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Exercise 2.1: Locating Quantitative Data Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) You must use the LexisNexis Statistical Datasets to find a trend line graph and accompanying data table with at least three pieces of data, relevant to your societal category. The data must represent information within the last five years. Use the database’s ‘print’ feature to print out that graph and data table. Attach the print out directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. (6 points) The site could not be accessed online. The site could not be accessed online.
 * ** Write one sentence describing one data point from your trend line graph and include an internal citation here: **
 * ** Identify the Source Organization for this data and indicate that here: **

Exercise 2.2: Finding Periodical Articles Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 8 points) Using the ProQuest Research Library database, locate a news or magazine article relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. Do not use an article from an academic journal. Attach a photocopy or printout of the first page of the article directly behind this exercise. Make sure the article was published within the last six months.  "Stem cell research has been hailed for the potential to revolutionize the future of medicine with the ability to regenerate damaged and diseased organs." Kochar, Preeti. (2004, Dec.) // What are stem cells? // Retrieved (Oct. 5, 2010), from @http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/stemcell/overview.php
 * ** Quote one relevant sentence from the article that is related to your societal category here: **

Exercise 2.3: Locating Books Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) Using the library catalog, find a book on your societal category at any geographic level. The publication date of the book must be within the last fifteen years. Books published by the government may not be used for this exercise. Attach a photocopy of the title page directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. “How ought society to treat patients who can be said to be responsible for their own poor medical condition?” Segall, Shlomi. (2009). //  Health, Luck, and Justice. // Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press  Exercise 2.4: Using United States Government Publications Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) Using ** http://catalog.gpo.gov **, locate one United States government publication relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. > announcement or other informal online information summary. These types of publications are often posted on the web in "HTML" format only. The publication provides useful information regarding health because it goes in depth on the reasons behind the nursing shortage discussed which in turn gives more insight on some of the stresses healthcare professionals face. Exercise 2.5: Using Policy Publications Your Total Score:­­­_____ (Maximum 12 points) A. Using CQ Researcher, find a publication that contains information relevant to your societal category at any geographic level. (6 points) Part A Score: ____ “Every year in laboratories in the United States and around the world, tens of millions of animals are used in scientific experiments to test everything from suspected carcinogens to the toxicity of anti-per spirants. Scientists and animal researchers concede that some animals suffer physical or mental pain in the course of this research, but they defend experiments of this kind as essential to human health. Many of the medical breakthroughs of the past century resulted from research using laboratory animals.” Leepson, M., & Leepson, M. (1991, May 24). Animal rights. // CQ Researcher //,  // 1 //  , 301-324. Retrieved October 4, 2010, from CQ Researcher Online, http://library.cqpress.com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/cqresearcher/cqresrre1991052400. B. Using the “Contacts” section of the CQ Researcher article, find one of the organizations from the list (preferably a public policy institute), and retrieve a policy paper, working paper, policy brief, or online report from the past five years on your societal category. The “Contacts” section appears once you have opened an article. It is one of the links in the gray column at the left margin of each CQ Researcher publication. (6 points) Part B Score: _____ “PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry.” About PETA.// PETA.org // Retrieved (Oct. 04, 2010), from **[]**
 * ** Directly quote a full sentence from the book that is related to your societal category here: **
 * The publication should include a clearly identified "title page" and the names of individual or organizational authors, such as those found within formal government agency reports, newsletters, online journals/magazines, etc. These government publications are often posted in "PDF”. Their pages frequently are numbered.
 * The publication you locate should not merely consist of a brief news
 * Do not use U.S. Census information.
 * Attach a photocopy or printout of the cover or title page of the document directly behind the page on which this exercise appears.
 * No citation is needed for this exercise.
 * ** In one sentence, explain briefly why this publication will provide you with useful information about your societal category here: **
 * **Using full sentences, quote no more than three sentences from the article that gives you a better understanding of your societal category** **here:**
 * ** Quote one sentence from the publication that gives evidence of a societal problem that exists within your societal category here: **

