The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "chi-square" ...
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Elaboration Model in SPSS
Ketterer describe the Elaboration Model in SPSS. "The Elaboration Model is a systematic method for analyzing the effects of other variables on an initially significant relationship. Overall, it gives journalists a better understanding of how and why the initial relationship works and how other variables affect it."
Tags: elaboration model; SPSS; statistics; post-hoc analysis; chi-square
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Interpreting Results with the Elaboration Model
Ketterer explains how to interpret results using the Elaboration Model.
Tags: SPSS; chi-square; independent variable; presumed cause; statistical significance; control variable; replication; direct effect;
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Elaboration Model
The Elaboration Model is a systematic method for analyzing the effects of other variables on an initially significant relationship. Overall, it gives journalists a better understanding of how and why the initial relationship works and how other variables affect it. Many variables are likely to affect a relationship in social science, and the model helps journalists assess their effects.
Tags: chi-square test; relationship; analysis; logic; variables; communication; interpretation
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SPSS 2 - Doing crosstabs to see the data in different ways, and statistical tests
This tipsheet is a guide to very advanced statistical functions and means of data analysis. Primarily, it focuses on using SPSS to help view the data in different ways.
Tags: crosstab statistics; chi-square; standard deviation; SPSS output
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Education statistics tipsheet
Method explains Chi squares, the Pearson correlation coefficient and regression in terms of education statistics. Diagrams and a step-by-step approach help illustrate these concepts.
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The data ladder: What is all this stuff and what can I do with it?
This tipsheet explains "how you climb the ladder of data, moving from the least information to the most information." Cohen gives definitions of different types and sub-types of variables - from discrete to continuos - and provides tips what you can do with each piece of data.
Tags: CAR; databases; SPSS; t-tets; chi square; correlation coefficients; regression
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Writing the CAR/Investigative Project
This tipsheet explains how to write a CAR-based story -- and how to edit that story so that it focuses on the important aspects and context of the data. Includes examples from Kate Boo, Ken Armstrong and Maurice Possley, as well as authoritative references for using Chi-square.
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Tipsheet No: 632
When numbers make news, an important point in the story can usually be boiled down to a comparison between just two numbers. Often they will be expressed as percents or means. This handout looks at using Chi Squares and interpreting significance test results to determine if a journalist has a story. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org. - ask for tape #33.
Tags: Significance tests
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Mysterious Ways
This two-page handout offers definitions and tips for dealing with Chi-square, standard deviation, simple regression and multiple regression. Audio tape is available for purchase from the IRE Resource Center. Contact us at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org
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