SYLLABUS
| Wk | Date | Lecture | Reading * |
| Section I - How to develop a research question | |||
| 1 | 1/22 | Introduction: purpose of the course, course structure, etc. | Platt 1964 |
| 1/24 | Where do research questions come from? Development of alternative hypotheses. | ||
| 2 | 1/29 | Introduction to ES 196 Lecturers & Presentations on current 196 Projects | |
| 1/31 | Invited speaker: Matteo Garbelotto on Sudden Oak Death (SOD) | SOD site | |
| LAB | Choosing biological, physical and social group projects related to SOD | ||
| 3 | 2/5 | Roundtable discussion of project ideas with ES 196 students | |
| Section II - Gathering and analyzing data | |||
| 2/7 | Sampling methods in the natural sciences: estimating the abundances and distributions of biological populations and physical features | Hurlbert 1984 | |
| LAB | Searching the published literature: a lecture on electronic bibliographic searches by a Biosciences librarian | Handout | |
| 4 | 2/12 | Sampling methods cont.; introduction to SOD field projects | |
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2/14 FIELD |
Observing the disease and selecting study sites | ||
| 5 | 2/19 |
Sampling methods in the social sciences: Design of surveys, interviews, etc. Invited lecture by a staff member of the campus Survey Research Center |
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2/21 FIELD |
Field sampling for SOD projects | ||
| 6 | 2/26 | Introduction to statistical data analysis: data types, descriptive statistics, parametric vs. non-parametric tests, testing assumptions, transformations, statistical power, one-tailed vs. two-tailed hypotheses | |
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2/28 |
Discussion of SOD field projects | ||
| 7 | 3/5 | Introduction to statistical data analysis cont. | |
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3/7 FIELD |
Field sampling
for SOD projects
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| 8 | 3/12 | Analyzing our sampling data, Part 1 | |
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3/14 |
Analyzing
our sampling data, Part 2
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| LAB | Computer Lab | ||
| Section III - Communicating your results | |||
| 9 | 3/19 | Research publications: format and writing | Day pp. 1-50 |
| 3/21 | How to prepare tables, graphs and reference lists | Day pp. 51-83 | |
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3/26-28 Spring Break |
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| 10 | 4/2 | How to prepare and give oral and poster presentations | Day pp. 182-192 |
| 4/4 | Student presentations of SOD project results | ||
| 11 | 4/9 | Research proposals: format and writing | |
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Section
IV - Introduction to special methods (Invited Speakers TBA)
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| 4/11 | Design of Field Experiments and Environmental Impact Studies | Hairston 1989, Chap. 2 & 3, Underwood 1991 | |
| 12 | 4/16 | Environmental Consulting | |
| 4/18 | Remote sensing: aerial photography, satellite imagery, GPS | ||
| 13 | 4/23 | Geographic Information Systems | |
| 4/25 | Impacts of invasive species | ||
| 14 | 4/30 | Sampling benthic organisms in aquatic habitats | |
| 5/2 | Hydrology | ||
| 15 | 5/7 | Marine ecotoxicology | |
| 5/9 | Air Quality | ||
| 5/14 | Energy regulation | ||
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