Exercise 2.6: Using United States Census Data Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 15 points) Use the “American FactFinder” on the 2000 online census report (** http://www.census.gov **) to locate the information for your home census area, a comparable census area, and the United States, and fill  out the chart below with the required information from the 2000 online census report.
 * Fill in the top row of the table with the name of a county and the county that is comparable to the original county. Be sure to indicate the state.
 * The comparable county must be similar to your census area, which is a county, in population size. A comparable population is within 20% of the population size of the original county.
 * If you do not use the 2000 online census report, you will lose all points on this exercise.
 * Do not cite or reference this exercise.
 * || ** Westchester County ** || ** Erie County ** || ** United States ** ||
 * ** Population ** || 955,745  ||  908,726  ||  308,000,000  ||
 * ** Median Age (years) ** || 37.4%  ||  38.2  ||  35.3%  ||
 * ** % White ** || 93.9%  ||  96.4%  ||  75.1%  ||
 * ** % Male ** || 49.9%  ||  49.0%  ||  49.1%  ||
 * ** Per Capita Income ($) ** || 30,127  ||  18,197  ||  21,587  ||
 * ** % Individuals Below Poverty Level ** || 4.4%  ||  13.2%  ||  12.4%  ||
 * ** % Vacant Housing Units ** || 36.6%  ||  15.3%  ||  9.0%  ||
 * ** % High School Graduate or Higher ** || 90.2%  ||  82.8%  ||  80.4%  ||

Exercise 2.7: Narrowing your societal category Your Total Score: _____ (Maximum: 5 points) Based on the research you have done in this chapter, narrow your societal category to a specific societal problem within it. Be sure to state it as a problem. Pertussis (whooping cough) Epidemic; California Gever, John. // California pertussis epidemic may be caused by vaccine refusal. // Retrieved (Oct. 09, 2010), from ([]
 * ** Write your specific societal problem, indicating a specific geographic location suffering from the problem here: **

Exercise 3.1: Researching Your Players Your Total Score: _____ (Maximum: 30 points) List three individuals, either a player or a staff person of the player, who deal with your narrowed societal problem, keeping in mind the geographic location you specified. Be sure to follow the prompts listed below. ** 1.) Write the name and position of an elected government official who serves at the local, state or national level here. State the geographic location that they represent.: **   Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger represents the state of California.      Governor Schwarzenegger can be contacted via [] .      Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed into Californian law AB 1844, also known as Chelsea’s Law. The law aims to better protect California children from violent sexual predators. Specifically, Chelsea’s Law will enact a one-strike, life without parole sentencing option for the most dangerous sexual offenders; increase sentences for forcible sex crimes; increase parole terms for those who target children under the age of 14, including lifetime parole; restrict sex offenders from entering parks; require sex offenders’ risk assessment scores be made public through the Megan’s Law website; revise California’s mentally disordered offender laws to provide for continued detention of offenders where evaluation and assessment deem necessary and require the state to implement a first-in-the-nation containment model and dynamic risk assessment structure. Since the governor has shown his attention to children, he will most likely provide me with useful information on the Pertussis epidemic because already 9 infants, if not more by now, have lost their lives due to it. (2010, Sept. 10).// Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Chelsea’s Law. // Retrieved (Oct. 11, 2010), from [] Lin II, Rong-Gong. (2010, Sept. 14). //  [|Ninth infant confirmed dead from whooping cough in state epidemic]. // Retrieved (Oct. 11, 2010), from [] - When did the epidemic first come to your attention? ** - ** Why has your state specifically been affected by the Pertussis epidemic? ** - ** Can you provide me with information regarding California’s precautionary measures? ** 2.) Write the name and position of a non-elected player from a governmental department here. Specify where they work by providing their geographic location. **   Dr. Larry L. Dickey, Chief of the  Office of Clinical Preventive Medicine (OCPM). OCPM headquarters is located in  Sacramento, CA.       //  Office of Clinical Preventive Medicine: Staff and Contact Information.  // Retrieved (Oct. 18, 2010), from []        (916) 440-7616       OCPM@dhcs.ca.gov     In collaboration with the Information Technology Services Division (ITSD),  OCPM created and maintains an Internet website, the Health Publications Finder, (http://www.healthpublicationsfinder.dhs.ca.gov) to enable the public to obtain descriptive and ordering information, as well as on-line copies, of CDPH and Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) publications and other materials. DHCS publications are paticulary useful because many of them go in depth on the topic of the Pertussis epidemic and since OCPM maintains online copies of these publications, its chief, Dr. Larry L. Dickey, will be able to provide large amounts of information upon request.       //  Office of Clinical Preventative Medicine’s History. // Retrieved (Oct. 18, 2010), from [] ** - ** Where did the Pertussis outbreak first originate? ** - ** What specific knowledge can you, or your organization provide on the Pertussis sickness itself? ** - ** What specific measures will you be taking to combat the growing epidemic? ** 3.) Write the name, their position, and the non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group they work for here. The non-profit organization or public interest/lobby group may be local, state or national. **  Gail McGovern, President and CEO of the American Red Cross.     (202) 303 – 5214 - Staff / dept directory     [] - contact via email off of Red Cross website      In January of this year, Gail McGovern personally visited the country of Haiti. The country was in devestation after a recent earthquake and because of its poor economic status, the people of the country were left disorganized and in despair. The Red Cross was the forefront organization in helping restore vitality to the locals by addressing their concerns, physically and mentally. Gail McGovern’s appearance at such a critical time displays her concern on the welfare of others, even outside the national level. Vaccinations in Haiti are of a big concern to Red Cross and have been administered to over 100,00 people of the country. Many of the vaccinations happen to be for Pertussis, and due to the rising epidemic in California, the Red Cross is sure to be administering these same vaccinations. McGovern will thus be able to provide a moderate amount of information on the subject if requested. Harman, Wendy. (2010, January 22). // American Red Cross President Gail McGovern from Haiti. // Retrieved (Oct. 21, 2010), from [] Jiménez, Marco. (2010, March 4). // Red Cross Helps Provide 100,00th Vaccination in Haiti Since the Earthquake. // Retrieved (Oct.21, 2010), from [] ** - ** Has the Red Cross become directly involved with the Pertussis outbreak in Califronia? ** - ** If your organization is in fact involved with the Pertussis epidemic, how so? - Do you have any knowledgeable information on the subject, such as a history behind its appearnce in the nation?
 * ** Write the player’s phone number and email address here (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site. This applies to all of 3.1): **
 * ** Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously: **
 * ** Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: **
 * ** Write the player’s phone number and email address here: **
 * ** Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on previously: **
 * ** Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: **
 * ** Write the player’s phone number and email address here: **
 * ** Write why he/she will provide you with useful information by describing one policy he/she had worked on or one service the organization has provided previously: **
 * ** Write three questions related to your specific societal problem that you could ask the player here: **

