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PAF 101�MODULE 2 GRADE SHEET
 * BASED ON CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4**

Name: Societal Category: Group #:

__MAXIMUM__ __YOUR__ __EXERCISE__ __POINTS__ __SCORE__ __COMMENTS__

2.1 6 2.2 6 2.3 6 __2.4 6__ 2.5 12 __2.6 15__ 2.7 5

__3.1 30__

4.1 16 __4.2 8__ 4.3 15 __4.4 6__ 4.5 8 __4.6 16__

__Subtotal for Paper__ 155

__Points Deducted:__ __Late Paper__ _ __Writing__ _ __Organization__ _ __Participation__ _

Total Points Deducted

Extra Credit Points: Competition _ Speakers _

__Total Extra Credit Points__ __ = =
 * TOTAL GRADE**


 * MODULE TWO** 155 __#____

Fall 2011

PAF 101 EXERCISES � MODULE 2

 * BASED ON CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4**

Consider the Formatting & Grammar Guidelines, under the Module tab on the course website, to be part of the directions for this and all modules.**

Exercise 2.1: Locating Quantitative Data Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points)

Using the ProQuest Statistical Datasets__,__ finda trend line graph and accompanying data table with at least three pieces of data, relevant to your societal category. The data must represent information within the last ten years. Use the database�s �export� and �PDF� feature to download and print the graph and table. Attach the print out directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. (6 points)

There has a been a slow but steady increase in evaluating environmental regulations that considered impact on children. environmental impacts on children
 * **Write one sentence describing one data point from your trend line graph and include an internal citation here:**

The source organization is University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 * **Identify the Source Organization for this data and indicate that here:**

Exercise 2.2: Finding Periodical Articles Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points)

Using the ProQuest Central database, locate a news or magazine article relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. Do not use an article from an academic journal. Attach a photocopy or printout of the first page of the article directly behind this exercise. Make sure the article was published within the last six months.

"The legislature is debating a measure requiring TransCanada to move the proposed right-of-way away from the aquifer that supplies most of the state's water, but some question whether such a state law would violate the Constitution. " Pipline
 * **Quote one relevant sentence from the article that is related to your societal category here:**

Exercise 2.3: Locating Books Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points)

Using the library catalog, find a book on your societal category at any geographic level. The publication date of the book must be within the last fifteen years. Books published by the government may not be used for this exercise. Attach a photocopy of the copyright page directly behind the page on which this exercise appears.

"To quantify the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the sub- sequent unique German reaction, we consider the four large energy suppliers domi- nating the German market as well as renewable energies companies since we expect opposite effects on these firms’ profitability. " Japan Nuclear Reactor
 * **Directly quote a full sentence from the book that is related to your societal category here:**

Exercise 2.4: Using United States Government Publications Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points)

Using **http://catalog.gpo.gov**, locate one United States government publication relevant to your societal category at any geographic level.
 * The publication should include a clearly identified "title page" and the names of individual or organizational authors, such as those found within formal government agency reports, newsletters, online journals/magazines, etc. These government publications are often posted in "PDF�. Their pages frequently are numbered.
 * The publication you locate should not merely consist of a brief news announcement or other informal online information summary. These types of publications are often posted on the web in "HTML" format only. The document must be more than 10 pages long.
 * Do not use U.S. Census information.
 * Attach a photocopy or printout of the cover or title page of the document directly behind the page on which this exercise appears.
 * Cite source used.

This article helps to explain the history of the EPA and what it has accomplished. 20 Years of Shaping Environmental Policy
 * In one sentence, explain briefly why this publication will provide you with useful information about your societal category

Exercise 2.5: Using Policy Publications Your Total Score:­­­_ (Maximum 12 points)

A. Using CQ Researcher Plus Archive, find a publication that contains information relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. Attach a photocopy or printout of the first page of the article directly behind this exercise. (6 points) Part A Score:

"We're in a waiting game to see what the true costs will be, whether our greatest natural resources have been damaged beyond repair and what the health impacts on people along the coast will be in another year or two.”
 * **Using full sentences, quote no more than three sentences from the article that gives you a better understanding of your societal** **category here:**
 * cq article

B. Using the �Contacts� section of the CQ Researcher article, find one of the organizations from the list (preferably a public policy institute), and retrieve a policy paper, working paper, policy brief, or online report from the past five years on your societal category. The �Contacts� section appears once you have opened an article. It is one of the links in the gray column at the left margin of each CQ Researcher publication. Attach a photocopy or printout of the first page of the article directly behind this exercise. (6 points)

Part B Score: _

Wind power is among the fastest growing electrical generation systems in the world. Off shore wind energy
 * **Quote one sentence from the publication that gives evidence of a societal problem that exists within your societal category here:**

Exercise 2.6: Using United States Census Data Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 15 points) Use data from the U.S. Census website (**http://www.census.gov**) to fill out the chart below with the required information for **any county, town or city located in your home state**, for a **comparable county, town or city located in any state that is within 25% of the population size of your original county, town or city**, and for the **United St ates ** as a whole.
 * To obtain data needed for the chart, use the site�s �Find an Area Profile with Quick Facts� link http://quickfacts.census.gov
 * If your county, town or city is too large to find a comparable county, town or city within 25%, choose the largest one you can locate with a population of at least 1 million people.
 * Fill in the top row of the chart with your corresponding information. Do not leave the brackets or what is inside the brackets on your chart.
 * Do NOT include percentage (%) signs or dollar ($) signs when filling out the chart.
 * Do not cite or reference this exercise.


