Skill
Using software to access and analyze census data
Identifying independent and dependent variables
Employing control variables
Forming testable hypotheses using quantitative data
Learning how to construct, read, and interpret bivariate tables displaying frequencies and percentages
Creating visual tools representing quantitative data in the form of charts or graphs
Identifying population trends over time
Translating data findings to inform decision making
Substance
To assess:
Marital trends over time
Martial Choices using variables of age, race and education
This activity is used in a sociology class for undergraduate students. This activity explores topics of race/ethnicity, gender and income to look at marital and divorce patterns in the United States.
This activity provides a look at marriage and divorce among different race/ethnicity, ages, education and income levels over time.
This activity uses ten customized data sets; two made from census trend data combining census information from 1950-2000 and seven from the 2000 Census. It guides students through data manipulation using WebCHIP software found at DataCounts! To open WebCHIP with the dataset for the activity, please see instructions and links in the exercise documents under teaching materials. For more information on how to use WebCHIP, see the How To section on DataCounts!