Class 6 Hand in your agenda/work log and paper shell.
Class Agenda Announcements Dale Carnegie Contingency Tables Report Formatting Meeting with supervisors
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Dale Carnegie Speeches Michael Colleen Victoria Jenna Leah Monika
Using Contingency Tables Also known as Pivot Tables 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
Table for Comparing Sample to the Target Population (Difference Table)
Bivariate in Your Report Client may want to know if the bar graph results would be different by Gender Age Program type Others Put these tables in either the comment section or the appendix.
Bivariate Analysis Table Respondents’ Feelings Toward the Program by Gender
Contingency Table Exercise Break into Groups of 3 Figure out one contingency table you could use in your study Choose the best one and draw it on a piece of paper We 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.
Cover Sheets A template for the cover sheet can be found on the class web site: 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 Intro Methods Findings
Format of Paper Introduction (first numbered pg)
Format of Paper Methods How 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
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 Appendices The 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
Include frequencies of responses and no responses “No Response” does not get included in your n. Put them in as a frequency, NOT percentage
Dale Carnegie Next Week 2/25 Sarah Schugel Samantha Sharon Sarah Price
Reminders Rough Draft Due in 2 weeks, 3/4
More Excel Training We will be learning weighted averages and PIVOT TABLES.