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Article 1: McBrier, D., & Wilson, G. (August 2004). Going down?: Race and downward occupational mobility for white-collar workers in the 1990s. Work and Occupations, 31(3), 283-322.

1. Review Table 3, p. 301. What conclusions can you draw about downward mobility of African Americans and white workers in 1990? (Use percentages.)

Article 2: Phillips, T., & Smith, P. (December 2004). Emotional and behavioural responses to everyday incivility: Challenging the fear/avoidance paradigm. Journal of Sociology, 40(4), 378-399.

1. How do people feel and how do they react when confronted with an uncivil action by a stranger in a common place situation? Discuss this question based on the evidence presented in Phillips and Smith in Tables 2 through 4. Use percentage comparison in your discussion.

Article 3: Hill, T. D., Kaplan, L. M., French, M. T., Johnson, R. J.  (2010). Victimization in early life and mental health in adulthood: An examination of the mediating and moderating influences of psychological resources. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(1), 48-63.

1. How did the authors of the following article test for multi-collinearity?
2. What intervening variables did they use to test for interaction effects?
3. This article is unique in that it contains an end section on how the findings can be specifically applied to public policy.  What is the importance of having this section in this particular article?  How can it be used to inform public policy?

Article 4: Frisco, M. L., Houle, J. N., and Martin, M. A.  (2010). The Image in the Mirror and the Number on the Scale: Weight Perceptions, and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51(2), 215-228.  

1. Review the assumptions made for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
2. Review the null hypothesis for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
3. How are final statistics (t-obtained, chi-square obtained or F obtained) reported in the article?
4. Based on the table or summary of final statistics, what conclusions do the authors make? Do they find support for their original hypothesis?

Article 5: Levesque, L. M., Caron, S. L. (September 2004). Dating preferences of women born between 1945 and 1960. Journal of Family Issues, 25(6), 833-846.

1. Review the assumptions made for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
2. Review the null hypothesis for each inferential test (based on the information in this chapter).
3. How are final statistics (t-obtained, chi-square obtained or F obtained) reported in the article?
4. Based on the table or summary of final statistics, what conclusions do the authors make? Do they find support for their original hypothesis?

Article 6: Leite, R. W. and McKenry, P. C.  (2002). Aspects of father status and postdivorce involvement with children. Journal of Family Issues, 23(5), 601-623.

1. Identify the basic research question as stated by the authors.
2. Identify a dependent variable and independent variable in each article.
3. Identify the level of measurement of each.
4. Find an example of a descriptive and an inferential statistic in each article.
5. This article has PRE measures that you may not be familiar with.  Nevertheless they are used in conjunction with chi-square and are interpreted the same way as other PRE measures.  What similarities do you find in the way they are interpreted compared to how PRE measures are interpreted in the text?