Honors Statistics in Journalism
Calendar
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| Wed | Jan | 9 | #1 |
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Numbers in the News (Prof. Pfenning) |
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| Wed | Jan | 16 | #2 |
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Discussion of Handouts from Prof. Skrzycki |
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| Wed | Jan | 23 | #3 |
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Articles #1 and #2 |
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| Wed | Jan | 30 | #4 |
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Articles #3 and #4 |
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| Wed | Feb | 6 | #5 |
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Articles #5 and #6 |
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| Wed | Feb | 13 | #6 |
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Article #7 |
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Midterm Paper Due (see articles*) |
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| Wed | Feb | 20 | #7 |
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Speaker: Richard Holden |
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| Wed | Feb | 27 | #8 |
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News Story #1 |
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| Wed | Mar | 6 | #9 |
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News Story #2 |
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| Wed | Mar | 20 | #10 |
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News Story #3 |
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| Wed | Mar | 27 | #12 |
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News Story #4 |
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| Wed | Apr | 3 | #11 |
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News Story #5 |
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| Wed | Apr | 10 | #13 |
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News Story #6 |
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| Wed | Apr | 17 | #14 |
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News Story #7 |
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Final Paper Due |
*Articles to reference for Midterm paper about any or all of the news stories we've discussed:
Misrepresentation of Randomized Controlled Trials in Press Releases and News Coverage by Yavchitz et al
Survival of the Wrongest by David Freedman
Cleaning Up Science by Gary Marcus
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