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Writing Your Public Opinion Report

Writing Your Public Opinion Report. Assignment Requirements. Produce data for 6 variable combinations Write a report where: Analyze the six variable combinations Relate the findings to course material. Writing Your Report. Introduction Discuss what you are doing in the report

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Writing Your Public Opinion Report

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  1. Writing Your Public Opinion Report

  2. Assignment Requirements • Produce data for 6 variable combinations • Write a report where: • Analyze the six variable combinations • Relate the findings to course material

  3. Writing Your Report • Introduction • Discuss what you are doing in the report • What is the purpose of the report? • Preview the material to follow • What variables combinations will you be looking at? • Will you be comparing the variable combinations to each other? • Will you be relating it back to course material • Often this is written last but you may want to outline what your report will look like first • Multiple paragraphs maybe necessary

  4. Writing Your Report • Introduction • Body • Analysis occurs here • Introduce the variable combination being examined • Reference the table being discussed (this will require that you manually number your tables) • What does the table show? • Cite at least three data points and explain what they mean • Cite % not frequencies • Given all the data presented, what conclusion can be drawn?

  5. Writing Your Report • Introduction • Body • Analysis occurs here • Introduce the variable combination being examined • Reference the table being discussed (this will require that you manually number your tables) • What does the table show? • Cite at least three data points and explain what they mean • Given all the data presented, what conclusion can be drawn? • Repeat for each of the remaining variable combinations • This will definitely require multiple paragraphs

  6. Writing Your Report • Introduction • Body • Conclusion • What did you do? (Similar to what you did in the introduction) • How did you do it? (Similar to what you did in the introduction) • Were there any findings that really stood out? • Now that all the analysis has been done what conclusions can be drawn? • Is there any basis for comparing any of the findings to one another? • Can the findings be related to course work? • This also may take several paragraphs

  7. Writing Your Report • Introduction • Body • Conclusion • Tables • Include all output in an appendix • Include only relevant output • Be sure you number the tables

  8. Final Tips • Write the report like you are going to give it to a person who has no idea what you are doing • Read the directions • Include a cover page • Your name and the name of your partner • Date you submit your work • Proofread/Edit • Have a friend read the paper for clarity • Cite % not frequencies • Remember you are not arguing a point you are describing data • This means you don’t have to explain why the data look the way they look • The word data is plural • “Data are” Not “Data is"

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