Exercise 4.1: Gathering Information for and Determining the Purpose of a Survey Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 16 points) A. Select a player to be your “client,” and contact them or a member of their staff. This does not have to be a player from Exercise 3.1. Use the information you get from communicating with this person to answer the following bullets (10 points). After you receive a reply, send your contact a thank you e-mail with a carbon copy (CC) to your TA in the e-mail. Part A score: ____  · ** Name the individual you contacted, his/her organization, his/her title, and the geographic location where work:  ** Bob Langert, VP of Corporate Responsibility for the McDonald’s Corporation located in Oak Brook, Illinois.  · ** Write the individual’s phone number and email address here. (If instead of an email address you find a site that allows you to send a message to the individual, indicate this and provide a link to the site). **   Email address: bob.langert@us.mcd.com  · ** Briefly describe the purpose of the survey you will be designing here, including a quote from the player that justifies why this survey will be useful: ** The purpose of the survey would be to conduct a survey on McDonald’s influence on obesity in the United States. Mr. Langert will provide useful information regarding any questions because he is very knowledgeable on his company’s policies and effects. "I am… proud of knowing one of the most influential change agents of this generation." // CSR Video Updates: Interview with Bob Langert, VP of Corporate Responsibility, McDonald’s Corporation. // Retrieved (Oct. 25, 2010.), from []  · ** Write a piece of factual information that could be gathered through your survey here: ** How many Big Mac Burgers do you eat in a week? None 1     2      3      4      5 or more  · ** Write a piece of attitudinal information that could be gathered through your survey here: ** Do you believe McDonald’s food is bad for a person’s health? Yes No   · ** Describe a type of policy the player might develop from the information gathered in your survey here:  ** Mr. Langert might find lower cholesterol alternatives to his food products. B. Quote the definition of the term "target population" from the // Maxwell Manual //. (2 points) Part B score:_____  · ** Place definition here:  ** “The target population is the entire group of individuals about whom you want to gather information.” (Coplin 2007: pg. 40) C. Identify the target population you will sample for your survey. You cannot use any single K-12 school or a university as your target population. (4 points) Part C score:_____ Customers for the Route 202 McDonald’s.
 * ** Write a specific description of your target population including its geographic location and approximate size: **

