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Setting goals for a course on Experimental Design and Data Analysis (Course design 1.2)

User Image sciencewoman | July 15, 2009
As introduced yesterday, I'm blogging my way through the SERC tutorial on course design, for a new graduate-only course on experimental design and data analysis. Yesterday, I explained the context and constraints on the course, and today I'm mulling on the course goals. I'm supposed to identify 1-3 over-arching goals for the course and 1-2 ancillary skills goals. Below the fold, I'll share my overarching goals and how I got to them. But I'm struggling with the ancillary skills goals, dear readers, and I'd love your help. Task 1.2c: Set one to three overarching goals for your course. The SERC…