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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 8

2.4 6

2.6 15 2.7 5

4.1 16

4.3 15

4.5 6

Subtotal for Paper __155__

Points Deducted: Late Paper _ Writing _ Organization _ Participation _

__Total Points Deducted__

Extra Credit Points: __ Competition ___ __ Speakers ___

Total Extra Credit Points 2.3 6 2.5 12 3.1 30 4.2 8 4.4 6 4.6 16



TOTAL GRADE

MODULE TWO__ **155** __#

PAF 101 EXERCISES – MODULE 2

BASED ON CHAPTERS 2, 3, & 4

For module templates: Supa.syr.edu/paf101

Whenever you use a source in your answer, including all quotes, you must provide an APA-style internal citation and a full APA-style reference in the References page exercise, except in the case of personal communications. HINT: Most of these exercises require citations. Whenever you attach an article, it must be directly behind the exercise in which it appears, and it must be clearly labeled with the exercise number and letter to which it pertains. Attach only the first page of the article unless otherwise stated.

Whenever searching for articles or other sources, do not use any information pertaining to other countries than the United States.

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

You must use the LexisNexis Statistical Datasets to find a 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 five years. Use the database’s ‘print’ feature to print out that graph and data table. Attach the print out directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. (6 points)

• Write one sentence describing one data point from your trend line graph and include an internal citation here: The line graph shows how the percentage of obesity in America has grown and it will still grow in the future.

Earthfare. "Just How Bad Is Obesity In America?" Just How Bad Is Obesity in America. Earthfare, 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. < @http://tomatotalk.earthfare.com/2010/01/06/just-how-bad-is-obesity-in-america/ >.

• Identify the Source Organization for this data and indicate that here:

OAC- Obesity Action Coalition

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 * __ Exercise 2.2: Finding Periodical Articles __**
 * Your Total Score: _ (Maximum: 8 points)**

**__Exercise 2.2: Finding Periodical Articles Your Total Score: ___ __(Maximum: 8 points)

Using the ProQuest Research Library 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.

• Quote one relevant sentence from the article that is related to your societal category here: Osteoporosis is a significant and growing public health problem among the elderly. In the U.S. alone, it affects over 25 million people, mostly older women.__**


 * __ 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 title page directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. __**

Directly quote a full sentence from the book that is related to your societal category here:

“It is an epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through population across a large region, for instance a continent, or even worldwide.” (7) Dumar, A.M.(2009). __ Swine Flu: What You Need To Know __. New York, NY: Brownstone Books.


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

xercise 2.4: Using United States Government Publications Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 6 points) Using, locate one United States government publication relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. > announcement or other informal online information summary. These types of publications are often posted on the web in "HTML" format only. It shows that nurses are needed more throughout the years.
 * 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
 * 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.
 * No citation is needed for this exercise.
 * ** In one sentence, explain briefly why this publication will provide you with useful information about your societal category here: **

Exercise 2.5: Using Policy Publications

Your Total Score: _ (Maximum 12 points) A. Using CQ Researcher, find a publication that contains information relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. (6 points) Part A Score: These animals are better kept than most humans,” says Karen Sokol, a veterinarian at the university, where scientists use animals in a variety of experiments; the macaques, for example, are helping to test a new male contraceptive Masci, D. (1996, August 2). Fighting over animal rights. // CQ Researcher //, // 6 // , 673-696. Retrieved October 4, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, /cqresrre1996080200. 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. (6 points) Part B Score: _ Founded in 1980, PETA now has about 500,000 members and is the best-known animal rights group in the nation. It provides information on laboratory research animals, cosmetics testing, factory farming, vegetarianism and other animal rights issues.
 * ** Using full sentences, quote no more than three sentences from the article that gives you a better understanding of your societal category ** ** here: **
 * ** Quote one sentence from the publication that gives evidence of a societal problem that exists within your societal category here: **

Masci, D. (1996, August 2). Fighting over animal rights. // CQ Researcher //, // 6 // , 673-696. Retrieved October 4, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, /cqresrre1996080211.

Exercise 2.6: Using United States Census Data Your Total Score:_ (Maximum: 15 points) Use the “ American FactFinder ” on the 2000 online census report to locate the information for your home census area, a comparable census area, and the United States, and fill out the chart below with the required information from the 2000 online census report.
 * Fill in the top row of the table with the name of a county and the county that is comparable to the original county. Be sure to indicate the state.
 * The comparable county must be similar to your census area, which is a county, in population size. A comparable population is within 20% of the population size of the original county.
 * If you do not use the 2000 online census report, you will lose all points on this exercise.
 * Do not cite or reference this exercise.


