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What Is This Noise?: A Comparison Of Narrative And Statistical Program Notes' Ability To Affect Enjoyment, Luke Henderson

Theses

Program notes, brief written statements provided to attendees of classical music performances, have in some cases increased audiences’ enjoyment of what they hear, but results from such research are inconsistent. This study sought to explore the effects of program notes on enjoyment, eudaimonic appreciation, and intention to attend a concert, as well as whether narrative or statistical styles of notes would be more effective. Participants in an experiment were randomly assigned to one of three conditions--no program notes, narrative style program notes, and statistical program notes--then asked to listen to a piece of music. Those who received program notes reported …

How Risk-Related Statistics, As Reported In News And Social Media, Are Linked To The Use Of The Public Transit System, Prashiddhi Pokhrel

Thinking Matters Symposium

Due to the pandemic, people have started relying more on televisions, news, social media, and other news outlets for guidance. Moreover, with the increasing amount of news, data, and information there is also an increase in the amount of misleading statistics. People’s opinions and decisions significantly depend on the data, statistics, and information that they are exposed to, as well as their sources. For this project, we want to look at how information and its sources are affecting the decision made by the general public for the usage of the Portland Transit System. It is very important to know why …

Criminal Justice Bias: Fact Or Fiction, Hiba Mobarak

Quest

Objective Analysis

Research in progress for CRIJ 1301: Introduction to Criminal Justice

Faculty Mentor: Stefanie LeMaire

The following paper represents work produced by a student in an Introduction to Criminal Justice course at Collin College. The paper is an objective analysis of prominent research regarding potential police biases and how officers’ decisions may be influenced by a suspect’s race. The topic of racial bias within policing is quite controversial, as evidenced by the community protests, media coverage, and destruction that has ensued after officer-involved shootings. This assignment asks students to objectively review scholarly research on police bias and constructively criticize …

Advanced Statistics In Arkansas Sports Reporting, Andrew Lee Epperson

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study seeks to analyze how Arkansas’ sports journalists are adapting to the recent surge in available advanced statistics that are being used by certain national news organizations. Using in-depth qualitative research that includes in-depth interviews with a number of individuals in the print, broadcast, and athletics side of sports coverage, we discover how journalists and coaches use these next-generation analytics, what they fundamentally mean for the evolution of each respective path, and why so few Arkansas reporters and writers use them at the time of this paper’s defense. We see how budgets and deadlines restrict the use of these …

Adventist Researcher Reports Drop In Black, Hispanic Church Numbers. He Blames National Immigration Debate., Estefania Sanchez-Mayorquin

Blog

No abstract provided.

Automated Outlier Detection In Crime Data Using Programming, Aidan Connolly

Honors Theses

After the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department began publishing their Daily Crime and Fire Log online, journalists and other members of the public have been able to view updates almost instantly. They can see what incidents have been reported so far for that day, and they can view any day back to 2005. Using an advanced search, they can also filter the data by date range, location or crime type. However, there is no way to analyze the data. There’s no way to see how crime reports have evolved over time. Other people have developed programs to look at past …

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2017-2018, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2017-2018 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2017-2018, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2017-2018 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Statistics-Bierce Library Study, Tyler J. Hushour

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This is a report from two surveys that I created and administered to students and faculty at Bierce library who came to the Circulation Desk or the Tech Desk, as well as some of my other findings when periodically looking around the library to see where students like to study or hang-out. There was a written survey given at the Circulation Desk, and a different survey given at the Tech Check-Out Desk. The project is for Melanie Smith-Farrell, the head of Access Services, and is based on a similar study Ian McCullough did in the science library. While this is …

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2016-2017, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2016-2017 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2016-2017, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2016-2017 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Chair Support, Faculty Entrepreneurship, And The Teaching Of Statistical Reasoning To Journalism Undergraduates In The United States, Robert J. Griffin, Sharon Dunwoody

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

Statistical reasoning is not the same as doing calculations. Instead, it involves cognitive skills such as the ability to think critically and systematically with data, skills important for everyday news work and essential for the era of data journalism. Twin surveys of the chairs of undergraduate journalism programs in the United States, conducted 11 years apart, revealed that those who perceived benefits from statistical reasoning instruction were more likely to reward entrepreneurship (faculty attempts to integrate this instruction into their classes), but with slow gains over time in the fairly small number of such faculty. Being consistent with university goals …

Diffractive Possibilities: Cultural Studies And Quantification, Ezekiel J. Dixon-Román

Ezekiel J Dixon-Román

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2015-2016, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2015-2016 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2015-2016, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2015-2016 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2014-2015, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2014-2015 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2014-2015, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2014-2015 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Perceptions Of The Communications Studies Major: Is There A Female Stereotype?, Kyle Petersen, Karina Almaguer

Communication Studies

This paper investigates whether there is or is not a correlation between feminine perceptions of Communications and the relevance of the major. One Hundred Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students were asked to complete a survey that included basic student demographics as well as if they have taken courses within the major or know anyone within it, their perceived relevance of the major, and whether they believed it to be for males or females. The test between the two variables was shown as approaching statistical significance. After analyzing these results, using feminine perceptions as the independent variable and the relevance …

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2013-2014, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2013-2014 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2013-2014, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2013-2014 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Collections & Connections, Jennifer Wilson

Collections & Connections

This is the Fall 2013-Winter 2014 issue of the biannual newsletter of the Western Kentucky University Libraries. It headlines WKU Manuscript/Folklife Archives Coordinator Jonathan Jeffrey's collection of the remembrances of JFK's visit to Bowling Green in 1960 and an excerpt from Ann Denes Wagner's recollection of her father Nick Denes, head coach at Western Kentucky State during the 1960s. Other major events featured in this issue include the Libraries' co-sponsorship of the International Film Series, its participation in the university's homecoming activities, its continued effort in offering the Far Away Places speaker series and the SOKY Reads program, and the …

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2012-2013, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2012-2013 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2012-2013, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2012-2013 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2011-2012, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2011-2012 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2011-2012, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2011-2012 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2010-2011, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2010-2011 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2010-2011, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2010-2011 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2009-2010, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2009-2010 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Wright State University Men's Basketball Media Guide 2009-2010, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2009-2010 Men's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Interactive Australia 2007 : Facts About The Australian Computer And Video Game Industry, Jeffrey Brand

Jeffrey Brand

Interactive Australia 2007 provides data on who is playing games in Australia, what their attitudes and behaviours are like compared with non-gamers, the nature of the games market, the importance of games in the family experience and the role of online access in game purchasing and play. The study is based on a national random sample of 1,606 Australian households who responded to more than 75 questions and over 300 data points in a 15-minute online survey run by ACNielsen Surveys Australia in late September 2006. Two units of analysis are explored in the study: the household and the player …