To complete Module 4 read Chapter 4, answer 5 website questions, and complete the reflection in the discussion forum.

1. http://www.teleport.com/~cdeemer/essay.html
   
   Document: What is Hypertext?
   
   How old is the idea of “hypertext” (not hyperspace)? When did the idea of hypertext catch on? What is the World Wide Web? What persistent question does hypertext “ask” readers? Give an analogy for what hypertext is like.
   
   
2. http://omnibus-eye.rtvf.nwu.edu/telecine/Tele-vol3.html#feature
   
   Document: Turning the Page on Journalism
   
   What skills will future journalists need to possess ? How did the internet affect the way the Oklahoma City bombing was reported?
   
   
3. http://www.applegates.hu/Replika/English96/Cspeli.htm
   
   Document: Acquired Immune Defieciency Syndrome in Social Science in Eastern Europe: The Colonization of Easter Europe Social Science
   
   How did the end of the Cold War affect the research agenda of those who specialized in Eastern European studies? Give an example. Who is setting the research agenda today? Why? How have relationshis between Eastern European and Western researchers been affected by the post-Cold War agenda?
   
   
4. http://www.uniowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.1.3.html
   
   Document: The Coalition Structure of the Four-Person Family
   
   Select “Current Research in Social Psychology.” Then select “Prior Issues” and “Vol.1, No.3.” Notice in thier introduction that Grusky, Bonacich, and Webster refer readers to the work of at least 11 different authors, but especially the work of William Gamson and Theodore Caplow. How have the authors of “The Coalition Structure of the Four-Person Family” built upon and extended the work of Gamson and Caplow?
   
   
5. http://www.myna.com/~davidck/gotlib.htm
   
   Document: Transcripts-David Gotlib
   
   What are the shortcomings of UFO research? What solution does Gotlib offer to correct these shortcomings?
   
   
6. http://suc.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/papers/ralphw.txt
   
   Document: Strategies for Identifying and Interviewing “Deviant” Informants
   
   How did Weisheit find his cases and make contact with marijuana growers and other informants? How many marijuana growers did Weisheit interview? What resistance did Weisheit encouter from some government officials, neighbors, and growers? Does Weisheit’s research yield an accurate picture of rural marijuana growers in the United States?
   
   
7. http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.1.3.html
   
   Document: The Coalition Structure of the Four-Person Family
   
   By what process did the researchers identify 48 four-person families to interview?
   
   
8. http://www.myna.com/~davidck/tanscer.htm
   
   Document: Transcripts Index
   
   Study the interview carefully and try to determine Cherniack’s interview plan or style. Is the interview structured, unstructured, or a combination of the two? Which questions do you think he prepared ahead of time and which were asked spontaneously? Can you tell what strategies he uses to keep the interview on track?
   
   
9. http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/papers/dirty.data
   
   Document: Dirty Information and Clean Conscience: Communication Problems in Studying “Bad Guys”
   
   Thomas and Marquart present three dirty-information scenarios researchers might encounter if they were observing prison life. How would you handle each? Why? Do you agree with Thomas and Marquart’s recommendations?
   
   
10. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/wpaintro/wpahome.html
    
    Document: Life History Manuscripts from the Folklore Project
    
    If you had the opportunity to study a particular group of people from the WPA Writers’ Project, which group might it be? Why?
    
    
11. http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/stat/info/jse/v3n3/datasets.dawson.html
    
    Document: "The Unusual Episode” Data Revisited
    
    In this case the independent variables are “sex,” “age,” and “economic status.” The dependent variable is “fate.” In predicting a passenger’s fate, we might hypothesize that (1) the higher the economic status of the passenger, the greater the chances of escape from death, or (2) regardless of economic status, women and children were more likely to escape death than men (because of the “ladies first”). Can you think of a third hypothesis? (Note: We will revisit the Titanic later in this chapter.)
    
    
12. http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/housing/ahs/tab2-11.html
    
    Document: Why Move?
    
    Respondents are given a checklist of reasons for moving and asked to check the category that best explains the reason for thier move. The categories include (1) private displacement, (2) government displacement, (3) disaster, (4) new job or job transfer, and (5) to be closer to work/school/other. What are the operational definitions for the variables “choice of present neighborhood” and “social mobility” (as measured by quality of home or neighborhood)?
    
    
13. http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/housing/ahs/tab 2-3.html
    
    Document: Big Homes?
    
    What are at least three operational definitions that could be used to observe the variable “home size”?
    
    
14. http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/housing/ahs/tab 2-3.html
    
    Document: Good Buildings
    
    What is an operational definition for the variable “building quality”?
    
    
15. http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/poverty.htm
    
    Document: HHS Poverty Guidelines
    
    What operational definition does the U.S. govenment use to determine if a family lives in poverty?
    
    
16. http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/stat/info/jse/v3n3/datasets.dawson.html
    
    Document: The “Unusual Episode” Data Revisited
    
    How does the Titanic data that Dawson reviewed at the STATS workshop differ from the data presented in the “Board of Trade Inquiry Report”? What factors might account for these differences?
    
    
17. http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/stat/info/jse/v3n3/datasets.dawson.html
    
    Document: The “Unusual Episode” Data Revisted
    
    With regard to the Titanic study, is the class by which passengers travel a valid measure of the person’s actual social status? Explain.
    
    
18. http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/stat/info/jse/v2n2/datasets.rossman.html
    
    Document: Television, Physicians, and Life Expectancy
    
    What data-gathering strategy did Rossman use to find the data for this study? What is the population for this study? What criteria did Rossman use to select a sample from this population? What variables did Rossman consider? What is the dependent variable? Which variable is the best predictor of the dependent variable: “number of people per television set” or “number of people per physician”? Explain. Which one of these variables is clearly a spurious variable? Can you think of some reasons that the second variable might also be spurious?