Video analysis

Video analysis

Watch the videos.  Select the case study that interests you the most and answer the questions provided at the bottom of that video.

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2008 Election Tracking Poll – Surveys
Duration: (01:18)
Cengage Learning:
Cengage URL: http://college.cengage.com/sociology/shared/videos/template146.html
QUESTIONS:
1.    What impact do polls have on elections today?
2.    If you were a pollster and you had to survey 1,500 people in 24-hours, how might you do that in a way that would ensure maximum accuracy in your data?
3.    Can too much polling be bad for democracy?
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Adapting to a Tough Economy – Participant Observation
Duration: (01:18)
Cengage Learning:
Cengage URL: http://college.cengage.com/sociology/shared/videos/template147.html
QUESTIONS:
1.    In the vignette, what important details did you notice about the people and the setting in general that were not addressed by the reporter?
2.    What privileges did the workers highlighted in the video have that made their situations easier? Why didn’t the reporter point these privileges out?
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Census Bureau Counts Homeless – Sampling
Duration: (02:03)
Cengage Learning:
Cengage URL: http://college.cengage.com/sociology/shared/videos/template148.html

QUESTIONS:
1.    Are there ethical issues with giving the homeless incentives for participating in the U.S. Census? Why or why not?
2.    If you were a fieldworker trying to locate homeless persons for a survey, how might you go about finding them?
3.    In the case of counting America’s homeless, how could a sample be more accurate than a census?
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