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The Plan

The Plan. Scholarly information Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Demo Play time Numeric literacy – polls Tips for finding data Gallup Demo Play time. Why scholarly sources?. Content, not format. Free online scholarly journals Subscription-based glossy print magazines

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The Plan

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  1. The Plan • Scholarly information • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Demo • Play time • Numeric literacy – polls • Tips for finding data • Gallup Demo • Play time

  2. Why scholarly sources?

  3. Content, not format • Free online scholarly journals • Subscription-based glossy print magazines • Some examples: • Political Behaviour • International Journal of Public Opinion Research • Public Opinion Quarterly • Canadian Journal of Political Science

  4. Advantages of Articles • Narrower in focus • More timely • Presents original research/scholarship

  5. Secondary Sources - Articles • Article Search: • CBCA complete • Factiva • International bibliography of the social sciences : IBSS • Worldwide political science abstracts (don’t forget you’ll need your library PIN)

  6. Finding Articles from Indexes #1

  7. Finding Articles from Indexes #2

  8. Finding Articles from Indexes #3

  9. Evaluating Polling Data • Look for: • Sample size: the smaller the sample, the bigger the margin of error • Authoritative surveys always report the margin of error-usually 3 or 4 points • Sample methodology: • convenience samples bad; random samples good • Leading, vague or biased questions • Potentially biased polling organizations

  10. Evaluating Polling Data • The Top 10 Ways to Get Misleading Poll Results • Polling methods of various polling institutions (Pew Research Center for the People & the Press)

  11. Primary sources • Ipsos News Center (1995-) • Covers Ipsos, Reuters, CanWest & other publically released polls • All geographic regions (lots of Canada) • The Gallup brain (1935-2007) & Gallup.com (2008-) • Data & analysis from polls conducted by Gallup • All geographic regions (mostly U.S.) • Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA) (1992-) • Interface for Decima/Environics/gov’t polling data • Allows for online analysis of raw poll numbers through NESSTAR • Decima Research Inc.(2009) • Canadian polling data; mostly public affairs & public policy • Use the Press Releases option to access the data • European Commission: Public Opinion(~1990-) • Fed Stats (U.S.) • Statistics Canada / Elections Canada

  12. Socio-Economic Data • More in-depth data sources include StatsCan DLI data. • Some surveys of interest: • General Social Surveys • Aboriginal Peoples Surveys • Canadian election surveys • Access: • DLS • Allows for online analysis of data/chart making, etc. • Equinox • Requires downloading the data

  13. Tips for finding polling data • Emphasis is on browsing around: trying looking for subject listings or typing in one broad term and scanning results • No site is alike • Use the power of Google

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