as a Science
Starting the research project: problem
formulation and research lifecycle.
Lecture Slides:
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PhD and
Research
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Problem Formulation |
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Post an
Introductory Message on the
Getting Acquainted discussion board on D2L. Due by
Monday, Apr.
7.
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Read the articles
listed under resources (for the O'Leary article reas sections 4-9,
but focus specifically on sections 8 and
9). Then write down at least 2 questions/issues about what
you've read in the articles that you would like to discuss. Bring these
questions/comments to class next week. |
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Read Chapter 1 of
Leedy & Ormrod (LO) |
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Submit a ranked list of 4 topics for your
classroom presentation during weeks 5-8. [See
the List of Topics]. Due date: Thursday, April 10. |
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Write and bring to class an informal statement of a problem you are
working on. See the last slide in PhD and
Research. |
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Week 2 - April 8, 2025 |
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Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
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Practical advice about research |
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How to write and review a research paper. |
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Ethical
considerations in research and publishing. |
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Doing
a Literature Review. |
Lecture Slides:
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Practical
Advice on PhD
Research
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Problem Formulation |
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Read Chapters 2-3
of LO and Chapter 4 of Justin Zobel's book (JZ). |
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Reading Assignment
for Next Week:
Is Computer Science, Science, by Peter Denning. Write a
Brief Response Report (BR2) and submit it no later than
11:59 PM on April 14. Also bring a copy with you to class and be
prepared to discuss it. As background information you can also
optionally review:
Computer Science: Definition, Fields, & Facts (Britannica).
[Note: A
BR2 summarizes the goal and main points of an article and then
makes two or more primary points that critique, dispute, reinforce, or
extend findings or observations of the article.] |
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Begin working
on the Paper review
assignment. |
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Week 3 - April 15, 2025 |
| Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
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Week 4 - April 22, 2025 |
| Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
Finagle and Fraud in Research?
Stephen Colbert's segment on the Rogoff and Reinhart Austerity paper.
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Read Chapters 13 of
LO and Chapter 14 of JZ.. |
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Reading Assignment
for Next Week: read the article:
Strong
Inference - by John R. Platt. Science, October 1964?. For next week (Week
5), write a
Brief Response Report (BR2) and submit by 11:59 PM on
April 28. Also bring a copy with you to class and be
prepared to discuss it. |
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Research Proposal Abstracts due on Sunday, April 27. |
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Week 5 - April 29, 2023 |
| Topics/Presenters |
Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Presenter: B. Mobasher
Topics:
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Reading Assignment
for Next Week: read the article:
Should Computer Scientists Experiment More? by Walter Tichy.
For next week (Week 6), write a Brief Response Report (BR2)
and submit by May 5. Also bring a copy
with you to class and be prepared to discuss it.
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Week 6 - May 6, 2025 |
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Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Topics/Presenters:
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Topic 5:
(TBA)
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Experimental and Ex Post
Facto Designs
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Presentation Slides |
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Topic 3:
(TBA)
* Qualitative Research
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Presentation Slides
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Research Methods Knowledgebase
(Section on
Design)
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Week 7 - May 13, 2025
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Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Topics/Presenters:
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Topic 4: (TBA)
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Descriptive Research
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Presentation Slides |
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Topic 2:
(TBA)
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Evaluation
Methodologies
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Measurment &
Reliability
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Presentation Slides |
Notes on Proposals & Presentations (Bamshad) |
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Week 8 - May 20, 2025 |
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Resources |
Assignments/Readings |
Topics/Presenters:
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Topic 7: (TBA)
* Statistical Techniques: data
preparation,
descriptive &
inferential statistics
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Presentation Slides |
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Topic 8:
(TBA)
* Responsible
conduct and
ethical standards in research
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Presentation Slides |
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Research Methods Knowledgebase
(Section on
Analysis)
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Week 9 - May 27, 2025 |
| Research Proposal Presentations |
| Presenters |
Proposal Title &
Presentation Slides |
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Note: Each presenter will have 15 minutes for
presentation and up o 5 minutes for Q&A.
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Week 10 - June 3, 2025
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| Research Proposal Presentations |
| Presenters |
Proposal Title &
Presentation Slides |
Course Summary (Bamshad)
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Note: Each presenter will have 15 minutes for
presentation and up tp 5 minutes for Q&A. |
| Final Draft of Research
Proposals Due on June 10, 2025 |
