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**PAF 101—MODULE 2 GRADE SHEET ** **BASED ON CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4 **

Name: Societal Category: Group #:

__MAXIMUM__ __YOUR__ __EXERCISE__ __POINTS__ __SCORE__ __COMMENTS__

2.1 6 2.2 8

2.4 6

2.6 15 2.7 5

4.1 16

4.3 15

4.5 6

Subtotal for Paper __155__

Points Deducted: <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Late Paper _ <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Writing _ <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Organization _ <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Participation _

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">__Total Points Deducted__

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Extra Credit Points: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Competition __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">_ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Speakers __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">_

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Total Extra Credit Points <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.3 6 2.5 12 3.1 30 4.2 8 4.4 6 4.6 16

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**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">TOTAL GRADE __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">MODULE TWO 155 # __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">PAF 101 EXERCISES – MODULE 2 __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">BASED ON CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4 __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Whenever you use a source in your answer, including all quotes, you must provide an APA-style internal citation and a full APA-style reference in the References page exercise, except in the case of personal communications. HINT: Most of these exercises require citations. __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Whenever you attach an article, it must be directly behind the exercise in which it appears, and it must be clearly labeled with the exercise number and letter to which it pertains. Attach only the first page of the article unless otherwise stated. __**

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 2.1: Locating Quantitative Data ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points) **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">You must use the LexisNexis Statistical Datasets to find a trend line graph and accompanying data table with at least three pieces of data, relevant to your societal category. The data must represent information within the last five years. Use the database’s ‘print’ feature to print out that graph and data table. Attach the print out directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. (6 points) **

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Whenever searching for articles or other sources, do not use any information pertaining to other countries than the United States. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write one sentence describing one data point from your trend line graph and include an internal citation here: __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the Source Organization for this data and indicate that here: **

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 2.2: Finding Periodical Articles __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using the ProQuest Research Library database, locate a news or magazine article relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. Do not use an article from an academic journal. Attach a photocopy or printout of the first page of the article directly behind this exercise. Make sure the article was published within the last six months. __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Quote one relevant sentence from the article that is related to your societal category here: **

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">“The constraints on resources and environment-compounded by the rise of the middle class in nations such as China and India—will shape the rest of the century and beyond.”

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Moyer, M. Sept 2010. How much is left? //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific American //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">. Vol. 303. Iss. 3; pg 74

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 2.3: Locating Books __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using the library catalog, find a book on your societal category at any geographic level. The publication date of the book must be within the last fifteen years. Books published by the government may not be used for this exercise. Attach a photocopy of the title page directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Directly quote a full sentence from the book that is related to your societal category here: **

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">“As environmentalism gradually enters the consciousness of social policy, and vice versa it is becoming clear that the time horizons of these two subjects need to converge.”

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Cahill, M. and Fitzpatrick, T. (2002) __Environmental Issues and Social Welfare__. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 2.4: Using United States Government Publications __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using [|http://catalog.gpo.gov], locate one United States government publication relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The publication should include a clearly identified "title page" and the names of individual or organizational authors, such as those found within formal government agency reports, newsletters, online journals/magazines, etc. These government publications are often posted in "PDF”. Their pages frequently are numbered. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The publication you locate should not merely consist of a brief news __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">announcement or other informal online information summary. These types of publications are often posted on the web in "HTML" format only. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Do not use U.S. Census information. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Attach a photocopy or printout of the cover or title page of the document directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">No citation is needed for this exercise. __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">In one sentence, explain briefly why this publication will provide you with useful information about your societal category here: __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 2.5: Using Policy Publications __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:­­­_ (Maximum 12 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A. Using CQ Researcher, find a publication that contains information relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. (6 points) __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part A Score: __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using full sentences, quote no more than three sentences from the article that gives you a better understanding of your societal category here: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">“In 1994, President Clinton issued an executive order directing all federal agencies with a public health or environmental mission to make environmental justice an integral part of their policies and activities.” (Cooper 1998, p.1) **

**“Another case has made it to the US supreme Court. Residents of Chester, Pa., a majority-black town in overwhelmingly white Delaware County, went to court to block construction of a waste facility in their community.” (Cooper 1998, p.2)**

