Class 6

Hand in your agenda/work log and paper shell.

Class Agenda

AnnouncementsDale Carnegie Contingency TablesReport Formatting Meeting with supervisors

Health Navigator/CAC Information

Community Service Society(CSS) Funded:

ACR HealthContact: Mary Doody, Volunteer CoordinatorVolunteer@ACRHealth.org *may be best for someone completing more hours- for example dual majors with public health who need 400 hours.

Syracuse Northeast Community CenterContact: Sarah Walton, Deputy Director of Operations swalton@snccsyr.org

List of All CSS Navigators in New York, in all counties: http://www.cssny.org/programs/entry/community-service-society-navigator-network

*To volunteer or work as a navigator you must be sponsored by an agency and complete a 24 hour training

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)

Sample n=200

Target Population N=5,000 Difference

Male 20% 50% -30Female 80% 50% 30

Gender Distribution Between Sample and Target Populations

Bivariate in Your Report

Client may want to know if the bar graph results would be different by

GenderAgeProgram typeOthers

Put these tables in either the comment section or the appendix.

Bivariate Analysis Table

Respondents’ Feelings Toward the Program by Gender

Like Dislike Total Male (n=55) 46% 54% 100%Female (n=45) 59% 41% 100%Weighted Average 52% 48% 100%

Contingency Table Exercise

Break into Groups of 3Figure out one contingency table you could use in your studyChoose the best one and draw it on a piece of paperWe 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:http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/paf315/

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 IntroMethodsFindings

Format of Paper

Introduction(first numbered pg)

Format of Paper

MethodsHow 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 AppendicesThe 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

Response FrequenciesInclude 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.