School of Engineering
and Applied Science Department of Computer Science CSci 1030 -- Technology and Society http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~mfeldman/csci1030/summer16 Prof. Michael B. Feldman, course instructor mfeldman@gwu.edu |
Introduction
CSci 1030 Project
Project Stages
Important Note
Your assignment is to (1) research this
topic as individuals, (2) discuss it as a class, and (3) design and administer an opinion
survey to assess public attitudes about the subject.
I'll assign
each student to one of several groups; each group will develop
its own survey, and deploy it on the Google docs website. Each
group will collate and analyze its data and write a report of
its findings. ONE final project paper per group is expected.
Because of the compressed course schedule, this project must progress at the rate of one stage per week. Sorry about the fast pace, but this is the only way to get it done in 6 weeks overall. NOTE: all deliverables must be submitted via Blackboard by 11:59 PM (EDT) on the due date.
Week 1 -- Election Game
Week 2 --
Research report (approximately
1000-2000 of your own words) (8 points, due
Sunday, 5/29):
This is the
only individual phase of the project -- it's an individual
deliverable because all students need to learn as much as they
can about the subject before jumping into the group work.
Submit your report through the Blackboard
assignment-submission process.
Your report
should cover at least these items:
Here are a few sources to start with:
Week
4 -- Surveys due and
launched (due Sunday, 6/12): Each group will deploy its survey on Google
docs. Be sure you recruit as many as you can of your own family,
friends, etc. to take your survey. The more respondents you
have, the more representative your survey is likely to be.
Week
5 -- Preliminary
Report on Survey Results (8 points, due Sunday, 6/19):
Each group will
collate, examine, and analyze its survey data and submit a
report providing preliminary results. As in the draft, one
member of each group will submit the report via Blackboard; all
members of a given group will receive the same score (out of 8
points).
Week
6 -- Final Social
Impact Analysis Report (8 points, due SATURDAY, 6/25.
NOT Sunday -- Saturday is the last day of class!): Each group will write a
report based upon the data that contains an abstract,
introduction to the subject, discussion of the research
protocol, presentation of the findings, conclusions and
bibliography. Once afain, one member in each group will submit
the group's report.
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