Outline 1st Draft Cross-Tab Paper

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same as: Rough Draft

First Draft of Term Paper - Suggested Outline - you do not need to use these specific headings but can modify them for your specific paper, your topics, or your argument

Introduction - Research Problem and Relevant Literature on the Topic

Hypotheses and Variables used to Test Hypotheses

best to use MULTIPLE variables for each of two topics, best available

Reliability and Recoding, if any

Single factor, if any, and reliability

Tests of Hypotheses

Significance

Cramer's V (notlinear, categorical) versus Tau (Ordinal or Linear relation): if they are equal use tau. Assign tau sign as pps/negative correlation

Cramer's V not meaningful if too many cells.

if few cells and Cramer's V much larger in absolute value than tau-B this is evidence for a non-ordinal ("non-linearl") relationship

Percents

Interpret by comparison of row OR column percentages, NOT both OR TOTAL

Cross-Tabulations with correlations and statistical significance (and relevant percentages for key cross-tabulations)

Replication using different measures

IF USEFUL: Replication by Region (V200) of key cross-tabulations

Importance of the Research Findings

Conclusions

Reference(s)