1. INTRODUCTION

2. DATA
2.2. Spectroscopy
2.3. DR9 Uniform Sample
2.4. Variability selection: Stripe 82

3. SURVEY COMPLETENESS
3.1. Incompleteness Descriptions
3.2. Empirical checks using Variability selected Quasars
3.3. Radio Selection versus Color Selection
3.4. Simulated Quasar Spectra and Completeness

4. NUMBER COUNTS AND K-CORRECTIONS
4.1. Number Counts
4.2. k-corrections

5. LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS
5.1. The Optical Luminosity Function to i=21.8
5.2. Comparison to Other Results

6. QLF FITS, MODELS AND DISCUSSION
6.1. QLF model fits
6.2. Quasar model predictions
6.3. Discussion

7. CONCLUSIONS