Class 6

Hand in your agenda/work log and paper shell.

Class Agenda

AnnouncementsDale Carnegie Contingency TablesReport Formatting Meeting with supervisors

Check it out online: Syracuse Nicaragua Trip 2016

Build gardens and irrigation systems Work on sustainable eco- agriculture projects Participate in workshops about international environmental issues Practice your Spanish, shop at local markets, and relax in a volcanic crater lake!

• For more info: Maggie Tarasovitch / mntaraso@syr.edu

INTEREST MEETINGS:Oct. 13 & Oct. 14 / 7:00 PM

Hendricks Chapel, Noble Room

Remembrance Week 2015Sunday October 25th-Friday October 30th

• 10/25: Kickoff and Candlelight Vigil• 10/26: “My Brother’s Bomber” Documentary Screening• 10/27: “Terrorism in the Internet Age” Discussion Panel• 10/28: Day of Service, 12-4pm, Schine Underground• 10/29: “Celebration of Life” Open-Mic Night• 10/30: Rose Laying Ceremony, 2pm, Wall of Remembrance ONGOING: Wall of Dreams and Chair Display (Quad),Portrait Display (Panasci Lounge and Bird Library)

Remembrance Scholarship Program

The Remembrance Scholarship is one of the highest awards a Syracuse University student can receive and is awarded to seniors chosen for distinguished scholarship, citizenship, and service to the community. The mission of the Remembrance Scholars is to educate the campus community about terrorism by relating Syracuse University’s Pam Am Flight 103 experience to more current events. Through education, all 270 lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, especially our 35 students are remembered and honored.

For more info and to apply: remembrance.syr.edu

Dale Carnegie Speeches

ShawnWestonAliceGreggJoseph

Difference Table for Comparing Sample to the Target Population

Sample n=200

Target Population N=5,000 Difference

Male 20% 50% -30Female 80% 50% 30

Gender Distribution Between Sample and Target Populations

Using Contingency Tables

• Not a Difference Table • Also known as Pivot Tables in excel• Check for differences in findings for

different independent variables like demographics or type of program.

• Male/female versus like/dislike the program

• Type of program versus like/dislike the program

Bivariate in Your Report

Client may want to know if the bar graph results would be different by

GenderAgeProgram typeOthers

Put these tables in either the comment section or the appendix.

Bivariate Analysis Table

Respondents’ Feelings Toward the Program by Gender

Like Dislike Total Male (n=55) 46% 54% 100%Female (n=45) 59% 41% 100%Weighted Average 52% 48% 100%

Contingency Table Exercise

Break into Groups of 3Figure out one contingency table you could use in your studyChoose the best one and draw it on a piece of paperWe will discuss

Rough Drafts

Report Formatting Outlines on website

Not graded, but you must turn something in.

The more you submit, the more comments you’ll get, the better off you’ll be.

URL http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/paf315/Project%20Report%202011.html

Cover Sheets

A template for the cover sheet can be found on the class web site:http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/paf315/

All 3 copies of the final report must use the cover sheet template with your title on it.

Format of Paper

Title Page (downloaded from website)

Format of Paper

Exec. Summary IntroMethodsFindings

Format of Paper

Introduction(first numbered pg)

Format of Paper

MethodsHow Data Were Collected

• Instrument Design• Data Collection

Method• Target Population

and Sample

Quality of Data• Representativeness• Accuracy

Format of Paper

Findings(one per page)Only the first page of your findings section needs a header

Findings Statements

56% of respondents said they “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that the program….

The most frequent response was “useful” when describing program X (57%).

Program X was the highest rated program at 4.6.

