** SPRING 2007 **
E10.2139 Survey Research Methods will be offered for the first time since Fall 2004, with Sharon Weinberg and Marc Scott. Date and time to be announced.
** FALL 2006 **
NEW COURSE: E10.2155 Economic Analysis for Education Policy, with Sean Corcoran, to meet Thursdays 4:55-7:35pm 3 pts. This is a basic course in microeconomics as applied to contemporary educational policy issues. For example, students would learn about labor markets to better understand the market for teachers (and related policies related to such--e.g. teachers unions, merit pay), the demand for schooling and human capital investment; education production functions, and the importance of peer effects; theories of competitive markets to inform the debate over school choice, etc. Date/time to be announced.
E10.1086 Basic Statistics II will not be offered in the fall. It is now a Spring only offering.
E10.2001 Educational Statistics I will be offered on a different date, now Wednesdays (not Mondays) from 3:30-6:10pm, with new faculty member Sean Corcoran.
E10.2081 Advanced Quantitative Methods I will be offered at a slightly different time, Tuesdays from 3:00-4:50pm, with Marc Scott. Required lab section follows from 5:00 - 6:30pm. Course space may be limited to 20 students, and prerequisite of Educational Statistics II (E10.2001; or equivalent) will be strictly enforced.
E10.2141 Qualitative Field Research II will not be offered Fall 2006. Those wishing to continue developing qualitative research skills are advised to consult with Mitchell Stevens, co-direcor of IDRS.
E10.2145 Foundations of Research will be offered Fall 2006 with Mitchell Stevens (it was last offered Fall 2005). This seminar provides individualized instruction to doctoral students who are either (1) formulating dissertation projects that will use qualitative methods, or (2) currently conducting qualitative research. Topics include project design and institutional research approval; data collection; and data analysis. Course requires instructor approval and access code.
E10.2401 Statistical Counseling (1 pt.; formerly E10.2101) will be offered Fall and Spring with Prof. Scott, but is limited to 5 students and requires instructor approval and access code.
E10.2995 Biostatistics I runs from 4:55-7:35pm (rather than 4:55-6:35, as in the past).
** SUMMER 2006 **
E10.1085 Basic Statistics I will be offered during the first 6-week summer session, from 5:00-7:30pm, with C. Brewer.
E10.1086 Basic Statistics II will be offered during the second 6-week summer session, from 5:00-7:30pm, with S. Corcoran.
E10.1995 Introductory Biostatistics will be offered during the first 6-week summer session, from 5:30-8:00pm, with Erez Lenchner.
E10.2132 Empirical Research Methods will be offered during the first 6-week summer session, from 5:00-7:30pm, with W. Michael Reed.