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Chican@/Latin@ Politics
“Across
the Wire” Photo by A.
Feldwick-Jones ( http://arlenfeldwickjones.com
)
Professor B. Jones
Department of Political
Science
Office Hours: MW: 10:11:30,
Social Sciences 1265
NOTE: Error on Syllabus…FINAL
EXAM is Dec. 9 at 1:00 PM
Course
Syllabus (w/clickable links to on-line reading)
Lecture Slides (Will be
posted throughout quarter)
Latino
Identity and Identity Politics
Some data from the current election (as of
10/08)
The
Huntington Thesis and Critics
Latino Public Opinion, Participation, and
Voting Rights (big slide set)
The
Border: History, Context, and Politics (long slide set!)
Homework
Assignments/Projects
1. Obama vs. McCain on Immigration (Due
Oct. 13; worth 10 percent of HW grade)
2. Latin@ Demographics (Due Oct. 20; worth
20 percent of HW grade)
3. Latin@ Attitudes: Gay Marriage, Abortion,
Religiosity (Due Nov. 17; worth 30 percent of HW grade)
PowerPoint to be used with HW 3
4. Analysis
of Aggregate Election Data on Prop. 8 and Prop. 4 (Due Nov. 24: worth
20 percent of HW grade)
Excel
Spreadsheet w/county data (already sorted by Prop 8 percent)
5. Analysis of Hispanic and
Black Caucuses in the
Documentary Response Paper
Assignments
Farmingville
Response (Due Oct. 27)
Crossing
Arizona Response (Due Dec. 3)
Exam Study Guides
Information for those
interested in R
R is a freely available
statistical computing environment.
To use R:
1. Download package (choose
Mac, Windows, etc.)
2. The program should be
self-executing.
3. Open R. You’ll see
a blank console.
4. Move cursor to
“file” in toolbar and click.
5. Then click on “New
Script.”
6. A window will open.
7. Type your R code there.
8. To run the code, highlight the text of
the code and right click and
select “run line or
selection.”
9. This will execute the
commands.
10. Output will show up in
console window.
11. I will post my R
script. You can cut and paste that
into the script window and
run it if you want to.
To access R, see the website
below.
Websites we
will use this quarter:
Latin@-Oriented
Websites
Pew Hispanic Trust
National Council of La Raza
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
National Association of
Hispanic Journalists
Immigration Policy Center
LULAC
Statisical
Computing
The R Project (Optional, but you
will be required to use some statistical software)