today’s line-up

• Status reports• Research article analysis (recap on Mon)

• Data-to-Story Project details• View sample project from previous class• Project teams + project plan [due Mon Mar 2]• Finding background information• Note – reading for today extended until

Mondaywed feb 11, 2014

SPSS Lab debrief

• Are you comfortable opening up the GSS dataset in SPSS?

• Navigate through different variables• Look at descriptive statistics for one variable

across cases• Select two variables for cross tabulation view• Select/limit cases (that meet some criteria)• Able to access SPSS via UNC Virtual Lab?

SPSS Cheat Sheet

Handouts•Project description•Successful research process•Project Plan•Search Log

[Example project…]

teams – options…

• Rachael can assign• You can form your own groups• Speed interviews to find group members that

fit work styles• Work with 1 partner• Work solo

Resources for Background Info What you’ll find

http://www.lib.unc.edu/ >> E-Research by Discipline >> Public Issues

CQ Researcher[Congressional Quarterly]

Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist.Quality source for in-depth, analytical reporting on the most current and controversial issues of the day

Issues and Controversies on File Contains full text articles on current topics of interest, arranged in opposing points of view

http://www.lib.unc.edu/ >> E-Research by Discipline >> Reference

Gale Virtual Reference Library Articles on all subjects from subject encyclopedias, almanacs, etc.

Oxford Reference Online Entries from dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in most subject area

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Comprehensive dictionary – emphasizes historical origins of words

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