Class 4

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Class 4

• Hold onto your hypothetical executive summaries.
  You should have 3 hard copies 1 electronic copy.

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Happy Birthday, Coplin!
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Dale Carnegie Presentations Today

• Ryan Balton
• Nate Bryant
• Erin DLough
• Tim Huff
• Becca Leonard
• Daniel Minchoff
• Nick Ross
• Perry Thurston

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Communicating with your Client via Fax

• To send a fax, go to the PAF office and have a
  work study send it for you
• To receive faxes, your client should label them
  Attn. 315 and send to 443-5069 (in syllabus).
• You then pick them up in 315 outbox

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Agency Papers

• Good job! Most of you earned the full 5 points.
• General Tips
• Always follow the given format
• Always include section headings
• Keep your writing as brief as possible

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Formatting Final Paper

• IMPORTANT
• Paragraph text should be single spaced.
• Between paragraphs should be double spaced.
• Further formatting tips are available on the
  website.
• The Formatting Guide is available for download
  under Paper Format Standards

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• METHODS
• How Data Was Collected
• Instrument Design Enable provided two versions
  of surveys that had been used in previous years.
  These surveys were combined for this study.
• Target Population and Sample The target
  population consists of all 203 participants in
  Enables Self-Directed Personal Services Program.
  Every third person was selected from a list of
  participants first names and phone numbers until
  170 individuals (sampling frame) was chosen. A
  total of 100 responses (sample) were collected
  from the 170 telephone calls.
• Method of Contact The respondents were called
  Monday through Friday between the hours of
  1000am to 1200pm, 100pm to 500pm, and 700pm
  to 800pm. Those who could be reached and who
  agreed to participate were administered the
  survey. The respondents responses were each
  recorded on a paper copy of the survey. From the
  sampling frame of 170 individuals, a response
  rate of 59 (100 respondents) was collected.

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Statistics Paper

• This paper is designed to develop and test your
  analytical skills for dealing with simple
  quantitative data.
• You will be relating certain chapters in the
  Maxwell Manual to the entire How to Lie with
  Statistics book and a NYTimes Article. The
  questions, article, and template are on the 315
  website.
• Due next class (9/30)

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Statistics Paper Template

• Found on the 315 website under Grade Sheets and
  Templates
• How to use the template
• Insert your double-spaced answers below each of
  the corresponding questions
• Remember to put your name on the grade sheet
• (Just like a 101 module)

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Statistics PaperPart A

• A. OBTAINING A SAMPLE (1-2 pages, double spaced)
• Using Chapter 4 of The Maxwell Manual, describe
  whether or not you anticipate getting a
  representative sample of data for your project,
  whether a survey or records, and explain what it
  is
• Cite one example of general poor survey and
  polling techniques from the NY Times article
  Precisely False vs. Approximately Right A
  Readers Guide to Polls that may pose a problem
  for the survey you just proposed.

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Statistics PaperPart B

• B. CONTROL GROUPS (1 page, double spaced)
• Give the toothpaste example from How to Lie with
  Statistics that shows a problem in drawing a
  conclusion through the use of a control group and
  explain what the problem is
• Discuss how you could correct the problem

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Statistics PaperPart C

• C. SCALING NUMBERS (1-2 pages, double spaced)
• Give one example of a misleading use of
  statistics from How to Lie with Statistics that
  could have been corrected by scaling numbers.
• Show how scaling numbers would have corrected the
  problem by actually describing the scale you
  would suggest using (dont use percents to
  scale).
• Ex Traffic Death Rate per 100 Million Miles
  Drive
• Explain what was misleading about the original
  figure and then write an interpretation using the
  scaled number.

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Statistics PaperPart D

• D. GRAPHING (1-2 pages, double spaced)
• Give one example from How to Lie with Statistics
  that shows an inappropriate use of either a bar
  graph or trend line and briefly explain.
• Present a hypothetical bar graph or trend line
  for your project and explain how using one of the
  tricks discussed in the book will give a
  misleading finding.
• Explain what you could do to correct the
  misleading bar graph/trend line by showing a
  revised hypothetical bar graph or figure.

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Statistics PaperPart E

• E. PERCENT CHANGE (1-2 pages, double spaced)
• From How to Lie with Statistics, give an example
  of a misleading numerical figure that could have
  been corrected by using the percent change
  calculation either to show a difference between
  two time periods or between two cases (city or
  organization).
• Correct this figure using the percent change
  calculation (show calculation below).
• Write a sentence that uses the percent change
  calculation that interprets the difference
  correctly.

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Hypothetical Executive Summary

• Well break into threes.
• Circle any mistakes you find.
• Choose best one to present to class.

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Executive Summary Tips
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Hypothetical Executive Summary

• Go to MaxPal if you need to make major revisions
  to your executive summary
• Minor corrections can be written in by hand
• Turn in your paper today in the PAF office in the
  PAF INBOX (to the right of the desk) by 430PM!
• Pick up your summaries on Friday AM!

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Reminders

• If its ready, turn in your Exec Summary as you
  leave.
• Diagnostic Excel test workshop after class
• Due next class
• Statistics Paper (Complete using template)
• Due in 2 weeks
• Revised/Updated Agenda Contact Log