 * || ** [County] ** || ** [Comparable County] ** || ** United States ** ||
 * ** Population ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">95,745 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">98,726 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">281,421.906 ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Median Age (years) ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">37.4 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">38.2 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">35.3 ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** % White ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">93.9 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">99.2 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">75.1 ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** % Male ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">49.9 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">49 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">49.1 ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Per Capita Income ($) ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">30,127 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">18,197 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">21,587 ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** % Individuals Below Poverty Level ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4.4 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">13.2 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">12.4 ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** % Vacant Housing Units ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6.6 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">15.5 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9.0 ||
 * <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** % High School Graduate or Higher ** || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">90.2 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">82.8 || <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">80.4 ||


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

Obesity is a big problem.
 * __ 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. __**

Write your specific societal problem, indicating a specific geographic location suffering from the problem here: Obesity is an issue that affects people in many different countries, especially the United States.


 * 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, keeping in mind the geographic location you specified. Be sure to follow the prompts listed below. **
 * Lynn Parker, Annina Catherine Burns and Eduardo Sanchez**


 * 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.: **
 * Michelle Obama, The United States.**

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): http://www.emailthepresident.com/

Michelle Obama has recently started a movement for childhood obesity prevention. She has come up with an ambitious plan and is taking small steps in order to achieve this goal.
 * 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:
 * - What is people cannot afford to buy healthy foods for their family? **
 * - How can you prevent people from going to fast food chains? **
 * - What do you plan to do about the food sold at schools? **

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the FDA.
 * 2.) Write the name and position of a non-elected player from a governmental department here. Specify where they work by providing their geographic location. **

Write the player’s phone number and email address here:

She can provide me with useful information because <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Hamburg's career has focused on public health, bio-defense and disease control, and New Yorkers credit her with a substantial reduction in tuberculosis rates and increase in childhood immunizations during her tenure. She later served as an assistant health secretary in the Clinton administration.
 * Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously:

Read more: []


 * Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here:
 * - How can you raise awareness in communities? **
 * - What can you do so that parents support your ideas? **
 * - How do you think the public will react to a healthier lifestyle? **

**http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1884627,00.html**

Louie's kids is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. Write the player’s phone number and email address here:
 * 3.) Write the name, their position, and the non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group they work for here. The non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group may be local, state or national. **


 * 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:
 * Louie's kids raises funds to help treat childhood obesity, which afflicts 25 million American children today. Louie's Kids works to find the best treatment options to meet the needs of each child.


 * Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here:
 * __ -How do you motivate children to be healthy? __**
 * __ -What activities do you suggest children get involved in? __**
 * __ - What do you think children need in order to get into shade and be healthy? __**


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


 * __ A. Select a player to be your “client,” and contact them or a member of their staff. This 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 (10 points). 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. __**
 * Part A score: **

· __** Name the individual you contacted, his/her organization, his/her title, and the geographic location where work: **__

Dr. Thomas Frieden's phone number: (888) 232-6348 Dr Thomas Frienden's email address: mailto:cdcinfo@cdc.gov
 * I would contact Dr. Thomas Frieden who is the Director of the CDC in Atlanta Georgia.**
 * · ** 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).

[] Accessed on October 25, 2010. 9:33 am

The purpose of the survey I will be designing is to see how many people are smoking, and how much. Then I will see their opinion on public smoking. Dr. Thomas Frieden will be a useful player because he is against public smoking. The study "confirms that eliminating smoking in workplaces, restaurants, bars and other public places is an effective way to protect Americans from the health effects of secondhand smoke," said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which commissioned the study. [] Accessed on October 25, 2010. 9:33 am
 * · ** 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:

People that do not smoke are against others smoking in public areas. When you are around a smoker and inhale second hand smoke do you feel your health is at risk?
 * · ** 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 type of policy the player might develop from the information gathered in your survey here:

B. Quote the definition of the term "target population" from the //Maxwell Manual//. (2 points) __ Part B score: ___

(Maxwell Manual, pg:40)
 * · ** Place definition here: The entire group of individuals about whom you want to gather information.

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: ___


 * 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: _

State the method here: Face to Face

(Maxwell Manual, pg:49)
 * Justify why you have chosen to use this method here using information from the //Maxwell Manual//:
 * It gives you a chance to stimulate the subjects interest.


