Assignment 1- Shawn Barca

1)a)it came out with 5076 hits for death and penalty and for death penalty with quotes it came out to be 4744 hits.

b) They were in the text of the document. And they were in separate parts of it.

Some documents had it adjacent and very few had it in the title.

c) If you wanted to have exactly death penalty you would need to put it In quotes like “death penalty” because it would be seen as one word in the search.

2) A) D ^ P-death and penalty- 5077 hits

B) DV P- death or penalty- 234,014 hits

C) S- “Death Penalty”-4745 hits

D) S ^ N- “death penalty” and “New York State”-347 hits

E) S ^ ~ N-”death Penalty” and Not “New York State”

F) S V C- “death penalty” or “capital punishment”-6881 hits

G) S ^ C- “Death penalty” and “capital punishment”- 2915 hits

3) To get an exact phrase using boolean operators you would use AND, OR, Not in the phrases. However to get an exact phrase as two topics put together you need to use quotes otherwise it wont read the search as two separate words with AND, OR, and NOT in it.

4) A- D ^ P- baseball and players-26796 hits

D V P- baseball or players- 157144 hits

S-”baseball players”- 18588 hits

S ^ N- “baseball players” and “steroid use”-180 hits

S ^ ~ N- “baseball players” and not “steroid use”-0 hits

S V C- “baseball players” or “drug use”- 45034 hits

S ^ C- “baseball players” and “drug abuse”- 110

Danny Psomas

Danny Psomas                                                                                                           10/13/06

Con Math 101                                                                                               Professor Glass

 

1.    A) How many results were returned by putting in the words death and penalty and then searching for death penalty?

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-         <!–[endif]–>I found out that that Death and Penalty had 12,757 hits and Death Penalty had the 12,757 which was amusing that they were off only by 137.

 

<!–[if !supportLists]–>B)     <!–[endif]–>Looking at a few of the results, where do the words death and penalty appear?  In the text?  In the title?  Are the words adjacent?

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-         <!–[endif]–>None of them say Death and penalty as the title, in the text, nor adjacent to each other, when I put Death and penalty I found out that none of them say death and penalty instead they say death penalty without the and in it.

 

<!–[if !supportLists]–>C)    <!–[endif]–>What would you do if you wanted the exact phrase death penalty to appear?

<!–[if !supportLists]–>-         <!–[endif]–>I found out that the best way to exact the phrase death penalty is to just put in death penalty. In essence I found more results (Hits) doing that then just putting it in quotes or parenthesis.

 

2.  If d = death, p = penalty s = the phrase death penalty, c = the phrase capital punishment and n the phrase New York State. (With quotes)

            a. Death and penalty = 93,529

            b. Death or Penalty = 1,890,0009

            c. Death Penalty = 12,606

            d. Death Penalty and New York State = 1,172

            e. Death Penalty and not New York State = 71,869

            f. Death Penalty or Capital Punishment = 92,120

            g. Death Penalty and Capital Punishment = 16,398

 

3.  Write up the rules (using the help screen) for using and, or, not and creating a phrase (exact phrase) in the database assigned to your group.

And- The and operator identity’s that both the words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you’re searching for that record to match.  Example: For example, alcohol and pregnancy finds only those records in which both the word alcohol and the word pregnancy occur.

Or- The or operator specifies that one or the other or both of the words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you’re searching for that record to match. For example, dreams or daydreams finds records in which either the word dreams or the word daydreams or both occur.

Not- The not operator specifies that the word before the operator must occur but the word after the operator must not occur for a record to match. For example, crime not murder finds all records in which the word crime occurs except the ones in which the word murder also occurs.

 

  4.   As the individual assignment (the group should decide who does a and who does b), re-do the previous part for:

            A)  Where d = Baseball, p = players, s = baseball players, c = drug abuse and n = steroid use.

            a. Baseball and Players = 36,642

            b. Baseball or Players = 36,642

            c. Baseball Players = 36,687

            d. Baseball Players and Steroid use = 27

            e. Baseball Players and not Steroid use = 36,547

            f. Baseball Players or Drug Abuse = 62,783

            g. Baseball Players and Drug Abuse = 100

 

B) Where d = global, p = warming, s = global warming, c = air pollution, and n = green house effect.

            a. Global and Warming = 15,694

            b. Global or Warming = 15,694

            c. Global Warming = 15,671

            d. Global Warming and Green House effect = 6

            e. Global Warming and not Green House effect = 15,665

            f. Global Warming or Air Pollution = 36,494

            g. Global Warming and Air Pollution = 949

Assignment 1 by stephanie Jeanty

1a. For the words death and penalty- 397 results and for searching death penalt-404 results.

