EMSE+216+-+Fall+2007+Highlights

=EMSE 216 - Fall 2007 Highlights (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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This is a quick list of remember highlights from EMSE 216, Fall 2007.
 * Order and scope of doctoral timeline.
 * Three Stars - Practice submissions.
 * Practice Proposal
 * Literature Review
 * Four Stars - Even better pre-literature review literature topic evaluation
 * Three Stars - Context Map
 * Three Stars - Data Collection Requirements
 * Causation Model - was this Julie's too?
 * Defense???. Don't remember defending.
 * Practice Dissertation
 * Proposal and Dissertation Outlines
 * SEAS Dissertation Format Guidelines - September 2005.
 * Very useful.
 * Three Stars - Discussion and common mistakes
 * Three Stars - Discussion on what in defenses and how that changes from one to the other
 * Research Methods
 * Usefulness and value of sources
 * More on types and values of sources Types of Knowledge at Corporations)
 * Other kinds of sources, etc.; source priority (Hole_H)
 * The Gelman Library
 * Four Stars - Trip to the library to learn how to use it better.
 * I went back to the next 216 for that lecture again. That time it was presented on 18th street, not in the library. I don't feel it was as good. Also, I appreciated the Departmental POC taking the time to talk to us the first time. Also appreciatedd his way of presenting.
 * Types of Research - Research Method / Data Analysis Tool Project
 * Paper and Presentation
 * Three Stars - Others Papers and Presentations
 * PDQ Statistics - helped me review and extend my knowledge from 40 years ago.
 * CITI Training - useful
 * Two Stars - Particularly IRB information
 * Ethics
 * Some Handouts
 * Wanted More
 * ** Paper and softcopy materials **; less whiteboard drawings for things I really wanted to remember
 * Electronic Research
 * I failed to find disserations online. Just this fall (2010) went back to librarian and found that I should have been searchin the disseration database.
 * Wanted to be sure I could satisfy the 10 page literature review in two weekss requirement.
 * Rhetoric
 * Defined as one of the basics students should know (along with the basics of compostiion ...)
 * Not sure I really get the point.
 * Less Enthused
 * Statistics
 * The Great Betrayal. Good point; terrible to read
 * No boilerplate
 * Sort of feel that is hogwash. Particularly some of the sections that describe what you are going to do/write about. It's been done so many times, there should be acceptable formats and wording.


 * Sources**
 * EMSE 216 Fall 2007 softcopy "Syllabus" What was handed out on course, not labeld syllabus.
 * Softcopy files on Phil Sisson's computer
 * Selected emailings

Contributors: Sisson