Format of Paper

Table of Contents

(for items in Appendices only)

Format of Paper

Code Book and first page of spreadsheet are in the same appendix

Report AppendicesThe appendices will include anything you used to create your report. Everyone needs to include:

Blank survey or report files (if you don’t have a survey)Survey with response frequencies (we will go over today)Disaggregated Data (we will go over next week)Codebook and Excel spreadsheet (entire codebook, first page of spreadsheet only- landscape if necessary)- in one appendix

You may add any additional materials in the appendices that your client will want to have when they read the report

Blank Survey

Response Frequencies

Response FrequenciesInclude frequencies of responses and no responses

“No Response” does not get included in your n. Put them in as a frequency, NOT percentage

Research Methods Review Class Average – 9.7

Question 1: Website Examine the website of your client’s agency and based on Chapter 10 in Coplin-Dwyer, comment on whether the site meets or does not meet the seven bare essentials listed for government office (even though you are probably working for a non-profit). Type in the bare essential and then start your comment right after a dash.

Number of students who received full credit: 28

Question 2: Bare Essentials for Your Agency

Read through Chapters 1-9 in the Coplin-Dwyer and select the five most important bare essentials that your agency or program should meet. With one sentence following each item, say why it is one of the five most important bare essential.

Number of students who received full credit: 23

Question 3: Agency GoalAttach the first page of one of the most important documents that describes the mission of your agency. Documents can be electronic or in print. Quote or paraphrase one statement that makes a specific claim about one of the goals of the agency. Quote Claim and indicate its source (no formal reference required)

3.1 State and define a goal of your agency

3.2 Describe the data you would use to measure the goal 3.3 Discuss threats to the validity of the data

3.4 Discuss threats to the representativeness of the data 3.5 Identify an output that supports the goal of your agency3.6 Identify an outcome related to the output identified above

Number of students who received full credit: 12

 

 

Question 4: Describe Your ProjectBy each item below, describe as briefly as possible the characteristics of the your study

4.1 Name of organization 4.2 Give a Brief Title that Describes the Project 4.3 Purpose of the study –attitudinal, factual or both. 4.4 Source of Data—Survey, records, other4.5 What is your data’s case or unit of analysis 4.6 List all quantitative variables with the name and categories; example gender is the name of the variable and male and female are the categories. Place each variable under one of the types of variables listed:

Demographic Policy OutputPolicy Outcome

Number of students who received full credit: 14

 

  

Question 5: Types of Analysis for Your Study Carefully read Chapter 13 of the Maxwell Manual. Write one sentence that provides an example for each of the following five types of analysis used in discussing the general societal condition that your agency deals with.

5.1 Describing Societal Conditions (called Monitoring in Chapter 13)

5.2 Explaining Societal Conditions

5.3 Forecasting Societal Conditions

5.4 Evaluating Societal Conditions

5.5 Prescribing Public Policy

Number of students who received full credit: 18

 

Question 6: Quality of the Data

 

6.1 Discuss how you would check that the data represents the target population.

6.2 Discuss how you would decide how accurately the data reflects what it is supposed to.

Number of students who received full credit: 11

Question 7: Scaling Numbers

The total miles driven in New Jersey in 2011 was estimated at 73,094,000,000. The total miles driven California in 2011 was estimated at 320,784,000,000. In 2011, there were 26,206 DUI arrests in New Jersey and 104,345 DUI arrests in California. Create a rate that would be easy to understand in comparing the two states. Write a sentence comparing the two rates. Explain why the rate is better than the percentages in comparing the two states.

Number of students who received full credit: 12

Question 8: Percentage Change Go to the American Fact Finder on the Census website and use the “Advance Search” feature to look up your hometown. Choose the 2 largest ethnic/racial groups and calculate percent change for each group between the 2000 and 2010 censuses. If your hometown does not have census results for 2000 and 2010, select another city/town near you. Complete the table below and briefly describe the changes in the 2 ethnic/racial groups in a paragraph.

Number of students who received full credit: 17

Question 9: Graphing Using guidelines you’ve been provided in class, create a graph.

Refer to your template from the week 3 trainingThere are videos on the PAF 315 website under “Trainings” and “Week 3”

Number of students who received full credit: 11

Dale Carnegie Next Week 10/14

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Reminders

Rough Draft Due in 2 weeks, 10/21

More Excel Training

We will be learning weighted averages and PIVOT TABLES.