Comparing Politics in the U.S. with Politics in Other Democracies Research Paper

Each student must write a paper of 5 to 7 double-spaced pages (no less than 5, no more than 7). For most of you, it will be unlike any paper you have ever written, involving computer analysis of public opinion data from all four nations treated in the Dalton book. See pages 289-307 for the available data. Ample instruction in how to conduct the data analysis and how to write the paper will be given in class, on our web site, and in your discussion sections. The paper is due at your last discussion section, either May 24 or 25.

Instructions for logging onto hardin or seldon for the first time Logging in a second time to try the doit procedure A list of variables in the data file Explanation of the CROSSTABS procedure in SPSS Possible topics for the research paper Guidelines for writing the research paper Basic UNIX commands that may be useful How to compute your OWN variables How your papers will be graded.