Feb. 1st

• Presentation: Introduction: Technical Communication -- Functions, Forms, and Audiences The Writing Process

• Presentation: The Structure of a Scientific Article
• Reading: Weinberg, 1-24; Hayakawa, 43-46; Porush 1-8; Perelman, secs. 1-1.2.3

• Presentation: Graphics I; Lying with statistics
• Assignment: Lab problem statement and methods section.
• Reading: Porush 21-33, 85-99, 136-148; Perelman secs. 1.3, 3.4.5, Chap. 4

Feb. 10th

• Presentation: Scientific argument Reports, Inferences, and Judgements
• Assignment: Results with graphics
• Reading: Weinberg, 25-44; Hayakawa, 23-32; Porush, 33-47, 131-35

Feb. 11th

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Feb. 14th

Feb. 15th

• Presentation: Introduction to writing about data; Style
• Assignment: Discussion section
• Reading: Porush 10-20, 209-227

Feb. 16th

Feb. 17th

• Presentation: Oral Presentation I: Content Ladder of Abstraction
• Assignment: Preliminary questions and description of data set. (Team)
• Reading: Weinberg, 45-61; Hayakawa, 23-32; Perelman, sec. 2.10

Feb. 18th

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Feb. 21st

Feb. 22nd

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Feb. 23rd

Feb. 24th

• Presentation: Oral Presentation II: Content Working in teams
• Assignment: Summary of facts, inferences, and judgements derived from the data set. Preliminary hypotheses and additional questions. (Team)
• Reading: Weinberg, 63-85; Perelman, sec. 1.12

Feb. 25th

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Feb. 28th

Feb. 29th

• Presentation: Team presentations I
• Assignment: Draft of team analysis paper Team presentations

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