| week |
TUESDAY |
THURSDAY |
| May
6/8 |
Practice
Test
Reading
assignments:
The
SHORT FORM and the LONG
FORM used in the 2000 Census.
- Lecture/discussion
on using census data from other years.
- Data
analysis exercise
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|
| May
13/15 |
TEST |
|
| Apr.
8/10 |
Welcome!
Introduction and Semester
Organization.
|
lecture/discussion
on the U.S. Census
|
| Apr.
15/17 |
Reading
Assignment:
U.S.
Census Bureau. 2000. Factfinder for the
Nation. History and organization of the
U.S. Census. U.S. Department of Commerce,
Economics and Statistics Administration.
(This is a pdf file. Please bring a paper
copy of this to class with your notes and
questions.) |
TODAY
WE WILL ALL ATTEND THE STUDENT RESEARCH
SHOWCASE, LOCATED IN MAINPLACE. ATTEND,
AND SEE THE RESEARCH YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS
ARE DOING. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHOSE
PROJECTS WERE ACCEPTED FOR PRESENTATION.
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| Apr.
22/24 |
Discussion
of the paper assignment
- Discussion
of your results in the data finding exercise.
- Discussion
of Census history and organization.
- Exercises
which will apply to your paper
|
Data
finding problems related to Paper. |
| Apr.
29/ May 1 |
Class
will not meet. You have an assignment:
Drive
to the area you are researching and observe
the neighborhoods. Try to relate what you
see to your census data. |
Paper
draft due.
Paper
writing workshop --
We
will review and critique your drafts of
Paper 1. Bring a paper copy of the current
Paper draft to class.
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