| Essentials | Announcements | Syllabus and Assignments | Books, Policies and other Administrivia |
| Instructor | Vibha Sazawal |
| Time | Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30 - 4:45 PM |
| Place | CSIC 3118 |
| Office Hours | Tuesday and Thursdays, 11-noon. Also by appointment. 4113 avw. |
| vibha at cs (include [634] in your subject line) | |
| TA | Douglas Summers-Stay, dsummerstay at gmail |
| TA Office Hours | Monday 11-noon, Tuesday/Thursday 2-3 pm. |
Announcements
| Week | Topic | Reading and Assignments |
| Sep 2nd, 4th | Intro, scientific method. | Read Ch 1, 2 of DPE. |
| Sep 9th, 11th | Experimentation, ethics. | Read Chapters 4, 7-10 of DPE. Assignment 1 out, due September 18th. |
| Sep 16th, 18th | Paper writing, Related work, Talks. | Read Chapter 6 of DPE. Read handout on paper writing. Assignment 2 out, due September 23rd. |
| Sep 23rd, Sep 25th. | Quantitative Data Analysis (I). | Read Chapter 12, DPE. Project 1 out, due Oct. 14th. Handout:Quartiles and Boxplots in R |
| Sep 30th, Oct 2nd. | Quantitative Data Analysis (II). | Read Kitchenham et al., Vicente and Torenvliet. Assignment 3 out, due October 7th. |
| Oct 7th, Oct 9th. | Quantitative Analysis (III) | Read MCP. Read Considering Context before class on Thursday, October 9th. |
| Oct 14th, Oct 16th. | Measuring Computer Performance (I). | Project 2 out, due November 6th. |
| Oct 21st | Measuring Computer Performance (II) | Assignment 4 out, due October 28th. |
| Oct 28th, 30th. | Measuring Computer Performance (III). | Read Blackburn et al. |
| Nov 4th, 6th. | Ethnography, Contextual Inquiry, Qualitative Data Analysis. | Read Tang and Carpendale, Chong and Hurlbutt, and Ko. Project 3 out, due Dec 2nd. |
| Nov 11th, 13th. | Interviews, CTA, Surveys. | Read Lin et al., Cherubini et al., Dabbish et al., and Teevan et al.. |
| Nov 18th, 20th. | Examples of qualitative research. 10-20 min talks on 6 papers during class (Tang, Chong, and Lin: Nov 18th; Cherubini, Dabbish, and Teevan: Nov 20th). See Announcements for groups. | Read Lethbridge et al. Homework 5 out, due December 9th. |
| Nov 25th, 27th. | Thanksgiving, no class. | Read project presentation guidelines and grading rubric. |
| Dec 2nd, Dec 4th. | No class on Dec 2nd. However, you are encouraged to send me a rough draft BEFORE the due date of DEC 4th so I can give you
feedback.
In-class presentations for Project 3 on December 4th:
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| Dec 9th, Dec 11th. | Presentations on December 9th:
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Final exam handed out and due December 20th at 12:30 PM. |