1b. The words  death and penalty appeared in the title and yes the words were adjacent.

1c. If  you wanted the exact phrase(death penalty) to appear you would have to place the phrase in quotes in the search box.

2a.death and penalty= 397 results.

2b.death or penalty= none in exact but 245,692 results with the words “Death” and “penalty”.

2c.death penalty= 404 exact results.

2d.death penalty and new york state= none exact but 92 in separate words.

2e.death penalty and not new york state=no results.

2f.death penalty or capital punishment= no exact matches but 24,812  with “death penalty” and “Capital punishment”.

2g.death penalty and capital punishment=no exact matches but 6,349 with words separated.

 

3.The and operator says that both words must be in the part of a record you’re searching for that record to match. 

The or operator says that one, the other, or both of the words must be in the part of a record you’re searching for that record to match.

The not operator says that the word before the operator must occur but the word after the operator must not occur for a record to match.

The words or and not are both treated as logical operators and the use of either one forces a keyword search.

4(part 1)a.baseball and players=9,450 results

4(part 1)b.baseball or players= no exact matches but 292,420 with baseball/players

4(part 1)c.baseball players=9,450 results

4(part 1)d.baseball players and steroid use=no exact but 28 with words separated

4(part 1)e.baseball players and not steroid use=no results

4(part 1)f.baseball players or drug abuse=no exact results but 62,924 with words separated

4(part 1)g.baseball players and drug abuse=no exact results but 100 with baseball players/drug abuse

4.(part2)a.global and warming=4890 results

4(part 2)b.global or warming=no exact matches but 430,636 with global and warming

4(part 2)c.global warming=4,890 results

4(part 2)d.global warming and green house effect=no exact matches but 6 with words separated

4(part 2)e.global warming and not green house efftect=no results

4.(part 2)f.global warming or air pollution=no exact matches but 36,754 results with global warming and air pollution

4(part 2)g.Global warming and air pollution=no exact matches but 988 with global warming/air pollution.

Assignment #1-Lenore Chiriboga

Answers: (project muse database) 

(1a) 930, 943 (1b) words death & penalty, most often appear in the text and are adjacent (1c) put phrase in quotations

(2a) 930 (2b) 23,312 (2c) 478 (2d) 17 (2e) 461 (2f) 731 (2g) 101

(3a) And, or and not can be typed in the search statement or use boxes in advanced screen and select the operators from the pull-down menu (3b) Quotation marks are used to search for phrases.

4 (B): (a) 320 (b) 12, 153 (c) 254 (d) 0 (e) 254 (f) 411 (g) 28

Assignment #1-Steve Smaragdas

Steve Smaragas
Math 101
Dr. Glass
Assignment #1
I’m doing problems 2 and 4b and my partner is doing problems 1, 3 and 4a.
2.)If d = death, p = penalty s = the phrase death penalty, c = the phrase capital punishment and n the phrase New York State. Form for your database and document the results for:
a.)d^p= death and penalty-948 hits
b.)dvp= death or penalty-23,752 hit
c.)s= “death penalty”-489 hits
d.)s^n= “death penalty” and “new york state”-17 hits
e.)s^~n= “death penalty” and not “new york state”-472 hits
f.)svc= “death penalty” or “capital punishment”-746 hits
g.)s^c= “death penalty” and “capital punishment”-105 hits
4.)As the individual assignment (the group should decide who does a) and who does b), re-do the previous part for:
b.)Where d = global, p = warming, s = global warming, c = air pollution, and n = green house effect.
a.)d^p= global and warming-322 hits
b.)dvp= global or warming-12,356 hits
c.)s= “global warming”-256 hits
d.)s^n= “global warming” and “green house effect”-0 hits
e.)s^~n= “global warming” and not “green house effect”-256 hits
f.)svc= “global warming” or “air pollution”-415 hits
g.)s^c= “global warming” and “air pollution”-28 hits

