Skill
Using software to access and analyze census data
Identifying independent and dependent variables
Learning how to construct, read, and interpret bivariate tables displaying frequencies and percentages
Identifying population trends over time
Creating visual tools representing quantitative data in the form of charts or graphs
Employing control variables
Translating data findings to inform decision making
Substance
To use different datasets to look at:
Education and Race/Ethnicity
Occupation and Race/Ethnicity
Earning Inequalities
This activity is used in a sociology class for undergraduate students. This activity explores topics of race/ethnicity, gender and income to look at patterns of inequality among education, occupation and earning between different groups.
This activity provides a look at race and ethnicity inequality in the United States over time.
This activity uses four customized data sets; two made from combining census information from 1950-2000 and two from the 2000 Censuss and 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!