“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt PAF 101 Module 2, Lecture 7
Class Agenda Announcements Exercise 2.5 Clarification Introduction to Chapter 4 Designing a Survey Competition Workshop Topic Assignment for Next Class
Community Service Perspective Community Service due Friday 10/16 Juliette Crellin with any questions Note: It is NOT okay to miss class to do Community Service! You will LOSE 5 points.
Exercise 2.5 Clarification If 2010 Census data is available, use that on your exercise. Only use 2014 estimates if 2010 data is NOT available.
Competition Points As of 10/2/2015 Winners Losers Group #Points
Finding and Serving Clients Must be a Player Look at Triangle Players Public Policy Societal Problems
Chapter 4 Exercises Take out your copy of the exercises and follow along
The Chancellor Wants to Know if dog Doo Doo is a problem on the QUAD CENSORED
EX. 4.1A Key Concepts of Sampling Target Population: The total specifically defined set of people about whom you want to gather information. Sampling Frame: A subset of the population to be surveyed Sample—those who respond Random: Each member of the target population has an equal chance of being in the sample Use the Maxwell Manual!
EX. 4.1B Player Answers Player MUST BE real Answers can be real or hypothetical Include the APA citation for “personal communication” whether real or hypothetical Watch out for attitudinal vs. factual
EX. 4.2 Methods of Contact Phone Face-to-Face Mail or Coplin
EX. 4.2B Is Your Sample Good? NumberPercent (%) NumberPercent (%) Lower Division Upper Division Total Target Population Sample
EX. 4.3 Estimating Sample Size Required contacts = Desired sample size Expected response rate For example, if you desire a sample size of 250, and you expect a response rate of 40%, the following formula shows that you would need to contact 625 individuals: 625 = Maxwell Manual pg
Explaining Confidence Interval Sample Size 95% Confidence Interval 30+/ / / / / / / / / /- 2
EX 4.3 Sample Size Hint Do NOT select a sample size of more than 2500 people!
EX. 4.4 Types of Questions Openvs.Closed
Topic for Workshop Meet in competition groups (same as TPE location) Kent Syverud is the client Design a survey to gather information on what SU undergraduates think about Syverud as a Chancellor of SU
Competition on Monday Meet in Competition Groups Complete exercise 4.1 A and B on the competition topic. Copy these exercises to a separate page and complete it on the topic mentioned in the previous slide. Type and print out for Monday or lose 5 points.
For Next Class Bring in completed printout of 4.1A and 4.1B Review Chapter 4 Read Exercises to work on in the competition Bring in the Maxwell Manual Meet in the same place you did for the TPE!