Exercise 4.2: Choosing a Sample and Method of Contact Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 8 points) A. Indicate and discuss which of the three methods of contact from the // Maxwell Manual // you will use to contact your sample. (4 points) Part A score:_____ Telephone You get a chance to stimulate the person’s interest. You have more supportive responses by the interviewer, producing better answers. There is also a chance to do follow-up questions, clear up ambiguous answers, and answer questions in the mind of the respondent. The benefits outweigh the cost of such an endeavor because results are accurate to any survey done. B. Identify one variable you will use to assess the degree to which your sample accurately reflects your target population. (4 points) Part B score:_____ Pick the last digit of the phone number. The last digit of the phone number could be held up against Benford’s Law and see how random it truly is.
 * ** State the method here: **
 * ** Justify why you have chosen to use this method here using information from the // Maxwell Manual //: **
 * ** Identify the variable here: **
 * ** Explain why the variable you have chosen matters, and why it is important that the distribution of the variable should be similar to the target population: **

Exercise 4.3: Determining Sample Size Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 15 points) A. Clearly and concisely describe the exact procedures you will use to select the sample and contact the respondents. Be detailed and list each step needed to select the sample. Be realistic. (5 points) Part A score:_____ B. Complete the following steps to determine your sample size and confidence interval. (4 points) Part B score:_____  · ** Restate your target population and its size here: ** People who sit in and eat at McDonald’s on route 202 in a given day.  · ** Indicate the size of the sample you plan to analyze here: ** 200 individuals  · ** Indicate the approximate percentage this represents of the target population ** ** here: ** 13.3%  <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 39pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list 39.0pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · ** Indicate the 95% confidence interval of responses from a sample of this size here:  ** ±7%    C. Complete the following steps to determine your response rate and required number of contacts. (6 points) Part C score:_____ 90%     Almost all customers will answer the quick “yes or no” question and the balloons make the table appeal somewhat more to people; however, some individuals will not answer because they may be in a rush or could care less about a survey. Approximately 222 individuals. Required contacts selected from the sampling frame = (200/.90) Required contacts selected from the sampling frame = 222.2
 * ** List the steps you will follow here:  **
 * 1)   Hire a person (via ad in the paper) to spend the entire day/night shift of the Route 202 McDonald’s conducting the survey.
 * 2)   Purchase balloons.
 * 3)   The person and I will set up tables at each of the two McDonald’s entrances.
 * 4)   Each table will have some balloons attached to it.
 * 5)   Starting at the opening time until closing time, we will conduct a survey to each customer that enters and ask whether or not they will be sitting in with their meal.
 * ** Estimate the __exact__ response rate you expect for your survey here: **
 * ** Justify the rate you chose here: **
 * ** Write how many people you will have to contact in order to obtain your desired number of responses here: **
 * ** Using the formula from the text, show the calculations that you used to find how many people you will have to contact here: **

Exercise 4.4: Creating the Questions Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) Provide examples of two closed-choice questions for your survey. Base one question on the factual information your player identified in 4.1, and base the other on the attitudinal information your player identified in 4.1. All response categories must be shown. How often do you smoke a day? Never Very rarely Sometimes Often All the time Should prostitution be legal? Yes No
 * ** Write the question that will gather factual information here: **
 * ** Write the question that will gather attitudinal information here: **

Exercise 4.5: Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 6 points) Using the ProQuest database or LexisNexis Academic database, locate a newspaper article from the last six months that presents or discusses a survey that has already been conducted on ANY subject, not necessarily the one studied in this module. The article may not be international. Attach a copy of the entire article directly behind the page on which this exercise appears. “ Critical parts of the coalition that delivered President Obama to the White  House in 2008 and gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 are switching their allegiance to the Republicans in the final phase of the midterm Congressional elections, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.” Research by Rutenburg and Thee-Brenan. (2010, Oct. 27). // Obama Coalition is Fraying, Poll Finds //. Retrieved (Nov. 1, 2010), from [|http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/us/politics/28poll.html?_r=1&ref=newyorkti mes-poll-watch] The author evaluated the survey moderately well, stating that the survey was conducted for the purpose of determining a pre-Election day glimpse of the nation and carried out by both CBS and the New York Times. The target population is registered voters of the country. A total of 1,173 respondents were contacted via telephone. The survey was completed Tuesday through Thursday nationally during the week of October 25th in 2010. = <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">//Obama Coalition Is Fraying, Poll Finds// =
 * ** Quote at least one sentence from the article here: **
 * ** Using the questions under “Examining News Media Treatment of Surveys” on page 54 of the // Maxwell Manual //, evaluate how thoroughly the author reported the procedures followed for the survey here by using at least three questions in your response. **

