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Direct linkBarreto, Matt; Collingwood, Loren; Garcia-Rios, Sergio; Oskooii, Kassra A. R. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
Scholars and legal practitioners of voting rights are concerned with estimating individual-level voting behavior from aggregate-level data. The most commonly used technique, King's ecological inference (EI), has been questioned for inflexibility in multiethnic settings or with multiple candidates. One method for estimating vote support for…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Voting, Statistical Analysis
Stevens, Alexis; Stevens, John – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
How is the president of the United States elected? Why is this the method used? Is this the best and most efficient way of electing the president of the United States? Questions such as these are well suited for a mathematics discussion that promotes numeracy, because, "notwithstanding the immense value of numeracy for education and vocation,…
Descriptors: Elections, Political Campaigns, Presidents, Numeracy
Keller, Josh – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
In nearly two decades as a community-college leader, Martha J. Kanter has earned acclaim for a strong record helping disabled and low-income students graduate from college and for her bold efforts to overhaul curricula to help more students master basic skills. Kanter has made such a mark as chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Profiles, Change Agents, Educational Administration
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Shrestha, Jui – Public Policy Institute of California, 2014
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Survey provides policymakers, the media, and the public with objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. This is the 141st PPIC Statewide Survey in a series that was inaugurated in April 1998 and has generated a…
Descriptors: State Surveys, Public Opinion, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textShenk, Emily, Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ3), 2008
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families and protecting every child from harm. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, "Children's…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Child Welfare, Immigrants, Futures (of Society)
Porter, Laurinda W. – 1991
In 1988, Jesse Jackson was the second most successful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, finishing behind Michael Dukakis. While Jackson displayed extraordinary rhetorical talent and articulated a view of America unlike that of other candidates, little scholarly attention has been paid to his rhetoric. Examination of four of…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Discourse Analysis, Elections, Persuasive Discourse
Hellweg, Susan A.; And Others – 1986
A study examined the evaluative structures employed by voters in making decisions about political contenders, specifically as a function of the level of the election involved and the incumbent-challenger status of the candidates. Data were obtained by questionnaires administered within two weeks prior to the 1984 general election to 550…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Elections, Factor Analysis, Political Candidates
Cabrera, Ed – 1999
In this lesson plan, students are assigned a member of the California Assembly to research and a political faction to represent. Students examine representative bills voted on by the California Assembly to determine if their member's voting record coincides with the views of their political faction. Ultimately, students must decide whether, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 12, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach
