Class 3

Please bring your agenda/work log, resumes, cover letters, codebook, and

spreadsheet to the front table. Put them in your Supervisors’ box.

Please pick up one “R” and “A” card

Class Agenda

General Announcements Dale Carnegie Professionalism FeedbackMore on Methods Meeting with Your Supervisor on Hypothetical Executive Summary

Dale Carnegie Presentations

JeanJasonEmilyLindaRuoyaNicholas

Job/Internship OpportunitiesEveryone should have an ORANGELINK Profile- NO EXCEPTIONS! This is the SU job/internship database that recruiters and career services use when hiring from. You must go to career services to set it up- from there you can access Orangelink from MysliceThese companies are currently recruiting as SU and have posted positions. Select “Campus Interviews I Qualify For” on Orangelink

Macy’sBloomingdalesHartford Financial ServicesErnst & YoungFactSet ConsultingGrant ThorntonJP MorganJohnson & JohnsonGEMorgan Stanley

Fall Career and Graduate School FairTuesday, September 29, 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm- Carrier Dome

7 Tips for Writing an Email1. Use a professional looking address2. Use the subject line to state the purpose of the

message concisely3. Use a formal salutation unless you’re on a first name

basis with the recipient4. Use short paragraphs separated by line spaces5. Conclude with a summary and, if you have any

requests, a courteous and concise explanation of actions you’d like the recipient to perform

6. Use a signature with your contact and company info7. Use spell check and read the message aloud to

proofread 8. See other suggestions from Hit the Job Running

Web Survey AccessIf you need access to the PAF Survey Monkey account- email your Supervisor and they will send you the information.

Send your supervisor the email link to your Survey Monkey for them to proof it before it goes live

MaxPal Problems

Help desk open M-F, 1-3pm

Logistics

If surveys are being mailed to the office please make sure it is clearly marked as your project.Example: Public Affairs Program – PAF 315

Attn: EFR Research Consultant 102 Maxwell Hall Syracuse, NY 13244

Confidentiality of the Project

The only person who can receive your report or your data is your client.

Unless your client gives you permission to send it to someone else.

Survey DesignAny questions from last week’s discussion with Carol and Coplin?Remember Carol Dwyer is available to review surveys and assist in designing them.It is required that if you meet with Carol, you send a thank-you email to Carol and copy your Supervisor. Thank you notes are very important in the real world!!! cdwyer@maxwell.syr.edu

Agenda/Work LogsIf you haven’t already, make sure you see or your TA if your contract or agenda/work log said “See Me” or “See Maggie/Melanie/Julian”.

Be responsible & pick up your papers. We’ve made a list of people who did not.

Professionalism Criteria

Taking Responsibility including time management Oral and Written CommunicationWorking with people Asking and Answering the Right Questions Solving Problems

Professionalism GradingYour supervisor sent you an email yesterday and will send you one every Tuesday evening that looks like:

Taking Responsibility including time management (+) met with Carol early to finalize survey Oral and Written Communication (-) sent bad emailWorking with people (0)Asking and Answering the Right Questions (0)Solving Problems (0)

At the end of the semester, all “+” and “-” will be added up. For example:A student with 6 pluses and 5 minuses will receive one extra credit

point on the top of their overall 315 grade

You can gain up to 5 points or lose up to 10 points on your overall 315 grade.

Judging Data

Validity—does the data measure the concept or accuracy or truth

Reliability—will the measure be the same across all researchers

Representativeness---how generalizable is the data from the sample to the target population

Accuracy Versus Representativeness

Two BIG Questions to ask about data and findings

Representativeness Accurate

GET THIS STRAIGHT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

Accuracy vs. Representativeness

Example: I am conducting a survey of drinking habits of PAF 315 students. I send out a survey to all students in PAF 315. •Is the sample representative? Maybe•Is the data accurate? Don’t Know

Accuracy a.k.a truth Data messed up by: In Surveys:

• Respondents lying• Respondents not understanding questions• Mistakes in recording and transferring data

In Records:• Mistakes in recording • Incomplete or messy records• Lying record keepers

Representativeness

Can data be generalized to the target population? Threats

Small sampleSelection biasNon-random

Accuracy vs. Representativeness Workshop

Hold up “A” when you see a slide that describes accuracy.

Hold up “R” when you see a slide that describes representativeness.

Comparisons based on gender were not possible due to a lack of information about the target population.

Accuracy or Representativeness?

Accuracy or Representativeness?

Respondents may have been compelled to provide positive responses because of fear that the agency would be displeased with negative feedback.

Accuracy or Representativeness?

Since people’s standards and opinions are likely to fluctuate as they age, this difference may have impacted the results.

Accuracy or Representativeness?

Since the survey’s intent was to rate satisfaction levels for the various services ENABLE offered, the people who are more likely to respond are those who have extreme opinions on the services.

Certain questions did not have consistent scales. One such example is question six in which “timely manner” was not explained in concrete terms and therefore may have been interpreted differently by different respondents.

Accuracy or Representativeness?

Research MethodsSkim Chapters 1-10 in Coplin/Dwyer

Bring the book and review the paper directions.

Dale Carnegie Next week, 9/23

PhillipZhangyeJessicaCaroleeKareeseLily

Hypothetical Executive Summary

Packet you have contains:A sample Executive SummaryA formatting guideA writing guideline

Use these handouts when creating your Hypothetical Executive Summary. You will bring 3 hard copies and one electronic copy next week.

Hypothetical Executive Summary

Estimate (make up) data for methods section and findings.We’ll review them in class. Then you’ll fix them and turn them in, so bring an electronic copy (email or thumb drive). That way you won’t have to start from scratch.

*Due Next Week*

Supervisor Meeting

EXCEL TRAINING

Due Next Week

LinkedIn ProfileYou must create a LinkedIn profile (linkedin.com)You must “connect” Melanie (Konstant), Maggie (Tarasovitch) and Julian (Klein) or you will lose points

Research Methods Paper Template

Found on the 315 website under “Assignments”How to use the template:

Insert your double-spaced answers below each of the corresponding questionsRemember to put your name on the grade sheet(Just like a 101 module)

RemindersNext Class, 9/23:

Agenda/Work Log (just like every week)LinkedIn Profile3 Copies of Hypothetical Executive Summary Read Chapters 1-10 of the Coplin/Dwyer Book Bring an electronic copy of hypothetical executive summary on thumb drive or in email.

In 2 weeks, 9/30:Research Methods Paper due