Update course info and scheduling for Spring 2021.

course/course.markdown

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 University | Oklahoma State University
-Semester | Spring 2020
-Schedule | Thursday 2p-4:45p
-Classroom | GAB 435
-CRN | 31214
-Exam I | submit by March 13, 2020 at 5p
+Semester | Spring 2021
+Schedule | TBD
+Classroom | Online
+CRN | 31412
+Exam I | submit by March 19, 2021 at 5p
 Exam II | Final exam period
 
 
@@ -37,16 +37,15 @@ After successfully completing this course:
 The percentages below are approximate.
 My baseline expectation is that every student should earn an A in a doctoral seminar.
 I have selected the required work to be important for your development, and I have provided self-study resources for deeper looks at topics which may be helpful.
-If your work, in either quality or completeness, falls somewhat short of me expectations, you will likely earn a B.
+If your work, in either quality or completeness, falls somewhat short of my expectations, you will likely earn a B.
 Below that (and you really should not be), you will hear from me.
 
 
 assignment | percentage
 -----------|:---------:
-Exam 1 | 25
-Exam 2 | 25
+Exam 1 | 40
+Exam 2 | 30
 Outlines | 30
-Analysis | 20
 
 
 # Grading Policy
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ percentage | letter
 
 ## Participation and attendance
 
-This is a doctoral seminar, and I expect you to be in class and well-prepared every day, and I expect you to complete each days' course content.
+This is a doctoral seminar, and I expect you to be in class and well-prepared every day, and I expect you to complete the course content each day.
 The content includes both skills training and readings designed to help you execute a high-quality study and provide evidence to reviewers.
 In addition, the course content is very path dependent, so it will be challenging to miss a day.
 
@@ -77,16 +76,19 @@ Of course, if you have some issue, let me know.
 1. **Design.** Exam II is a comps-style exam that is likely to be a two-choose-one format. You will take this exam during the final exam period.
 
 
-## Reading assignments
+## Reading outlines
 
 During the semester, we will split up the readings such that one student takes the lead for each (or most of) the papers that we cover.
-However, each student should read each paper, and you will see some assignments below.
-The overall design is that each student will lead three papers in the semester and do an in-depth analysis reproduction on one of those three.
-
-1. **Reading outlines.** The student assigned to a paper will circulate an outline covering the items listed below. Note that this should be bullet points and be curated to cover the most important topics. At most, this should be 1.5 pages long. The initial circulation should be by noon, two days before our class. Then, the other students should make additions or edits as they see fit, with the lead student making the final edit before class.
-    - Theory and overall takeaways of the paper.
-    - Methods and software used.
-    - Measure validation.
-    - Completeness of the methods description for reproducing the study.
-    - Other interesting notes.
-1. **Analysis reproduction.** For a designated paper each week, the student who completes the outline will also do a more in-depth analysis of the paper for reproduction. This includes writing a plan for reproducing the methods, examining data sources (or alternatives; to the extent reasonably available), identifying and proposing answers to ambiguity in the methods description, and generating a potential idea to further leverage such a dataset. The target length for the plan is five single--spaced pages plus references, tables, and appendices. The due date is the Friday following the class meeting where it is discussed by 5p.
+However, each student should read each paper.
+
+The student assigned to a paper will circulate an outline covering the items listed below.
+Note that this should be bullet points and be curated to cover the most important topics.
+At most, this should be 1.5 pages long, and can certainly be shorter for most papers.
+The initial circulation should be by noon, two days before our class.
+Then, the other students should make additions or edits as they see fit, with the lead student making the final edit before class.
+
+- Theory and overall takeaways of the paper.
+- Methods and software used.
+- Measure validation.
+- Completeness of the methods description for reproducing the study.
+- Other interesting notes.

readme.markdown

@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ week | topic
 week | topic
 ---|--------
 8  | Text analysis project design
-9  | **No class.** Spring break
-10 | Qualitative
-11 | Metadata and human coding
-12 | Dictionary methods I
-13 | Dictionary methods II
-14 | Supervised learning
-15 | Unsupervised learning
+9 | Qualitative
+10 | Metadata and human coding
+11 | Dictionary methods I
+12 | Dictionary methods II
+13 | Supervised learning
+14 | Unsupervised learning
 
 
 ## Materials