Homework: Data Driven
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 been published after the start of this term.
Examples may include:
1. Elections/exit polls
2. Award shows (Oscars/Emmys/Grammys)
3. Sports
4. Economy/job market
5. Gender equality
6. Human rights issues
The article should use one or more of the following categories of descriptive statistics:
1. Measures of Frequency - Counting Rules, Percent, Frequency, Frequency Distributions
2. Measures of Central Tendency - Mean, Median, Mode
3. Measures of Dispersion or Variation - Range, Variance, Standard Deviation
4. Measures of Position - Percentile, Quartiles
Name:
Title of Presentation:
Title of Article (include name of publication and publishing date):
Part A:
• Provide a summary of the article you have chosen by identifying the purpose and what real-world problem it is addressing/trying to solve. (Bulleted format is acceptable).
• Explain what category(s) of descriptive statistics is used in the study and how it is used to communicate the information found in the study and/or any conclusions/solutions posed (1 to 2 paragraphs).
• Explain how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal (1 to 2 paragraphs).
• What solutions do you recommend based on analysis of data and conclusions drawn?
Part B:
An additional part of the application process requires you to create a presentation based on the information provided above. To do so, choose an audience (outside of the field of mathematics) that could benefit from the information you will present:
• Create one visualization of the data appropriate for the conference audience (1 slide). Note: If the article already contains a visual, you must create a different type of graph or chart.
• Explain how the audience can benefit from the data (1 slide).
• Recommend your identified solutions using language appropriate for the audience.
In the notes section of your final slide, answer the following questions in 1-2 paragraphs:
• Explain why you chose the audience you identified above.
• Describe how the language, purpose, and visuals used in the presentation are appropriate for the audience.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.