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<span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; font-weight: normal;">By [|JIM RUTENBERG] and [|MEGAN THEE-BRENAN] <span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt;"> ====== <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Critical parts of the coalition that delivered [|President Obama] to the White House in 2008 and gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 are switching their allegiance to the Republicans in the final phase of the midterm Congressional elections, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Republicans have wiped out the advantage held by Democrats in recent election cycles among women, Roman Catholics, less affluent Americans and independents. All of those groups broke for Mr. Obama in 2008 and for Congressional Democrats when they grabbed both chambers from the Republicans four years ago, according to exit polls. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">If women choose Republicans over Democrats in House races on Tuesday, it will be the first time they have done so since exit polls began tracking the breakdown in 1982. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The poll provides a pre-Election Day glimpse of a nation so politically disquieted and disappointed in its current trajectory that 57 percent of the registered voters surveyed said they were more willing to take a chance this year on a candidate with little previous political experience. More than a quarter of them said they were even willing to back a candidate who holds some views that “seem extreme.” <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">On the issue most driving the campaign, the economy, Republicans have erased the traditional advantage held by Democrats as the party seen as better able to create jobs; the parties are now even on that measure. By a wide margin, Republicans continue to be seen as the party better able to reduce the [|federal budget] deficit. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The public wants compromise from both sides, though it thinks Mr. Obama will try to do so more than Republicans will. Yet for all of its general unhappiness, the electorate does not seem to be offering any clear guidance for Mr. Obama and the incoming Congress — whoever controls it — on the big issues. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">While almost 9 in 10 respondents said they considered government spending to be an important issue, and more than half said they favored smaller government offering fewer services, there was no consensus on what programs should be cut. There was clear opposition to addressing one of the government’s biggest long-term challenges — the growing costs of paying [|Social Security] benefits — by raising the retirement age or reducing benefits for future retirees. Support for one of Mr. Obama’s main economic proposals — raising taxes on income above $250,000 a year — has declined substantially over the course of this year. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Though Republicans have managed to keep Democrats on the defensive over the health care plan they enacted this year, the poll also shows Americans remain divided over Republican promises to repeal it. Forty-five percent said the law should stand, and 41 percent said it should go. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The poll does not measure the strength of individual candidates in specific districts, where indeterminate factors like voter turnout and even weather can affect results. And the poll, taken nationally Thursday through Tuesday with interviews of 1,173 adults, did not ask about [|United States Senate] contests, as 14 states do not have Senate races this year. (The poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">But it does offer a clear indication of party strength at the end of what has been a particularly intense and hard-fought midterm campaign with more bad news than good for Mr. Obama and his party. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Over all, 46 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Republicans and 40 percent said they would support Democrats. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">A higher percentage of Americans continues to have a more favorable opinion of the [|Democratic Party] than of the [|Republican Party], with 46 percent favoring Democrats and 41 favoring Republicans. But the Republicans’ favorability rating in the New York Times/CBS poll is at its highest level since September 2006. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Disapproval of Congress, however, remains near its highest level in the history of the Times/CBS poll: 76 percent of respondents disapproved, 14 percent approved, and 10 percent expressed no opinion. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Mr. Obama’s approval rating remains below 50 percent. It is 43 percent among registered voters, which is about where President [|Bill Clinton]’s approval rating was in the 1994 midterm elections when Republicans swept control of the House and the Senate. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Yet nearly 60 percent of Americans were optimistic about Mr. Obama’s next two years in office and nearly 70 percent said the economic slump is temporary. Half said the economy was where they expected it would be at this point, and less than 10 percent blamed the current administration for the state of the economy, leaving the onus on former President [|George W. Bush] and Wall Street. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Still, Mr. Obama and the Democrats in Congress have their work cut out for them if they intend to rebuild the voting coalition that gave them their current positions at the levers of power, whatever the outcome on Election Day. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">In the case of women — a traditionally Democratic-leaning group that the White House has been courting actively in recent weeks — the shift toward the Republicans was marked in the latest poll, especially when compared with their stated preferences in the last Times/CBS poll, in mid-September. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">In the earlier poll, women favored Democrats over Republicans by seven percentage points. In the latest poll, women said they were likely to support a Republican over a Democrat by four percentage points, suggesting Republican gains among women who were undecided as of last month. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">But the shift extended geographically, as well. Among poll respondents from the Western United States, more said they expected to vote for Republicans this year than said they expected to vote for Democrats; majorities of voters from that region voted for Mr. Obama in 2008 and for Congressional Democrats in 2006, according to the exit polls taken in those elections. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The Democratic House speaker, Representative [|Nancy Pelosi], clearly emerged as a political liability for her party in the latest Times/CBS poll. Over all, 43 percent of respondents had an unfavorable opinion of Ms. Pelosi; 15 percent had a favorable opinion, and 40 percent said they had no opinion. The minority leader in the House who would probably become the speaker if Republicans win the majority, Representative [|John A. Boehner] of Ohio, remains largely unknown. Three quarters of respondents said they had no opinion of him. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">In a follow-up interview, one poll respondent, Judy Berg, an independent from Morton Grove, Ill., said she voted for Mr. Obama in 2008 because she was “looking for a change,” adding, “the change that ensued was not the change I was looking for but something totally out of left field.” <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">This year, Ms. Berg, a registered nurse, expressed a preference for Republicans because “I’m pro-life and I’m also looking at the [|immigration] issues and the tax issues.” She added, “I like the Republican agenda on these issues better than the Democratic agenda.” <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Like several other national polls, the latest Times/CBS poll shows a considerable “enthusiasm gap” between Republicans and Democrats. Six in 10 Republicans said they were more enthusiastic about voting this year than usual. Four in 10 Democrats said the same. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">The poll includes indications that Republicans will have their own challenges should they gain control of one or both chambers of Congress with a new crop of lawmakers who identify with the [|Tea Party]. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">About 6 in 10 Republicans who are likely to vote think the views of most Republicans are consistent with those of the Tea Party movement, which, though diffuse, has had success this year in arguing that Republicans have been too eager to choose compromise over principle. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Yet 78 percent of respondents said they believed Republicans in Congress should compromise some of their positions to get things done and 15 percent said they should stick to their positions even if it means getting less done. Similar percentages said they wanted Democrats to choose compromise over principle. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Marjorie Connelly, Dalia Sussman and Marina Stefan contributed reporting. //