Byron Quintanilla Assignment # 1 Newsday Database

Byron Quintanilla

MAT 101

Professor Glass

10-14-06

Assignment # 1

1)      Suppose we needed to research the death penalty. 

a)      By putting the words death and penalty there were (7095) hits and for death penalty there were (6995) hits.

b)      Looking at the few results the words death and penalty do not appear in the title, they appear in the following text.

c)       If wanted the exact phrase death penalty then I would have to put the two words in quotation marks.  

2)      If d = death, p = penalty s = the phrase death penalty, c = the phrase capital punishment and n the phraseNew York
State.  Form for your database and document the results for

a)      D ^ P (7095) hits.

b)      D v P (150,176) hits.c)      S (6556) hits.d)      S ^ N (658) hitse)      S ^ ~N (51810) hits.f)        S v C (7228) hits.g)      S ^ C (731) hits.  3)      Write up the rules (using the help screen) for using and, or, not and creating a phrase (exact phrase) in the database assigned to your group.

Focusing your Search by Using Boolean Operators

You can use special terms, called Boolean operators, to build searches that combine and exclude the words and phrases that make up your search.

Examples

Use OR to find documents that contain any one of several search terms:

Internet OR education finds documents mentioning the Internet, as well as documents mentioning education, or both.

Use AND to find documents containing two or more search terms:

Internet AND education finds documents mentioning the Internet and education.

Use AND NOT to exclude a search term:

Internet AND NOT education finds documents regarding the Internet, removing those documents mentioning education.

Using Phrases to Refine Your Search

If you’re searching for a specific phrase, place your phrase in quotation marks (” “). This lets ProQuest know you’re looking for documents where the words appear exactly in order.

Example

If you’re searching for information on animal hospitals, type the following: “small animal hospital” The following similar search yields very different results: small animal AND hospital

The second search finds any document in which both “small animal” and “hospital” appear within 250-words of one another. These results could include documents about the use of dogs and cats in hospitals for therapy.

The first search find records where the words “small animal hospital” occur in that order, not separated by other words. Therefore, the results of the first search are likely to include only documents dealing with veterinary care.

If your phrase is only two words long, ProQuest will automatically treat it as a phrase (as if it were in quotation marks). If your phrase is three words or longer, you must use quotation marks. Otherwise, ProQuest will treat the phrase as if the words were joined by AND, for example “small AND animal AND hospital.”

4)      As the individual assignment (the group should decide who does a and who does b), re-do the previous part for:

I)                   Where d = Baseball, p = players, s = baseball players, c = drug abuse and n = steroid use.

a)      D ^ P (15523) hitsb)      D v P (200372) hitsc)      S (4648) hitsd)      S ^ N (17 hits)e)      S ^ ~N (4580) hitsf)        S v C (9111) hitsg)      S ^ C (12) hits 

II)                 Where d = global, p = warming, s = global warming, c = air pollution, and n = green house effect.

a)      D ^ P (1657) hitsb)      D v P (22094) hitsc)      S (1631) hits d)      S ^ N (106) hitse)      S ^ ~N (1628) hitsf)        S v C (3223) hitsg)      S ^ C (33) hits

Project #1 results from the muse database by gary altman this is an A!!! paper =0)

1A.The results for putting in the words death AND penalty were 934 where as the results for putting in the words DEATH PENALTY with NO and plus quotes around the words came up 479 results were much better then the first search.

1B.the words death and penalty appear in some article titles it is never shown in the small text under on the muse website it also uses one of the words in the titles sometimes but not the other like death but doesnt say anything about penalty and also it takes your words out of context and gives you articles about things having to do with the death penaltys like examples of it like capital punishment.

