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Technique 6: Confidence Intervals for Proportions, Survey Data, Media Representation of Survey Research
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O’Neil, Kathleen. 2010. “Technique 6: Confidence Intervals for Proportions, Survey Data, Media Representation of Survey Research”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/technique-6-confidence-intervals-for-proportions.

Abstract

Teaching Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes:
To practice calculating confidence intervals for proportions using "real" data reported in the news; and to learn to read news reports of survey data critically.

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Subject Area(s):
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity

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