Education 493         Spring 2012
Workshop in design and analysis of comparative studies

David Rogosa
rag AT stat DOT stanford DOT edu

course web page at http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~rag/ed493/
Class meetings Th 3:15-5:05, Room: 160-317
According to the Registrar
EDUC  493    Workshop in Design and Analysis of Comparative Studies
Units: 1 - 3   	  Grading Basis:  S/NC     Repeatable for credit 
Times: Thu 3:15 PM - 5:05 PM		Room: 160-317    	 
Instructor: Rogosa,David R
Course Description (butchered in the Registrar version)
For students, second year and beyond, with data analysis or research design activities (e.g. dissertation planning or analysis) who have had intermediate-level statistical methods coursework.
Course activities will be driven by the student research activities, with readings and exercises developed around those topics. Past topics arising from student work include: mediating/moderating variables, multilevel data analysis, usefulness of structural equation models (path analysis) and implementation of matching methods and regression adjustments for comparing non-equivalent groups. A variety of computing customs can be accommodated, but R is encouraged.
Instructor note: I renamed this course as: "Workshop in design and analysis of comparative studies" because designed experiments fit this course as well as do the (more common) observational, non-experimental studies.


               To see activities and resources from Spring 2010, go here



Initial Meeting 4/5/12 in 160-317
Course overview and organization, meet-and-greet.

Week 2.
Individual Meetings


Week 3.
Individual Meetings, if requested


Week 4, 4/26
Group Meeting in Quad classroom. Student presentation and discussion of work underway

An example of data reduction using principal components

An example of how to think about interactions in as simple factorial design. (psych 252 example from the Neter-Wasserman text)
See problem 7 in
http://www.stanford.edu/class/ed257/hw/03hw2.ass
http://www.stanford.edu/class/ed257/hw/03hw2.sol

Week 5.
Individual Meetings

Week 6.
Individual Meetings

Week 7, 5/17
Group Meeting in Quad classroom. Student presentation and discussion of work underway

Week 8.
Individual Meetings

Week 9, 5/31
Group Meeting in Quad classroom. Final Student presentation and discussion