**“Poor and minority communities are where you find children with lead poisoning living near polluting industries, garbage dumps, incinerators, petrochemical plants, freeways and highways – all the stuff that other communities reject.” (Cooper 1998, p.3)**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">B. Using the “Contacts” section of the CQ Researcher article, find one of the organizations from the list (preferably a public policy institute), and retrieve a policy paper, working paper, policy brief, or online report from the past five years on your societal category. The “Contacts” section appears once you have opened an article. It is one of the links in the gray column at the left margin of each CQ Researcher publication. (6 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part B Score: _ __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Quote one sentence from the publication that gives evidence of a societal problem that exists within your societal category here: **

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 2.6: Using United States Census Data __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 15 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Use the “American FactFinder” on the 2000 online census report ( [|http://www.census.gov] ) to locate the information for your home census area, a comparable census area, and the United States, and fill __****__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> out the chart below with the required information from the 2000 online census report __****__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Fill in the top row of the table with the name of a county and the county that is comparable to the original county. Be sure to indicate the state. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The comparable county must be similar to your census area, which is a county, in population size. A comparable population is within 20% of the population size of the original county. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If you do not use the 2000 online census report, you will lose all points on this exercise. __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Do not cite or reference this exercise. __**

**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Putnam __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[Comparable County] Steuben __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">United States __** ||
 * || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">[County] __**
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Population __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">95,745 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">98,726 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">310,367,166 __** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Median Age (years) __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">37.4 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">38.2 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">36.7 __** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">% White __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">93.9 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">96.4 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">74.3 __** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">% Male __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">49.9 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">49.0 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">49.3 __** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Per Capita Income ($) __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">30,127 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">18,197 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">27,466 __** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">% Individuals Below Poverty Level __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">4.4 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">13.2 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">13.2 __** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">% Vacant Housing Units __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">6.6 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">15.3 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">12.0 __** ||
 * **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">% High School Graduate or Higher __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">90.2 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">82.8 __** || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">84.5 __** ||

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 2.7: Narrowing your societal category __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score: _ (Maximum: 5 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Based on the research you have done in this chapter, narrow your societal category to a specific societal problem within it. Be sure to state it as a problem. __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write your specific societal problem, indicating a specific geographic location suffering from the problem here: **

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 3.1: Researching Your Players __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score: _ (Maximum: 30 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">List three individuals, either a player or a staff person of the player, who deal with your narrowed societal problem, keeping in mind the geographic location you specified. Be sure to follow the prompts listed below. __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1.) Write the name and position of an elected government official who serves at the local, state or national level here. State the geographic location that they represent.:<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Vincent Leibell, Hudson Valley, 40th Senate District, New York. (To be determined after Tuesday) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: normal;">Write the player’s phone number and email address here (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site. This applies to all of 3.1): <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">(845) 279 3773 <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; padding-right: 10px; url: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif);">leibell@senate.state.ny.us    __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously: __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> - **What are you doing to reduce the amount of PCB’s in the Hudson River?**   __ <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">__ - **How important do you think the cleanup process for the Hudson River is to the families in this area?** - **How are you working with the DEC to clean up the Hudson River?** __ **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2.) Write the name and position of a non-elected player from a governmental department here. Specify where they work by providing their geographic location. **
 * He is the Hudson Valley’s representative on the environmental conservation committee of the senate.**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write the player’s phone number and email address here: __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously: __** **He is part of the Hudson River park trust Board of Directors. He played a key role in enacting laws addressing clean water.**
 * 212-627-2020** [|**http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/organization/board/Grannis.html**]

