Week	Date	Topic	Readings due	Assignments due
Week 1	Tue 7/5	Introduction to course Getting to know you Writing: Introduction to academic writing
	Wed 7/6	Stats: Data (mis)visualization Stats: Introduction to data visualization with R and RStudio	Wheelan - Chp 2	(1) Survey: Getting to know you (more) (2) Stats pre-test (Access code: PGM6571JMN)
	Thur 7/7	Writing: Putting scholarly works in conversation, Citation & APA Style, Intro to Partner Work	Wheelan - Chp 3 and Chp 4
	Fri 7/8	Stats: Collecting and summarizing data Writing: Structure: Response Paper, Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions Writing: Think alouds/Partner review of CRP 1 - Draft 1	Wheelan - Chp 7	Critical response paper 1 - Draft 1
	Sun 7/10			Critical response paper 1 - Draft 2 (due at 5pm)
Week 2	Mon 7/11	Writing: Writing Workshop 1: Large/Small Group Stats: R review	Brandt - Chp 4	Stats assignment 1
	Tue 7/12	Stats: Medical history of cigarette smoking and early research on the health hazards of smoking. How do we infer causality? What are confounding variables and how do they affect causality?	Brandt - Chp 5
	Wed 7/13	Stats: Quiz 1 Stats: Exploring and visualizing effects of smoking on pregnancy in R		Critical response paper 1 - Final
	Thur 7/14	Writing: Style, Central Claims, and review APA style examples (if time permits) Use this Peer Review Form to review teammates' drafts before Friday.	Brandt - Chp 6 Samji & Jackler (2009)	Critical response paper 2 - Draft 1 (due by 10pm)
	Fri 7/15	Stats: Misuse of statistics in cigarette advertisements and how poor statistics can lead to misconceptions Writing: Small team workshop of CRP 2 - Draft 1
	Sun 7/17			Critical response paper 2 - Draft 2 (due at 5pm)
Week 3	Mon 7/18	Writing: Large/Small Group Writing Workshop of CRP2 - Draft 2; Reverse Outlining Stats: Conditional probabilities Introduce Final Project		Stats assignment 2
	Tue 7/19	Media coverage of the revised recommendations for breast cancer screening - clarification or confusion? Library resources	Wheelan - Chp 5 Kolata (2009) Paulos (2009)
	Wed 7/20	Stats: Quiz 2 Stats: Exploring and visualizing risk factors of breast cancer	Wheelan - Chp 6
	Thur 7/21	Writing: Project first steps Writing: Going from Research Topics to Questions Writing: Introduction; Introduction example Writing: Annotated Bibliography & Literature review; AB example	Research Questions Booth et al. ch. 3 Booth et al. ch. 6 Annotated Bibliography	Critical response paper 2 - Final
	Fri 7/22	No class		Project dataset & research question - Draft 1 (due at 11:55pm)
Week 4	Mon 7/25	Stats: Statistical significance		Stats assignment 3 (due at 9:30am)
	Tue 7/26	Dataset & research question workshop
	Wed 7/27	Stats: Quiz 3 Stats: Customizing your data visualization		Project annotated bibliography (due at 11:55pm)
	Thur 7/28	Writing: Components of proposal Methods Examples: Ex 1, Ex 2 Discussion Examples: Ex 1, Ex 2 Abstract Example	Methods Discussion & Abstract	Project dataset & research question - Final Draft (due at 11:55pm)
	Fri 7/29	Stats: Writing up your results Stats: Data visualization workshop
Week 5	Mon 8/1	No class		Stats assignment 4 (due at 9:30am)
	Tue 8/2	No class		Project Introduction & Methods - Draft 1 due at 5 pm for tomorrow's workshop (post to your team's Sakai Forum thread). Use this Peer Review form to review your 2 teams' drafts.
	Wed 8/3	Stats: Quiz 4 Writing: Writing workshop		Project EDA - Draft 1 (due at 11:55pm) Project Results, Discussion & Abstract - Draft 1 due by 11:55 pm for tomorrow's workshop (post to your team's Sakai Forum thread). Use this Peer Review form to review your 2 teams' drafts.
	Thur 8/4	Writing: Writing workshop
	Fri 8/5	Best practices for scientific posters Stats: Data analysis workshop		Project Full proposal - Draft 1 due by 11:55 pm
Week 6	Mon 8/8	Writing: Project workshop and revisions		Project EDA - Draft 2 (due at 11:55pm)
	Tue 8/9	Stats: Project workshop and revisions		Project poster - Draft
	Wed 8/10	Project workshop and revisions
	Thur 8/11	Poster Presentations		Project paper and poster - Final