Week 2

Meets: October 5 & 7

Assignments #1 & #2 due this week

Class critiques of Assignment #3 next week

Asking Questions, Part I (Objective Phenomena)

Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class this week (links will open in a new browser window):

Lecture/Class

Assignments

  • Assignment #1 is due October 5
  • Assignment #2 is due October 7
  • Reminders:
    1. By Friday night, e-mail your questions about objective phenomena (Assignment #3) and the most recent version of your questionnaire objectives to your assigned partner (preferably as attachments in MS Word format).

      [List of partners requires course password]

    2. Next week, bring your own questions about objective phenomena (Assignment #3) to class (on a transparency or paper handout).
    3. Download the handout with suggested questions for guiding your written critique and class discussion of your partner's items. (Acrobat format)

      4. [Requires Course Password]

Reading Assignments

  1. Tourangeau, Chapters 3-5
  2. Bradburn: Chapters 2, 6, & 9.
  3. Optional: Response strategies for coping with the cognitive demands of attitude measures in surveys (Krosnick, 1991).

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Additional Resources