All Courses
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MCUAAAR
The Information hub for seminars, workshops and other training resources, plus the Center's calendar.
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Practice Course for Naomi Silver
Course site for section 002 of the Fall 2015 Sweetland Minor in Writing Gateway Course.
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SURVEYMETH 625 001 WN 2016
Applied Sampling is an applied statistical methods course concerned almost exclusively with the design of data collection. Little of the analysis of collected data will be discussed, but rather the course will concentrate on problems of applying sampling methods to human populations. The course is presented at a moderately advanced statistical level. While mathematical aspects are not covered, statistical notation and some algebraic derivations are. A thorough understanding of statistical notation and principles will be needed. The goal of the course is to develop sampling skills and an understanding of the principles and properties of sampling techniques used in scientific research. Students will learn and be tested on the following competencies: 1. The meaning and application of variance in populations and sampling distributions, and understand the difference between element and sampling variance. 2. The methods and properties of sampling techniques including simple random, stratified random, cluster, systematic, multistage, probability proportionate to size, and stratified multistage sampling. 3. How sampling variance is estimated for the mean, proportions, and totals (aggregates) for each of the sampling techniques examined in the course. 4. How to estimate and use in practice sampling variance for complex sample surveys, including balanced and jackknife repeated replication and the Taylor series approximation. 5. The differences between sampling and non-sampling errors. 6. How nonresponse can affect survey estimates and what techniques can be used to reduce nonresponse and compensate for nonresponse bias.
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PAT 102 001 WN 2016
This course introduces acoustics and psychoacoustics at a freshman level. Acoustics is the physics that is responsible for creating (mostly) audible phenomena. Psychoacoustics is the physiology, psychology and cognition of humans and animals which leads to a perception of acoustical phenomena. The course discusses oscillation, wave physics, space-time-frequency relationships interference, musical acoustics, room acoustics as well as perception of pitches, loudness, timbre, tuning, masking, and spatial hearing.
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AOSS 477 001 WN 2016
Students learn how to conduct, present, and write up a numerical modeling research study using state-of-the-art space weather models. Grading is based on 3 big projects, several paper critiques, and numerous in-class discussions.