Arkansas Public Media publishes work by Lemke Department of Journalism students
Today, Arkansas Public Media in Little Rock is publishing two stories with graphics that my data journalism students produced. Along with this, Arkansas Public Media did a radio report on my class, which is included in the main link below.
http://arkansaspublicmedia.org/post/housing-loans-difficult-most-northwest-arkansas-minorities
http://arkansaspublicmedia.org/post/avoid-rejection-ways-consumers-can-score-mortgage-loan
A story on my Fall 2016 class:
Ozarks at Large will air all of this and an interview with Isabel Dobrin, Quincy Ward and Taylor Pray at noon:
http://kuaf.com/programs/ozarks-large#stream/0
Rates and Ratios
Statistical Fine Point: Weighted Average
We can’t accurately average ratios that are based on different denominators, unless we calculated a weighted average.
Instead: Calculate a total rate for the state.
Nicar Exercises: Rates_and_Ratios
Data: CA_discipline
FBI Crime Data for Arkansas
Read: Uniform Crime Reporting, Read General Resources.
Questions
https://ucr.fbi.gov/
Gather Data For All Arkansas Cities, All Crimes
https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Local/OneYearofData.cfm
Quiz: Rates and Ratios
Post Answers in a Blog Post Due 11:59 pm Sunday, Feb 5
Gather the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Data For All Arkansas Cities, All Crimes
https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/Local/OneYearofData.cfm
Fill in the gaps of the population data using the 2014 Census Figures from this table:
Question #1: Using the four corners test, describe
—The number of cities
—How is the crime rate organized?
Question #2: Sorting.
Fayetteville is ranked what statewide for total property crime because of which type of crime?
Question #3: Calculations
Calculate a violent crime rate per 1,000 people and a property crime rate per 1,000 for all Arkansas places
Answer these questions
–The place with the highest violent crime rate in Arkansas in 2014 is xxx with a violent crime rate of xxx per 1,000
–The place with the highest property crime ratein Arkansas in 2014 is xxx with a property crime rate of xxx per 1,000
–Fayetteville’s property crime rate is XXX per 1,000, PLACING It # statewide.
–Fayetteville’s violent crime rate is xxx per 1,000, PLACING It # statewide