Precision Journalism: A Reporter's Introduction to Social Science MethodsMeyer (journalism, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) advocates for the use of social science research methods in the reporting of news stories. As an example, he cites how a reporter analyzed storm damage inspections, property tax rolls, Dade County's Building Master File, and the county's Building and Zoning database to show how relative levels of damage from Hurricane Andrew were directly related to weakened building codes. He describes the use of surveys, databases, computer analyses, and other tools of the social sciences in analyzing and presenting information. The previous edition of this work was titled The New Precision Journalism. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
The Journalism We Need | 1 |
Using Numbers Rationally | 19 |
Some Elements of Data Analysis | 37 |
Harnessing the Power of Statistics | 51 |
Computers | 79 |
Surveys | 99 |
Lurking Variables Part I | 131 |
Lurking Variables Part II | 155 |
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Precision Journalism: A Reporter's Introduction to Social Science Methods Philip Meyer Limited preview - 2002 |
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