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CSLI Service Learning – Final Meeting, Fall 2011

CSLI Service Learning – Final Meeting, Fall 2011. Review the process Review the findings Analyze - Hypotheses. Review the process – 1. Evaluate the CSLI process Review – what exactly did CSLI do? Generated questionnaire Oriented students in intro meeting

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CSLI Service Learning – Final Meeting, Fall 2011

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  1. CSLI Service Learning – Final Meeting, Fall 2011 Review the process Review the findings Analyze - Hypotheses

  2. Review the process – 1 • Evaluate the CSLI process • Review – what exactly did CSLI do? • Generated questionnaire • Oriented students in intro meeting • Reviewed questionnaire with students • Reviewed nature of surveys/sampling • Trained students in telephone/marking instructions • Conducted telephone interviews • Target at least 400 completions • Accomplished – 487 completions • Issue and post on Web site – press release forthcoming • Expect coverage in major media –Capital

  3. Review the process -2 • Questionnaire issues – initial contact • Was the opening statement OK? • Hello, I’m a student calling from Anne Arundel Community College whose Center for the Study of Local Issues is conducting a survey on issues affecting Anne Arundel County Residents. Would you please take a few minutes to complete this survey • Suggestions?

  4. Review the process - 3 • Questionnaire issues - questions - Did any specific questions give you more problems than others? • Clarity • Public constantly asked for restatement • Vagueness of what is being asked • Did the respondents seem to think that the questions were generally interesting? • Did the respondents think that the survey was too long or short? • Other suggestions?

  5. Review the process - 4 • Public receptivity • Were you surprised by how easy/hard it was to obtain a completion? • Problems with phone numbers? • Idle chatter from respondents? • Bias among interviewers? • Partial completions? • Other suggestions

  6. County: Right or Wrong Direction? Spring ‘99 to Fall ‘11 Positives edging lower in fall 20111

  7. Most Important Problem Fall 2006 to Fall 2011 Economy shows sharp rise as problem in Oct. 2011

  8. County – Economic Conditions vs. State and USA

  9. “Thinking about our county's economy, how would you rate economic conditions in Anne Arundel County today -- excellent, good, only fair, or poor?” (Total percentage saying excellent and good) CSLI - AA County Gallup - USA

  10. General economic conditions – % saying ‘applies’

  11. Economic costs, inflation: % saying ‘applies’

  12. % saying ‘applies’ sorted by Std. Deviation

  13. Economic conditions: Found job, got income increaseCounty residents vs. AACC students

  14. Consumer confidence: County vs. students

  15. Inflation as key indicator of overall pessimism…

  16. Perceptions of MD and AAC dealing with economic downturn: County vs. students

  17. Earthquake: Where were you and was there a plan?

  18. Earthquake - communication: Method, Success

  19. Earthquake: Follow-up method

  20. EQ: Follow-up method by location

  21. Storms: Damage? Sat. w/ Insur. Power outage: Duration for 66% who experienced an outage

  22. BGE Effectiveness

  23. Support for Proposals meant to Replenish Maryland’s Transportation Trust Fund

  24. Presidential job approval

  25. Presidential Job Approval by Party Registration

  26. Trust in Political Parties – Spring 2009 to Fall 2011

  27. Exercise: Develop Hypotheses • Identify a dependent variable – attitude, preference • Identify an independent variable – a social/demographic characteristic • Specify a likely relationship between the two based on a “theory” or hunch • you have about people and attitudes

  28. Test Hypotheses using SPSS • Login • Go to CSLI Web site: http://www2.aacc.edu/csli • Double click on CSLI_Fall_2011_Data.sav • Weight the dataset /data/weight cases/weight cases by Weight • Cross-tabs - /Analyze/Descriptive Statistics/Crosstabs • Find Income75– click once on it to select it then use arrow to place in columns box • Find ‘v4.2’ or ‘v4.3’ – click once to select it then use arrow to place in rows box • Click on “cells” and then click on Percentages “columns” then OK • Click on “statistics” and then click on Nominal “Phi and Cramer’s V” OK • Click on OK in main crosstabs dialog box • Check results: Did a higher percentage of under $75k agree with “unemployment”than those over $75k?” Were the results statistically significant – were the Phi and Cramer’s V values under the column “Approx. Sig” under .05? • If the answer is yes to both these questions, then it is possible that • your hypothesis is correct – you have disproved the ‘null hypothesis” • 13. Try it again with the “significant losses in stocks and retirement accounts” variable (v4.3) • 14. Continue with other hypotheses • 15. In the last 10 minutes, we will go around the room asking you to tell • us your most interesting finding

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