Title: Basics of Academic Writing
Date: Friday 8:50-10:20
Room: 103
Code: L35103
Contents: An academic paper, such as a term paper or bachelor's thesis,
must fulfill some requirements.
(1) It must be based on facts and logics.
(2) Sections and paragraphs must be arranged with well-structured organization.
(3) Descriptions must be correct and can hardly be misunderstood.
(4) Author's opinions must be distinguished from findings of others' works.
(5) The author must give appropriate citations.
In this class students learn rules and techniques for academic writing
through writing term papers.
Main topics are the following:
Students also learn how to comment other's writing through a peer review.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Basics of Statistical Analysis
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Date: Tuesday 16:20-17:50
Code: L52505
Contents:
Students learn basic concepts and methods of statistical analysis.
Using the statistical package SPSS, they learn such methods as
crosstabulation, comparison of mean between two groups, and statistical estimation of sampling error.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Reading seminar on contemporary Japanese studies
Date: Tuesday 14:20-16:10
Room: Kansatu Situ
Code: LM12408
Contents:
Papers (mainly in English) of contemporary Japanese studies chosen by students are criticized from the four viewpoints:
(a) scanning of key concepts,
(b) skimming of the structure of the paper,
(c) tables and figures, and
(d) logics.
One paper shall be read around two weeks.
The goal of this class is
(1) to learn how to search and get papers,
(2) to learn how to read papers, and
(3) to acquire skills in visual presentation.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Basics of Statistical Analysis
Date: Thursday 10:30-12:00
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Code: LM14206
Contents:
Students learn basic concepts and methods of statistical analysis.
Using the statistical package SPSS, they learn such methods as
crosstabulation and comparison of mean between two groups.
[Materials for this class in Japanese)]
Title: Reading seminar on contemporary Japanese culture
Date: Friday 8:50-10:20
Room: Kansatu Situ
Code: L45102
Contents:
Papers on contemporary Japanese culture are criticized from the four viewpoints:
(a) scanning of key concepts,
(b) skimming of the structure of the paper,
(c) tables and figures, and
(d) logics.
One paper will be read around two weeks.
The goal of this class is
(1) to learn how to search and get papers,
(2) to learn how to read papers, and
(3) to acquire skills in visual presentation.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Statistical analysis in practice
Date: Tuesday 14:40-16:10
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Code: L62407
Contents:
We must make proper use of
a variety of statistical methods according to the focus of the analysis and properties of data.
In this class, students learn characteristics of and tips about some statistical methods,
using the statistical package SPSS.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Statistical analysis in practice
Date: Thursday 10:30-12:00
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Code: LM24206
Contents:
We must make proper use of
a variety of statistical methods according to the focus of the analysis and properties of data.
In this class, students learn characteristics of and tips about some statistical methods,
using the statistical package SPSS.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
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