Assignment: Descriptive Statistics
Visit one of the following newspapers' websites: USA Today, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, or Washington Post. Select an article that uses statistical data related to a current event, your major, your current field, or your future career goal. The chosen article must have a publication date during this quarter.
The article should use one of the following categories of descriptive statistics:
o Measures of Frequency - Counting Rules, Percent, Frequency, Frequency Distributions
o Measures of Central Tendency - Mean, Median, Mode
o Measures of Dispersion or Variation - Range, Variance, Standard Deviation
o Measures of Position - Percentile, Quartiles
Write a two to three pages paper in which you:
o Write a summary of the article.
o Explain how the article uses descriptive statistics.
o Explain how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal.
o Analyze the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.