Course assignments

Week 1 (Jan 8, 10)
     
  Course familiarization (0)
     •  Class participation overview (50)
     •  Critiquing (0)
     • 
Critique grading (0)

Week 2 (Jan 15, 17)
     
  Critique: NRI proposal abstract (10)
     •  Critique: Waring proposal (25)

Week 3 (Jan 22, 24)
     •  Researchable question and hypotheses (25)
       Outlines (0)
     •  Critique: Researchable question and hypotheses (10)

Week 4 (Jan 29, Jan 31)
       Proposal format approval (0)
     •  Outline: Goals and objectives / Rationale and significance (15)

Week 5 (Feb 5, 7)
     •  Critique: Goals and objectives / Rationale and significance outline (10)
     •  Outline: Background (15)
     • 
Plagiarism (0)

Week 6 (Feb 12, 14)
     •  Critique: Background outline (10)
     •  References (0)

     •  Draft: Introduction (15)
     • 
Gilovich, Chapters 2 and 3 study questions (0)
     •  Participation grades #1 (0)

Week 7 (Feb 19, 21)
       Critique: Draft Introduction (10)
     •  Gilovich, Chapter 4 study questions (10)

     •  Outline: Methods and expected results (15)

Week 8 (Feb 26, Feb 28)
     •  Critique: Methods and expected results outline (10)
     •  Draft: Methods and expected results (25)
     • 
Menzel et al. (2002) study design analysis (10)

Week 9 (Mar 4, 6)
     •  Final proposal (100)

Week 10 (Mar 11, 13)
     •  Final proposal reviews (25)
     •  Panel review and summary
(10)
     •  Class participation grades #2 (0)