Exercise 4.6: References Your Total Score:_____ (Maximum: 16 points) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt 0.5in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo21; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · ** Start References on the next line or on the next page:  ** References ---. (2010, Sept. 10).// Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Chelsea’s Law. // Retrieved (Oct. 11, 2010), from [] About PETA.// PETA.org // Retrieved (Oct. 04, 2010), from [] // CSR Video Updates: Interview with Bob Langert, VP of Corporate Responsibility, McDonald’s Corporation. // Retrieved (Oct. 25, 2010.), from [|http://www.justmeans.com/videos/CSR-Video-Updates--Interview-with-Bob- Langert--VP-of-Corporate-Responsibility--McDonald-s-Corporation/1113.html] Gever, John. // California pertussis epidemic may be caused by vaccine refusal. // Retrieved (Oct. 14, 2010), from ([|http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2010/06/california- pertussis-epidemic-caused-vaccine-refusal.html]   Harman, Wendy. (2010, January 22). // American Red Cross President Gail McGovern from Haiti. // Retrieved (Oct. 21, 2010), from [|http://redcrosschat.org/2010/01/22/american-red-cross-president-gail-mcgovern- from-haiti/]   Jiménez, Marco. (2010, March 4). // Red Cross Helps Provide 100,00th Vaccination in Haiti Since the Earthquake. // Retrieved (Oct.21, 2010), from [|http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e431 81aa0/?vgnextoid=c016b3da76527210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD]   <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Lin II, Rong-Gong. (2010, Sept. 14). //  [|Ninth infant confirmed dead from whooping cough in state epidemic]. //Retrieved (Oct. 11, 2010), from [|http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/09/ninth-infant-confirmed-dead- from-whooping-cough-in-state-epidemic.html] // Office of Clinical Preventative Medicine’s History. // Retrieved (Oct. 18, 2010), from [] // Office of Clinical Preventive Medicine: Staff and Contact Information. // Retrieved (Oct. 18, 2010), from [] Research by Rutenburg and Thee-Brenan. (2010, Oct. 27). // Obama Coalition is Fraying, Poll Finds //. Retrieved (Nov. 1, 2010), from [|http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/us/politics/28poll.html?_r=1&ref=newyorkti mes-poll-watch]
 * Prepare a list of references that includes all sources for this module.
 * Follow the APA format.
 * Include all sources used in the exercises.