 * || **Croton** || **Briarcliff Manor** || **United States** ||
 * **Population** || 8,070 || 7,867 || 308,745,538 ||
 * **% Persons 65 years and older** || 14.4 || 15.4 || 13 ||
 * **% Persons White Not Hispanic** || 80 || 83.2 || 63.7 ||
 * **% Female** || 52 || 52 || 50.8 ||
 * **Per Capita Income ($)** || 45,687 || 74,826 || 27,041 ||
 * **% Persons Below Poverty Level** || 3 || 3.3 || 14.3 ||
 * **% Homeownership Rate** || 76 || 85.5 || 66.9 ||
 * **% High School Graduates Age 25+** || 93 || 95.6 || 84.6 ||

Exercise 2.7: Narrowing your societal category Your Total Score: _ (Maximum: 5 points)

Based on the research you have done in this chapter, narrow your societal category to a specific societal problem within it. Be sure to state it as a problem.

One specific societal problem is fracking for natural gas in New York. Fracking could cause environmental and pollution problems in New York state.
 * **Write your specific societal problem, indicating a specific geographic location suffering from the problem here:**

Exercise 3.1: Researching Your Players Your Total Score: _ (Maximum: 30 points) List three individuals, either a player or a staff person of the player, who deal with your narrowed societal problem for the geographic location you specified. Use the following url for the Leadership Library Site to search for these players. [].


 * 1.) Write the name and position of an elected government official who serves at the local, state, or national level here. State the geographic location that they represent. **

Andrew Cuomo. (518)474-8390. andrew.cuomo@exec.ny.gov Cuomo Cuomo believes Indian Point should be closed because its too close to where many people live. Is there evidence that tracking poses health risks? Does the data you looked at evaluate the health risk over many years? Do you believe that the risks of fracking outweigh its benefits?
 * **Write the player�s phone number and email address here (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site. This applies to all of 3.1):**
 * **Write the url for the page that you used from the Leadership Library Site here:**
 * **Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously:**
 * **Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here:**

Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York (518) 402-8540. dpaeweb@gw.bec.state.ny.us Martens Martens did an environmental review for natural gas exploration in the Marcellus Shale. How much natural gas is in the Marcellus Shale? Could you explain hydraulic fracturing? What is the fluid used in hydraulic fracturing and what is its environmental impact?
 * 2.) Write the name and position of a non-elected player from a governmental department here: **
 * Joe Martnes **
 * **State the governmental department here:**
 * ** Write the player's phone number and email address here: **
 * **Write the url for the page that you used from the Leadership Library Site here:**
 * ** Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had work on previously: **
 * ** Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: **

Peter Lehner, executive director, Natural Resource Defense Council, Washington D.C. (212) 727-2700. nrdcaction@nrdc.org NRDC has taken a strong position against fracking. What are the health effects of fracking? How can we limit the dangers of fracking? What changes to New York Laws would help control fracking? Lehner
 * 3.) Write the name and position of a player and the non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group they work for here. Specify where they work by providing their geographic location. The non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group may be local, state or national. **
 * ** Write the player's phone number and email address here: **
 * ** Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on or one service the organization has provided previously: **
 * ** Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: **
 * **Write the url for the page that you used from the Leadership Library Site here:**

Exercise 4.1: Gathering Information for and Determining the Purpose of a Survey Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 16 points)

A. Select a player(Carlo) to be your �client,� and contact them or a member of their staff. This�client� does not have to be a player from Exercise 3.1. Use the information you get from communicating with this person to answer the following bullets. After you receive a reply, send your contact a thank you e-mail with a carbon copy (CC) to your TA in the e-mail. If you are unable to get in contact with any player, expert, or stakeholder, after multiple attempts, attach a labeled copy of the email you sent behind this exercise. (10 points) Part A score:

Peter Lehner, executive director, Natural Resource Defense Council, Washington D.C. (212) 727-2700. nrdcaction@nrdc.org The purpose of my survey is to identify characteristics about people who support fracking that can be used to write legislation. As noted on NRDC's website " Although drilling can create jobs and income, many fear the effects of drilling on their health, land and quality of life. Current laws need to be changed to catch up with the drilling explosion." What kind of person supports fracking? What are the three most important values among people that support fracking? They could recommend a new legislation for New York state to control fracking.
 * **Name the individual you contacted, his/her organization, his/her title, and the geographic location where work:**
 * **Write the individual's phone number and email address here. (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site).**
 * **Briefly describe the purpose of the survey you will be designing here, including a quote from the player that justifies why this survey will be useful:**
 * **Write a piece of factual information that could be gathered through your survey here:**
 * **Write a piece of attitudinal information that could be gathered through your survey here:**
 * **Describe a specific policy the player might develop from the information gathered in your survey.**