 * __ 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: _**

Identify the variable here:


 * ** What is t he last digit of the subjects zip code?**

> > **__<span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">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:___ > > __● List the steps you will follow here: > To contact the respondents, I will go first find out the last number of their zip code. At random, I would choose that their last number must be 7. Then I go to these areas, door-to-door, and survey them. I would contact these people at random, so it doesn’t directly correlate the question being asked. > > B. Complete the following steps to determine your sample size and confidence interval. (4 points) > Part B score:___ > > __● Restate your target population and its size here: > Employees from Hudson Valley Hospital Center; There are 505 people working in this hospital. > @http://www.ucomparehealthcare.com/hospital/report2.html?L=2228684713373732133242&R=0cia2lr2mR8XM44jSF30GGtS0&I=22286847&page=2&sub=4 Accessed on October 25, 2010, 9:40 AM > > ● Indicate the size of the sample you plan to analyze here: > 100 employees is the size sample. > > ● Indicate the approximate percentage this represents of the target population here: > This represents 20% of the target population. > > ● Indicate the 95% confidence interval of responses from a sample of this size here: > +- 10% > (Coplin 2007: p.43) > > C. Complete the following steps to determine your response rate and required number of contacts. (6 points) > Part C score:___ > > __● Estimate the exact response rate you expect for your survey here: > 10% > > ● Justify the rate you chose here: > The Maxwell Manual explains that if the sample size 100, then the target population will be within this percentage. > > ● Write how many people you will have to contact in order to obtain your desired number of responses here: > I will have to contact 10 people. > > > ● Using the formula from the text, show the calculations that you used to find how many people you will have to contact here: > If 10% = 0.10, then the equation “100x 0.10" is used to get the answer which is 10.__**
 * 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:
 * __** We chose this variable so that the subjects surveyd are at random. Its important that the disrtibution of the variable should be similar to the target population so that the question is not directly targeted toward any specific person. **__

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

__ Provide examples of two closed-choice questions for your survey. Base one question on the factual information your player identified in 4.1, and base the other on the attitudinal information your player identified in 4.1. All response categories must be shown. __

Write the question that will gather factual information here: How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?


 * Write the question that will gather attitudinal information here:
 * __Do you think smoking in public areas should be illegal?__**

**__<span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">xercise 4.5: Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys Your Total Score: ___ __(Maximum: 6 points)

Using the ProQuest database or LexisNexis Academic database, 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 may not be international. Attach a copy of the entire article directly behind the page on which this exercise appears.

● Quote at least one sentence from the article here: “The National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) datasets are available for public use, so that researchers and public health managers can explore the data in detail. In addition, states can compare their estimates of prevalence of youth tobacco use with national data.”

@http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/surveys/nyts/index.htm Accessed on October 30, 2010, 2:45 PM

● 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 at least three questions in your response. 1. 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? The survey was conducted to determine how many kids smoke/use tobacco. The target population were the young students, who were mostly from 11-18 years old, who went to certain schools based on student ID number.

2. What evidence is provided that the sample reflects the target population? The article explains it surveys the youth and in the survey they ask what grade the people are in, which are the grades that are in middle school (grades 6-12).

3. What were the key questions and how were they worded? Key questions were: ● How old are you? ● What grade are you in? ● About how many cigarettes have you smoked in your entire life? ● Have you ever smoked cigarettes daily, that is, at least one cigarette every day for 30 days? ● Have you ever used chewing tobacco, snuff, or dip, such as Redman, Levi Garrett, Beechnut, Skoal, Skoal Bandits, or Copenhagen?__**

__Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 16 points) **
 * __ Exercise 4.6: References __


 * 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: ** August 26, 2010 National Youth Tobacco Survey [] Accessed on October 30, 2010, 2:45 PM

Dumar, A.M.(2009). Swine Flu: What You Need To Know. New York, NY: Brownstone Books.

Earthfare. "Just How Bad Is Obesity In America?" Just How Bad Is Obesity in America. Earthfare, 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. < [] >.

Hospital Quick Check Report 2010 [] Accessed on October 25, 2010, 9:40 AM

// Accessed on October 25, 2010 9:32 AM

John C. Federspiel, CEO/President of Hudson Valley Hospital Center, 1980 Crompond Road, Cortland Manor, NY 10567 [|**http://www.census.gov**]

Masci, D. (1996, August 2). Fighting over animal rights. //CQ Researcher//, //6//, 673-696. Retrieved October 4, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, [] /cqresrre1996080211.

Spangler, Frederic. 1997 The Genetic Component of Osteoporosis. [] Retrieved October 30, 2010 at 4:15 pm.

Wolfson, Paula. March 20, 2009 President Obama Calls for a “New Beginning” in a Message to Iran. [] Retrieved October 31,2010 at 6:39