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: ** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- __** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3.) Write the name, their position, and the non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group they work for here. The non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group may be local, state or national. **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write the player’s phone number and email address here: __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on or one service the organization has provided previously: __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: ** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- __** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 4.1: Gathering Information for and Determining the Purpose of a Survey ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 16 points) **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A. Select a player to be your “client,” and contact them or a member of their staff. This does not have to be a player from Exercise 3.1. Use the information you get from communicating with this person to answer the following bullets (10 points). After you receive a reply, send your contact a thank you e-mail with a carbon copy (CC) to your TA in the e-mail. ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part A score: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Name the individual you contacted, his/her organization, his/her title, and the geographic location where work: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write the individual’s phone number and email address here. (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site). **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Briefly describe the purpose of the survey you will be designing here, including a quote from the player that justifies why this survey will be useful: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Write a piece of factual information that could be gathered through your survey here: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Write a piece of attitudinal information that could be gathered through your survey here: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Describe a type of policy the player might develop from the information gathered in your survey here: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">B. Quote the definition of the term "target population" from the //Maxwell Manual//. (2 points) ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part B score:_ **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Place definition here: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">C. Identify the target population you will sample for your survey. You cannot use any single K-12 school or a university as your target population. (4 points) ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part C score:_ **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write a specific description of your target population including its geographic location and approximate size: __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 4.2: Choosing a Sample and Method of Contact __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A. Indicate and discuss which of the three methods of contact from the __****//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Maxwell Manual //****__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> you will use to contact your sample. (4 points) __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part A score:_ __** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">State the method here: __**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> The method that could be used is Telephoning people at random. Yet it’s still not very cost effective.

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Justify why you have chosen to use this method here using information from the //Maxwell Manual//: **

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">B. Identify one variable you will use to assess the degree to which your sample accurately reflects your target population. (4 points) __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part B score:_ __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the variable here: __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Explain why the variable you have chosen matters, and why it is important that the distribution of the variable should be similar to the target population: __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 4.3: Determining Sample Size __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 15 points) __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A. Clearly and concisely describe the exact procedures you will use to select the sample and contact the respondents. Be detailed and list each step needed to select the sample. Be realistic. (5 points) __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part A score:_ __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">List the steps you will follow here: ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1) **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Organize a group of people who are willing to call, and work long hours at minimum wage  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2) **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">At random take 2,500 numbers off persons living in Westchester County **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3) **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey roughly 2,500 Persons (at random) of Westchester county

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">B. Complete the following steps to determine your sample size and confidence interval. (4 points) __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part B score:_ __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Restate your target population and its size here: __**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The county of Westchester (Because it has the most affluent and least wealthy people in the country)- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">955,962

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Indicate the size of the sample you plan to analyze here: __**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2,500 **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Indicate the approximate percentage this represents of the target population here: __**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">We would like to get the opinion of roughly 10 percent of the population

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">· Indicate the 95% confidence interval of responses from a sample of this size here: __**

**__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">C. Complete the following steps to determine your response rate and required number of contacts. (6 points) __** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Part C score:_ __**

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Estimate the __** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">exact ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">response rate you expect for your survey here: 45 **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Justify the rate you chose here: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Public education is a large issue in the county of Westchester

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write how many people you will have to contact in order to obtain your desired number of responses here: **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using the formula from the text, show the calculations that you used to find how many people you will have to contact here: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 4.4: Creating the Questions ** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score: __****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">_ __(Maximum: 6 points)__ **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Provide examples of two closed-choice questions for your survey. Base one question on the factual information your player identified in 4.1, and base the other on the attitudinal information your player identified in 4.1. All response categories must be shown. **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write the question that will gather factual information here: **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Write the question that will gather attitudinal information here: **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 4.5: Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys ** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score: __****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">_ __(Maximum: 6 points)__ **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using the ProQuest database or LexisNexis Academic database, locate a newspaper article from the last six months that presents or discusses a survey that has already been conducted on ANY subject, not necessarily the one studied in this module. The article may not be international. Attach a copy of the entire article directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Quote at least one sentence from the article here: **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Using the questions under “Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys” on page 54 of the //Maxwell Manual//, evaluate how thoroughly the author reported the procedures followed for the survey here by using at least three questions in your response. **

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Exercise 4.6: References ** **__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Your Total Score: __****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">___ (Maximum: 16 points) **

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Prepare a list of references that includes all sources for this module. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Follow the APA format. ** <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 197.25pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Include all sources used in the exercises. **

· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Start References on the next line or on the next page: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">**