The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "outliers" ...
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Essential Analysis: Data Integrity Checks
powerpoint presentation that reminds journalists what to check when they get data and shows how to look for dirty data using database managers or SPSS. also mentions extensive data documentation [and clean-up of dirty data] that IRE and NICAR include with the databases available from the Database library.
Tags: data; tables; documentary; file format; record layout; data dictionary; outliers; variations; dirty data; database manager; SPSS;
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CAR from start to finish: The data is in - now what?
Tamman details what a savvy journalist needs to do to become intimately acquainted with the data they are using for a story. He offers ways journalists should look at data beyond the obvious. Also included are tips about packaging, writing and being fair with data.
Tags: CAR; data; database; dataset; interviewing; analysis; outliers; medians; average; rates; statistics; mapping; editing; lottery; education; writing
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Education: Measuring Tests, Examining Equity
This tipsheet offers "a few tips for measuring school tests results and report cards." Roberts finds that it is important to get the data early, question authority, look for outliers in the data and get years of old records. The handout includes useful websites for reporters on the education beat.
Tags: CAR; grades; teachers; students; schools; regressions; poverty