Week 3: Research Design 1

Monday agenda

• R Tutorial: Exploratory Data Analysis in R

Wednesday agenda

• Lecture: Data Organization and Sampling
• Discussion: Open Observations Review
• Discussion: Final Projects

Reading

• Handbook of methods in cultural anthropology: Research Design and Research Strategies – Jeffrey Johnson and Daniel Hruschka (pg. 97-129)
• Measuring Behavior: Chapter 3 – Getting Started (pg. 25-41)
• R for Data Science: Chapter 1 – Visualization
• An Introduction to R: “Data in R” (3.1-3.6)
• Before completing assignment:
  • Watching Closely: Exercise 3 – “Temporal Mapping II” Pre-Exercise Discussion
  • Watching Closely: Exercise 2 – “Temporal Mapping I” Pre-Exercise Discussion
• After completing assignment:
  • Watching Closely: Exercise 3 – “Temporal Mapping II” Post-Exercise Discussion
  • Watching Closely: Exercise 2 – “Temporal Mapping I” Post-Exercise Discussion

Recommended Reading

• An Introduction to R: “Graphics with base R”
• An Introduction to R: “Graphics with ggplot”

Assignments

• Applied Methods Report 2: Focal Follow (Adapted from: Watching Closely))
• Abstract