1c.if you wanted the exact phase death penalty to appear you would take the words death penalty and put it in quotes like this “death penalty” so that the search base will reconize that it is one word or topic you are looking for articles about and not things about just penalties  or articles about death

2. A- D^P = death and penalty = 934 results

    B-DvP = death or penalty = 23,410 results

    C- S = “death penalty” = 479

    D- S ^ N = “death penalty” and “new york state” = 17 results

    E- S ^ ~N = “death penalty and not “new york state” = 462 results

    F- S V C = “death penalty” or “capital punishment” = 734 results

    G- S ^ C = “death penalty And “captial punishment” = 101 results

3 to create a phase using the boolean operaters  you must use anything you are trying to search with the words inbetween AND, NOT, and OR then using those phases and you will rechieve different results you can also put each of the terms your trying to searh in parathesises with the and or and not phases and it will search those terms  when each term is topic as one topic and it will search each topic as one topic but show the results for both topics in one search.

4. A. D ^ P = global and warming = 321 results

    B. D v P = global or warming =12.215 results

    C. S = “global warming” = 255 results

    D.  S ^ N = “global warming” and ” Green house effect” = 0 results

    E. S ^ ~N = “global warming And not “green house effect” = 255 results

    F. S V C = “global warming or “air pollution” = 414 results

    G. S ^ C = “global warming and “air pollution” = 28 results

assignment 1 Irene Mazeski

Irene Mazeski         Project Muse Database          Assignment 1

1)   a)  death and penalty   934  results

          death penalty        934

1)   b) The words death and penalty sometimes do not appear at all.  Instead the phrase capital punishment comes up in the title.  Sometimes the word death comes up by itself in the title .  .  A few times the two words death and penalty are adjacent in the title and the text.

1)   c) If you wanted the exact phrase death penalty to appear you would use quotation marks.  ie)  “death penalty”

2)  a)  d ^ p  =  934  results    -  death and penalty

     b)  d v p  =   23, 395  -    death or penalty

     c)  s =  479      -  “death penalty”

     d)  s ^ n  = 17   -   “death penalty” and  “New York
State”     e)  s ^  ~ n =  462  -   “death penalty”  and  not “New York
State”

     f)  s v c =  734   -“death penalty” or  “ capital punishment”

     g)  s ^ c =  101  -  “ death penalty”  and “ capital punishment”

3)

•   Boolean “operators” AND, OR, and NOT are supported:
  • Either type in “operators” AND, OR, and NOT in the search statement.
  • Or, use the multiple boxes in advanced screen and select the operators from the pull-downs.
• Use quotation marks (“”) to search for phrases (words together in exact order).
• Search boxes in both basic and advanced screens automatically combine terms so you don’t need to type “AND.”

4) a)  d ^ p =  428   -  baseball and players

        d v p =  4702  -  baseball or players                   

        s  = 126  -   “baseball players”

        s ^ n =   0  -“baseball players” and  “steroid use”

        s ^ ~n =  126  - “ baseball players” and  not “steroid use”

        s v c =  405  -  “baseball players”  or “drug abuse”

       s ^ c =  1   - “baseball players” and “ drug abuse”

extra credit-Irene M-hopefully this will work this time

1. Go to the site or do a quick web search if you don’t know the URL.
2. Look for a little orange button like this: . This indicates the site syndicates its content. Usually, the button points directly to the site’s RSS file. (The page looks like raw code, but don’t let it scare you!)
3. To find the RSS URL, right-click on the orange XML button to “Copy Shortcut.” Or click on the “XML” button and use “Ctrl-C” on your keyboard to copy the URL found in the address bar of your browser.
4. Return to this page, use “Ctrl-V” to paste the URL into the field above, and click “Add”.
5. A valid RSS URL will take you to a preview page where you can see how the module will look on your page. If you like what you see, confirm by clicking “Add.”Congratulations! You’ve just added a new feed to your page.

Sorry about that.  My homepage is Verizon Yahoo.  First I clicked on the orange box next to where it said Assignment.  I then right clicked on the address on the browser box on my homepage which was the address of the assignment.  I clicked copy .  I then went to “add content “  on my homepage and it brought me to another page where I clicked on “add RSS”  . I right clicked again and hit paste.  Which pasted the address of the assignment .  I then approved the way it would look and walllaaa!  It now appears on my homepage and I can click on it any time I need to go the assignment.

extra credit -Irene Mazeski