|
Week |
Fall
2006 |
Topic |
Notes,
Links & Assignments |
| 1 |
August 22 |
Introduction; Class
Strategy; Core Competencies |
Class Survey: Computers,
Software, Statistics |
| 2 |
August 29 |
Field Safety; Tool
Description Assignment; Skill Acquisition
|
Assignments:
- Tool Description choice (examples)
- Field Safety Kit specifications
Readings:
|
| 3 |
September 5 |
Platt's Strong Inference
Challenge |
Assignments:
- Field Safety Kit implementation
- Strong-Inference work flow
Readings:
Platt
(1964) |
| 4 |
September 12 |
Reconnaissance Activities:
Surveys, Ethics, Permits & Permissions |
Assignments:
- Tool Description Rough Outline
- Reconnaissance Guide
|
| 5 |
September 19 |
Handling Data: Excel, PAST,
Anthropac |
Readings:
PAST manual |
| 6 |
September 26 |
The Statistics Doldrums:
Hypotheses, Basic Statistical Thinking, Research Designs |
Assignment:
- Excel statistical worksheet
|
| 7 |
October 3 |
Statistical Visualizations
[Will @ BRIT] |
Assignment:
|
| 8 |
October 10 |
Voucher Specimens:
Collection, Preservation, Identification [Kim @ ACS] |
Assignment:
|
| 9 |
October 17 |
Ethnographic Surveys: Human
Experiment Regulations; Data Structures, Collection and Analysis |
|
| 10 |
October 24 |
Finding Patterns: Community
Analysis as a Generalized Technique |
Assignment:
- Community Analysis project
|
| 11 |
October 31 |
|
Hand in: Tool Description
Final Draft |
| 12 |
November 14 |
Mapping: Google Earth, GPS,
Drawing Maps, Publishing Maps |
Assignment:
|
| 13 |
November 21 |
Scientific Presentations:
Presentation Strategies, PowerPoint Skills, Posters |
|
| 14 |
November 28 |
Student Presentations |
|
| 15 |
December 5 |
Student Presentations |
|