B. Quote the definition of the term "target population" from the //Maxwell Manual//. (2 points) Part B score:_ "The entire group of individuals about whom you want to gather information."
 * **Place definition here:**

C. Identify the target population you will sample for your survey. You cannot use any single K-12 school or a university as your target population. (4 points) Part C score:_ New York residents who live in areas affected by fracking. The approximate size is 19,378,000.
 * **Write a specific description of your target population including its geographic location and approximate size:**

Exercise 4.2: Choosing a Sample and Method of Contact Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points)

A. Indicate and discuss which of the three methods of contact from the //Maxwell Manual// you will use to contact your sample. (4 points) Part A score:_

Email Email is both cost effective and not very time consuming.
 * **State the method using the terms in the Maxwell Manual:**
 * **Justify why you have chosen to use this method here using information from the //Maxwell Manual//:**

B. Identify one variable you will use to assess the degree to which your sample accurately reflects your target population. (4 points) Part B score:_

Ethnicity. The variable makes sure that you get surveys from a variety of different people. Its important for the distribution of the variable to be similar to the population because otherwise you will get a sample that leaves out people of some ethnicities.
 * **Identify the variable here:**
 * **Explain why the variable you have chosen matters, and why it is important that the distribution of the variable should be similar to the target population:**

Exercise 4.3: Determining Sample Size Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 15 points)

A. Clearly and concisely describe the exact procedures you will use to select the sample and contact the respondents. Be detailed and list each step needed to select the sample. Be realistic. (5 points) Part A score:_

Find the areas in New York most affected by fracking. Next, I would buy email lists of those residents in those zip codes. Then I would send the survey to all the emails in the list. If this number of emails doesn't meet the sample size, I would buy email lists of residents from the surrounding community. Using census information on those zip code areas I would determine the ethnicity of the sample size. I would compare the ethnic breakdown of my sample to the breakdown for New York state. If one ethnic group was unrepresented I would expand my sample to include communities that have a high number of residents from that ethnic group.
 * **List the steps you will follow here:**

B. Complete the following steps to determine your sample size and confidence interval. (4 points) Part B score:_

The target population is 19,378,000 who live near possible fracking sites and the sample size is 968,000. 500 5% 0.0005 C. Complete the following steps to determine your response rate and required number of contacts. (6 points) Part C score:_
 * **Restate your target population and its size here:**
 * **Indicate the size of the sample you plan to analyze here:**
 * **Indicate the approximate percentage this represents of the target population here:**
 * **Indicate the 95% confidence interval of responses from a sample of this size here:**

I expect a response rate of 20% which gives me 100 surveys. The typical response rate for emails is 20-30%. I chose the median(roughly). 500/.2 = 2500 people. 2500
 * **Estimate the __exact__ response rate you expect for your survey here:**
 * **Justify the rate you chose here:**
 * **Using the formula from the //Maxwell Manual//, show the calculations that you used to find how many people you will have to contact here:**
 * **Write how many people you will have to contact in order to obtain your desired number of responses here:**

Exercise 4.4: Creating the Questions Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points)

Provide examples of two closed-choice questions for your survey. All response categories must be shown. Follow the format in the //Maxwell Manual//.

What three factors are most important to decide in your position on fracking? How do you feel about the natural gas fracking in your area?
 * **Write the question that will gather factual information here:**
 * **Write the question that will gather attitudinal information here:**

Exercise 4.5: Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 8 points)

Using ProQuest Central, locate a newspaper article from the last six months that presents or discusses a survey that has already been conducted on ANY subject, not necessarily the one studied in this module. The article must be on a target population in the U.S. Attach a copy of the entire article directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. Global Factory Activity Stalls "In the U.S., a survey of purchasing managers showed the factory sector barely expanding in August as the job market struggles to pick up and businesses confront weakening sentiment."
 * **Quote at least one sentence from the article here:**
 * **Using the questions under �Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys� on page 54 of the //Maxwell Manual//, evaluate how thoroughly the author reported the procedures followed for the survey here by using three questions in your response. Rewrite the questions you choose with a 2-3 sentence evaluation under each.**

The purpose was to prove that factories around the world are decreasing production. The survey was carried out for everyone, because essentially, everyone is affected by it. The target population is to be generalized to the whole world. They key question was if the factory market was expanding. The whole world is facing a decrease in factory production which reflects the U.S. having a decrease.
 * **For what purpose was the survey conducted and for whom was it carried out? To what specific target population are the results to be generalized?**
 * **What were the key questions, and how were they worded?**
 * **What evidence is provided that the sample reflects the target population?**

Exercise 4.6: References Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 16 points)


 * Prepare a list of references that includes all sources for this module.
 * Follow the APA format.
 * Include all sources used in the exercises.


 * Start References on the next line or on the next page: