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Introduction to the Student Study Site The Student Study Site has been created for students and instructors using Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, Fifth Edition by Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Anna Leon-Guerrero. This study site should be a valuable resource that both students and instructors can use in tandem with their textbook to enhance understanding of key concepts and facilitate class discussions. The Web-Based Student Study Site contains a variety of student resources including E-flashcards, Web quizzing for students, recommended Web sites for further research, and research articles related to teaching and learning. CHAPTER SPECIFIC RESOURCES Web Quizzing The web quiz for students provides multiple choice and true/false questions to enhance students' understanding of the material. Answers are provided for each of the questions. Student Study Questions Student study questions are designed to capture the breadth and depth of material covered in each of the chapters. Questions are drawn from recent data and ask students to apply the tools learned in each chapter to the analysis of these data. Flash Cards The E-Flashcards are a tool for students to enhance their understanding of key terms outlined in the chapters. E-Flashcards may also be used as a study tool for exams and quizzes. GENERAL RESOURCES Online Research Articles and Questions Full text research articles are presented to stimulate thought and discussion about how statistics are used in social science research. This resource is organized into thematic parts which correspond to most of the textbook's chapters. All of the articles have been selected from reputable scholarly journals, and additional articles are recommended for further study. Links to the journals in which the articles were originally published are provided. Recommended Web Resources The Internet is a powerful learning tool and can be used as a supplement to course material. The Web resources provided on this study site offer sites with useful data and other sites of interest along with a brief annotation describing the resources available on each web site. Web Exercises The Web exercises are designed to expose students to a diversity of approaches to the material covered in Chapters 1-14 using publicly available tutorials, simulations, and sample problems. Data Sets and Documentation You’ll find a set of computer exercises at the end of each chapter. These exercises were created to assist with your learning, providing you with an opportunity to apply what you’ve learned in the chapter to “real” data. All computer exercises are based on the program SPSS version 16 for Win¬dows. There are two versions of the program: a standard version with no limits on the number of variables or cases, and a student version with a limit of 1,500 cases and 50 variables. Confirm with your instructor which SPSS version is available at your university. The GSS2006.SAV contains a selection of variables and cases from the 2006 General Social Survey (GSS). The GSS has been con¬ducted annually since 1972. Conducted for the National Data Program for the Social Sciences at the National Opinion Research Center at the Univer¬sity of Chicago, the GSS was designed to provide social science researchers with a readily accessible database of socially relevant attitudes, behaviors, and attributes of a cross section of the U.S. population. A total of 4,510 surveys were completed for the 2006 survey. The data, obtained through a sampling design known as multistage probability sample, are representative of Americans 18 years of age or older. This means that the GSS data set allows us to estimate the characteristics, opinions, and behav¬iors of all noninstitutionalized, English-speaking, American adults in a given year. The MTF2006.SAV contains variables and cases from the Monitoring the Future survey, collected by University of Michigan Survey Research Center. The MTF is a survey of 12th grade students, part of a series of surveys that began in 1975 to explore changes in youth values, behaviors and life style. For 2006, the MTF includes questions on drug use and criminal behavior. Those of you with the student version of SPSS (v.16.0) will work with two separate GSS files: GSS06PFP-A features gender and family issues, and GSS06PFP-B highlights race and government policy issues. Each contains 1500 cases and 50 variables. You can also use the MTF2006 with the student version of SPSS. [The larger dataset, GSS2006, contains 4510 cases and 146 variables, including all variables from modules A and B. This dataset cannot be used with the student version.] Review Chapters Two special review chapters are included. The first chapter is a review of descriptive statistical methods and the second reviews inferential statistics. These chapters provide an overview of the interconnectedness of the statistical concepts in the book and help test your abilities to cumulatively apply the knowledge from previous chapters. For additional information: Your university computer lab may have the standard SPSS program. Alternatively, if you purchased the version of the text that includes the SPSS Student program, you have the SPSS Student Program for use on any Windows-compatible computer. You can also purchase and download the standard SPSS, the SPSS Student program, or explore other purchase options at http://www.spss.com/vertical_markets/education/online.htm. You can obtain complete documentation for the GSS2006 dataset is available from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at http://www.norc.org/GSS+Website/. Information about the MTF2006 is available at http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR-SERIES/00035.xml. Acknowledgments and Thanks A number of people need to be acknowledged and thanked for their hard work in developing the material on this Study Site. Thank you to Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Anna Leon-Guerrero for all their dedication to putting the study site together. Many thanks to Jack DeWaard for developing the study questions, web quizzes, and the web exercises. Finally, our heartfelt thanks to Melissa Ranalli at VPG Integrated Media for her help in producing this Student Study Site.
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