Class 6

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Class 6

• Please bring your updated agenda and contact
  log to the front table and staple. Thanks!

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NEW! Resume Requirement

• All 315 students are required to create a resume
  and have it reviewed by a Career Services staff
  during the drop in hours
• From 12 pm to 230 pm on Monday, Tuesday,
  Thursday and Friday, and from 430 pm to 600 pm
  on Wednesdays.
• Whats the point you ask?
• We are going to keep a binder of all PAF resumes
  that will be used to help students who have
  questions about making a resume and need ideas
• Newhouse has a similar system in their Career
  Office!

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NEW! Resume Requirement

• DUE 3/19 (in one month)
• 1st draft of your resume with notes made from
  Career Center (markings staff initials)
• Final draft of your resume
• Lose 5 points if you do not meet this deadline
• IF you turn it in next Wed. 2/27, you receive 1
  extra credit point!
• Use the Career Center Guide to help you get
  started.

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Dale Carnegie Speeches Today

• Paige Mausner
• Nathan Bense
• Sally Irmer
• Ashley Pettigrew
• Danielle Silva
• John Welch

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Statistics Paper Problems

• Use of a Control Group
• Target Population vs. Sampling Frame vs. Sample
• Scaling Numbers
• Graphs- not a problem, but it seems like people
  are unclear as to how to format them.

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Use of a Control Group

• Can anyone tell me what a control group is?

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Target Population vs. Sampling Frame vs. Sample

• Example A survey about the drinking habits of
  fraternity and sorority members at Syracuse
  University
• Target Population
• Sampling Frame
• Sample

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Definitions

• TARGET POPULATION The group you want your
  results to be representative of.
• SAMPLING FRAME A list of all the units in the
  target population.
• SAMPLE The units for which you have collected
  data from the sampling frame. In a survey, the
  people who responded.

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Scaling Numbers

• Total Traffic Deaths, Selected States, 1985
• Source National Safety Council. The World
  Almanac and Book of Facts. New York Newspaper
  Enterprise Association, 1986. p. 781.

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Scaling Numbers

• Traffic Death Rate per 100 Million Miles Driven,
  Selected States, 1985
• Source National Safety Council. The World
  Almanac and Book of Facts. New York Newspaper
  Enterprise Association, 1986. p. 781.

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Graphing

• Stop in to Emmas office hours (1230-200 on
  Wednesdays, in the PAF office)
• Make an appointment to meet with Emma on Friday
  or Thursday mornings before 11am.
• You get to practice today!!

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Graphing Exercise

• Working in groups you will
• Complete each question in the exercise
• Get approval from Coplin or Emma before moving on
  to later questions
• Follow sample finding format in guide
• Make sure each graph follows Coplins standards
  (as simple as possible)
• Well work in MaxPal

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Groups for Exercise
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Dale Carnegie Speeches 2/27

• Eksho Burke
• Helene Kahn
• Courtney Pew
• Jeffrey Sohn
• Samantha Weise

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Reminders

• Due in 2 weeks
• Rough Draft