22 Class meetings 006
Final exam for POL 138-006: Mon 4 May 2026 from 10am to 12pm SCH 236
M Jan 12
- Took the bonus pretest during class
- Covered course notes through 1.4 Standard deviation
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 1 through item 16 (Practice for Exam 1 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A00 Syllabus
W Jan 14
- Covered course notes through 2.2 Law of Large Numbers
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 1 through item 44 (Practice for Exam 1 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A01 Basic tools of quantitative reasoning
W Jan 21
- Covered course notes through 2.6 The normal distribution
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 1 through item 62 (Practice for Exam 1 Key)
M Jan 26
- Covered course notes through 3.3 Estimating p-values
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 1 through item 79 (Practice for Exam 1 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A02 Sampling
W Jan 28
- Covered course notes through 3.8 Statistical and substantive significance
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 1 through item 99 (Practice for Exam 1 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A03 p-values
M Feb 2
- Covered course notes through 4.3 Linear regression with categorical predictors
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 1 through item 110 (Practice for Exam 1 Key)
W Feb 4
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 1 (Practice for Exam 1 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A04 Linear regression
- Practice Exam 1 Key
M Feb 9
- Completed the first two pages of “More practice for Exam 1”
- Covered course notes for Chapter 5 (Alternate explanations) and Chapter 6 (Randomized experiments)
- Started the practice packet for Exam 2 through item 10 (Practice for Exam 2 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A05 Alternate explanations
- Canvas assignment available: A06 Randomized experiments
W Feb 11
- Completed the second two pages of “More practice for Exam 1”
- Completed practice packet for Exam 2 through item 25 (Practice for Exam 2 Key)
M Feb 16
- Covered course notes for Chapter 7 (Non-random comparisons)
- Completed practice packet for Exam 2 through item 44 (Practice for Exam 2 Key)
M Feb 23
- Covered course notes for Chapter 8 (Statistical control)
- Completed practice packet for Exam 2 through item 61 (Practice for Exam 2 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A07 Non-random comparisons
W Feb 25
- Did the practice page “POL 138 Practice Exam 1 RESULTS”
- Completed practice packet for Exam 2 through item 73 (Practice for Exam 2 Key)
M Mar 2
- Completed practice packet for Exam 2 through the end (Practice for Exam 2 Key)
- Covered course notes for Chapter 9 (Imperfect indicators of quality)
- Canvas assignment available: A08 Statistical control
- Canvas assignment available: A09 Imperfect indicators of quality
W Mar 4
- Covered course notes for Chapter 10 through 10.7 Confounders
- Completed the “Before Spring Break” bonus assignment
M Mar 16
- Covered course notes through the end of Chapter 10
- Discussed data visualization using the “POL 138 R CODE DATA VISUALIZATION” file
- Started the practice packet for Exam 3 through item 16 (Practice for Exam 3 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A10 Threats to inference 1
W Mar 18
- Covered course notes 11.1 through 11.6
- Did “POL 138 Exam 2 PRACTICE”
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 3 through item 26 (Practice for Exam 3 Key)
M Mar 23
- Covered course notes through the end of Chapter 11 Threats to Inference 2
- Did “POL 138 Exam 2 MORE PRACTICE”
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 3 through item 32 (Practice for Exam 3 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A11 Threats to inference 2
M Mar 30
- Covered course notes for Chapter 12 Ethical issues
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 3 through item 53 (Practice for Exam 3 Key)
- Completed a bonus assignment
- Canvas assignment available: A12 Ethical issues
W Apr 1
- Covered course notes for Chapter 13 Political science measures
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 3 through item 69 (Practice for Exam 3 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A13 Political science measures
W Apr 6
- Completed the practice packet for Exam 3 through the end of the packet (Practice for Exam 3 Key)
- Canvas assignment available: A14 Meta-Analysis in Microsoft Excel
W Apr 8
- Returned and reviewed Exam 2 and two prior bonus assignments
- Did a practice page about p-values
M Apr 13
- Did a practice page for Exam 3
- Did a practice page about interpreting research results from real publications
- Did a bonus page
M Apr 20
- Did practice page “More practice for Exam 4”
- Did practice page “Another Bonus Assignment”
- Did in-class assignment A15
M Apr 27
- Reviewed Exam 3 and Exam 4
- Reviewed and discussed the pretest/posttest
- Did practice page “More practice for the Final Exam”
- Did the Final Exam Bonus Assignment