Instructor:
John Whitehead
Spring 2010 Calendar (dates/topics subject to change)
| # | Date | Topic | Notes |
| 1 | T, 1/12 | Introduction | |
| 2 | R, 1/14 | Research foundations | Vecon Lab demo |
| 3 | T, 1/19 | Develop a preliminary topic | |
| 4 | R, 1/21 | Micro Review (i.e., Vecon Lab) | Topic paragraph due; Click here to play Round 1 of Market Madness! |
| 5 | T, 1/26 | SPSS Tutorial; Statistics Review; asu1data.xls | Click here to play Round 2 of Market Madness! |
| 6 | R, 1/28 | No class today (instructor absent) | Assignment: hardcopy due Thursday 1/28 at 5 pm |
| 7 | T, 2/2 | An Introduction to Multiple Regression | Click here to play Round 3 of Market Madness! |
| 8 | R, 2/4 | An Introduction to Logistic Regression | Click here to play Round 4 of Market Madness! |
| 9 | T, 2/9 | Statistics Quiz | view.sav |
| 10 | R, 2/11 | No class today (ASU canceled class) | |
| 11 | T, 2/16 | Library Resources [Meet in Library 024] | |
| 12 | R, 2/18 | Paper Proposal, Literature Review | |
| 13 | T, 2/23 | Data Collection | |
| 14 | R, 2/25 | No class today (ASU canceled class) | |
| 15 | T, 3/2 | Macro Review (i.e., Vecon Lab) | "Fear the Boom and Bust"; Daily Kos |
| 16 | R, 3/4 | Final Paper Guidelines | Paper proposal due; Friday 3/5 (1pm); late papers are penalized one letter grade per day |
| 3/8 - 3/12 | No class | Spring Break | |
| 17 | T, 3/16 | Theory | |
| Make-up day | Public Lecture: Climate Policy: Pre- and Post-Copenhagen [more] | ||
| 18 | R, 3/18 | Mini Fed Challenge | |
| 19 | T, 3/23 | Economical Writing | Theory paper due |
| 20 | R, 3/25 | Vecon | |
| 21 | T, 3/30 | Data Analysis | Literature review (BA: LR part 1) due; Boyles CEO Lecture |
| 22 | R, 4/1 | Data Analysis | |
| T, 4/6 | No class: state holiday | Data summary tables (BA: LR part 2) due | |
| 23 | R, 4/8 | Data Analysis | |
| 24 | T, 4/13 | Presentation | Regression analysis tables (BA: LR part 3) due |
| 25 | R, 4/15 | Data Analysis | |
| 26 | T, 4/20 | Presentation rehearsal | Powerpoint Presentation due; Draft paper due |
| 27 | R, 4/22 | Exit exam | |
| 28 | T, 4/27 | Presentations: TBD | |
| W, 4/28 | Reading Day | Exam Schedule | ||
| R, 4/29 | Final Exam Noon - 2:30 (Presentations: TBD) | Final paper due |
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