Calendar |
Class |
Assignments
and Activities |
| Oct. 29 |
- Welcome
to the class;
- pictures;
- introductions;
- introduction
to the use of the lab cart;
- discussion
of the syllabus;
- lecture/discussion
on the U.S. Census;
- data
finding exercise;
- report
your findings on our discussion site;
- choose
the organization you will use for your analyses.
|
| Nov. 5 |
Reading
Assignment:
U.S.
Census Bureau. 2000. Factfinder for the Nation.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics
Administration.
- Discussion
of the paper assignment and the organization
you are using for your population profile;
- Discussion
of your results in the data finding exercise.
- Lecture
on the American Factfinder portion of the census
web site;
- Exercises which will apply to your population
profile.
|
| Nov. 12 |
Paper
1 due
- Discussion
of your results from Paper 1;
- Lecture/discussion
-- Summary File 3 data;
- Research questions which could be answered
using these data;
- Data finding exercises -- investigating your
research question.
|
| Nov. 19 |
Reading
assignments:
The
SHORT FORM and the LONG
FORM used in the 2000 Census.
- Discussion
of the Paper 2 assignment
- Lecture/discussion on using census data from
other years.
- Data analysis exercise
|
| Nov. 26 |
Thanksgiving recess, no class |
| Dec. 3 |
Measuring social change using census data
|
| Dec. 10 |
Paper
2 due date moved to December 17;
Class presentations today. |
| Dec. 17 |
Final
exam |
