Journalism and Mass Communications--Washington and Lee University

Course syllabus for Fall 2008
Structural contrasts in governmental types
Structure of state executive branches
Contrasts in local government types
Diagram of the strong mayor form of city government
Diagram of the weak mayor form of city government
Diagram of the council-manager form of city government
Legislative redistricting maps: N.C. 12th District, in Georgia and Texas
A brief listing of online sources for state news
A primer on the Virginia and federal court systems, compiled by Amy Bohutinsky.
A comparison of education expenses in selected Virginia localities.
Living on Welfare, from interviews with Washington-area welfare mothers.
The Census Bureau site has a spectacular collection of structural and financial data on states, localities and their governments.
20 questions to ask about public opinion polls.
Academic journals useful for research in Journalism 190 and for sources for the research paper in 203.
A commentary on quantitative research methods used in this course. Included is a list of variables appropriate for research in this course.
Running SPSS A step-by-step guide to running Crosstabs on SPSS for Windows and printing out the results in Reid Hall 107.
A typical Crosstabs table: Voted by Education
Vote by family income
Voting participation by gender, race and age in 1976, 1988, 1992,. 1996 and 2000
Types of political participation
A brief guide to using statistics appropriate for this course.
The six steps in social science research.
Drinking at W&L, a student survey.

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Questions and comments: Todd Broomall
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