Racial & Ethnic Politics Semester Project Guide

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Purpose of Project Does ethnicity, race and gender play a part in how Angelenos vote? How?

Methodology Research Design Sampling Data Collection Data Processing Data Analysis

Research Design & Sampling This Semester Project Presidential Election Exit Poll 2010 Gubernatorial Election Exit Poll 2012 Presidential Election Exit Poll

Data Collection & Processing November 6, 2012 Presidential Election Exit Poll

Data Analysis What: 2008, 2010, and 2012 Exit Poll Questions & Demographic Categories How: Project, Presentations, & Final Paper

Launchpad for Project Did ethnicity, race and/or gender play a part in how Angelenos voted for or against Governor Brown and President Obama in 2008, 2010, and in 2012? If so, how?

In a Nutshell Look at past exit poll data Perform trend analysis in your team and on your own Make a prediction about 2012 election Participate in exit poll Assess your 2012 prediction Present in a group about how LA votes

Easy Like Sunday Morning. *For the pop culture challenged that’s Lionel Richie and he wrote a song called “Easy” with The Commodores.

In Depth Project Overview 1.Select Teams 2.Choose Variables 3.Create Task List 4.Create Annotated Bibliography 5.Visually Represent Poll Data 6.Make a Prediction 7.Collect 2012 Poll Data 8.Assess Prediction 9.Outline Presentation 10.Present with Your Team

Teams African American Asian American Latino White Gender

Scope of Data Available Since 2012 poll data hasn’t been collected yet, you will be analyzing the following data before the November 6 election: 2008 Presidential Election Exit Poll 2010 Gubernatorial Election Exit Poll

Dependent Variable Did ethnicity, race and/or gender play a part in how Angelenos voted for or against Governor Brown and President Obama in 2008 and 2010? In other words, did x vote for or against y in 2008 and 2010 – Ethnic group or Gender = x – President Obama or Governor Brown = y

Independent Variables Using 2008, 2010, and 2012 data each team will look at : Ethnicity or Gender Income Education Individual Demographic Variable Individual Voter Opinion Variable

Variables Explored in Teams Ethnicity or Gender IncomeEducation You will explore the following independent variables for 2008 and 2010 in your presentation teams Did x vote for or against y in 2008 and 2010 relative to each of these variables?

Team Variables Ethnicity or Gender – Cumulative opinion of group Income – Group opinion based on income Education – Group opinion based on education

Variables Explored Individually Voter Opinion Variable Demographic Variable You will explore the following independent variables individually for 2008 and Did x vote for or against y in 2008 and 2010 relative to each of these variables?

Individual Variables Demographic Variable – Additional demographic variable, e.g. political party, age, religion, etc. Voter Opinion Variable – Specific opinion question from survey, i.e. whom or what they voted for or against, e.g. other candidates, propositions, and measures

Data Analysis Requirements You will create crosstabs with your team and individual variables. 3 team crosstabs per year = 6 crosstabs 2 individual crosstabs per year = 4 crosstabs As a group = 20 crosstabs total

Crosstabs Visualized Data

Create a Task List Divide and conquer this project. Due next week: using the semester project guide and this presentation, draft a task list organized by: Deadlines Scheduling meeting times with team Scheduling meeting times with me

Annotated Bibliography Bibliographical data with a short description of the content. At least 9 references: 3 team references, corresponding to team variables 6 individual references – 2 for demographic variable for – 2 for 2008 public opinion variable – 2 for 2010 public opinion variable

Visualizing Exit Poll Data 2008 and 2010 data will be available next week, in SPSS format. In the meantime, research your team and individual variables and work on your annotated bibliography. Here’s an intro to SPSS and why you’ll have to schedule a time to meet with me after next week to work on visualizations.

SPSS “Statistical Package for the Social Sciences” Acronym obsolete, just “SPSS” now Powerful data analysis tool Will generate crosstabs from large datasets

SPSS Crosstabs

How to Make Crosstabs with SPSS

Making a Prediction Using annotated bibliography data and visualizations, make a prediction about the 2012 election.

In Other Words… Did ethnicity, race and/or gender play a part in how Angelenos voted for or against President Obama in 2012? If so, how?

November 6, 2012 Presidential Election Exit Poll!

Assess Your Prediction Was your prediction accurate? What external factors influenced the election?

Group Presentation Outline One introductory slide Three group slides corresponding to the three group variables Ten slides, two per individually chosen demographic and exit poll question variable One conclusion slide GREATEST HITS ONLY

Group Presentations Based on your joint research, provide a detailed, succinct, and brief overview of the ethnic vote in Los Angeles in 2012, using the above outline as a guide and limited to 15 slides.

Easy Like Sunday Morning. *For the pop culture challenged that’s Lionel Richie and he wrote a song called “Easy” with The Commodores.

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