Statistics Boot Camps
Statistics boot camps are taught in the new Walter Cronkite School of Journalism building at Arizona State University’s downtown Phoenix campus, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Doig, Knight Chair in Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University; Jennifer LaFleur, director of Computer-Assisted Reporting for ProPublica; and Holly Hacker, education reporter for The Dallas Morning News and 2007 Philip Meyer award winner.
Mapping Boot Camps are partially supported by the John S. & James. L. Knight Foundation.
NICAR is a joint program of IRE and the Missouri School of Journalism.
Sample schedule
Day 1
9 a.m.
Recent stories using advanced techniques
10 a.m.
From database managers to more powerful software: Simple tasks in SPSS that will save time everyday
11 a.m.
The basics of data analysis: Units of analysis and the data ladder
Noon
Lunch
1 p.m.
Recoding: From values to categories and back
2 p.m.
Working with many categorical variables: Frequencies, crosstabs, layered crosstabs and significance testing on rates
4 p.m.
Overview of sampling
Day 2
9 a.m.
From categorical to continuous variables: Ranges, descriptives and pictures
10 a.m.
Mixing categorical and continuous — ANOVAs
11 a.m.
Working with many continuous variables: Correlations, scatter plots
Noon
Lunch
1 p.m.
The basics of linear regressions
2 p.m.
Diagnosing your regressions: You're not done yet
4 p.m.
Great graphics and what they have in common
Day 3
9 a.m.
Going further with predictive models — The basics of dummy variables and logistic regressions
10:30 a.m.
More data analysis tools for Census and other data: Gini, diversity and segregation measures
Noon
Lunch
1 p.m.
Combining many measures into indexes, from school quality to quality of life
2 p.m.
(Optional) Question-and-answer session
3-4 p.m.
(Optional) Open lab
Register for a statistics boot camp:
There are none scheduled at this time.
Sliding fee scale:
Listed prices are for current IRE members. Nonmembers add
$60; nonmember students add $25.
Newspapers:
Sunday circulation under 50,000
$300
Sunday circulation under 100,000
$500
Sunday circulation 100,000 and over
$750
Television:
50-200 market
$300
25-50 market
$500
Top 25 market
$750
Radio:
$500
Magazine and Newsletters:
$300
Online Media:
for rate
Universities:
$300
Freelance:
$250
Students:
$250
