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 "statistics" ...
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Newscamp: Data science for nerdy journalists
This edition of the "Journal of Statistical Software" looks at the elements that go into using datasets, including data cleaning and maniupulating adata.
Tags: Data journalism; data analysis; programming
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There be dragons; avoid stats pitfalls
Using statistics in your story can be a great way to show the facts. LaFleur gives you tips on how to avoid making errors when trying to explain your findings to your readers and some good examples of using stats in stories.
Tags: statisics; data; methodology
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Investigating Racial Disparities
LaFleur and Poston recap their racial disparity stories with great tips and hints while Sommers highlights some of his finding in his book, "Studying Racial Disparity in a 'Post-Racial' Society"
Tags: racial gap; mapping; statistics
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Statistical terms used in research studies; a primer for journalists
Klein explains some key statistical terms used in academic research to help you get through the jargon. http://journalistsresource.org/reference/research/statistics-for-journalists/
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Investigating Prisons
Chang gives three thorough tips on what to remember when investigating prisons. From humanizing the inmates to remembering to cover the statistics.
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Effective Information Mining on the Web
This tipsheet offers lesser-known tricks to getting the most out of web searches. Go \\\"beyond Google\\\" by using a variety of search engines to look for a subjects, people and public records. Williams also offers suggestions on searching databases for data and statistics.
Tags: Google; database; public records; search engine
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Analyzing PUMS with SPSS
Campbell addresses the complexity of both the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) and the Statistical Package for Socail Sciences (SPSS), but discusses how they belong together "like love and marriage." SPSS was built to deal with massive amounts of information, and PUMS provides just that. Campbell's tipsheet is a step-by-step guide
Tags: PUMS; SPSS; Census; analysis; data; American Community Survey;
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Free software, part deux
Fenton discusses free software available for visualization, Flash development, R for statistics, desktop GIS software, free server software and much more.
Tags: data visualization; server software; GIS; web development; open source; newsapps
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R for statistics: automate your analysis
Fenton discusses the use of programming language "R" to automate your analysis of data. Includes examples and useful links.
Tags: analysis; statistics; data; automation;
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Contacts, Strategies and resources for Border and Immigration Coverage
Olsen provides an extensive lists of resources for covering issues related to immigration - including US Government sites/data, Mexican nonprofit organizations, key journalism sites, think tanks, lawyers, and much more
Tags: immigration; human rights; boarder patrol; boarder states; crime statistics; legal issues; immigrants; immigration studies