Research Committee Meeting 2/20

Research Committee Meeting
Date: Friday, February 20th, 2015 (after Math Club)
Time: 1:00PM-2:00PM

Purpose: Establish a timeline and a formal research question

1:00 Overview of entire research process for data research to paper  publication / poster session
1:10 Establish a timeline based on overview
1:20 Establish a research question: What do we want to know? What are our goals? What are our motivations?

Homework for next week:
Begin reviewing published literature on the subject (research journal publications, etc.)

Next meeting (Friday, February 27th, 11:30-12:30):
Discuss a survey method (survey questions, target population, sample size, eliminating bias)
Discuss data analysis- what questions should we ask get the right kind if data?
Discuss contacting a Data Analysis mentor from industry with connections to Math Club