Assignment:
News Applications, Graphics and Databases
Description
Login to the following URL: News Applications, Graphics and Databases https://www.texastribune.org/series/news-apps-graphics-databases/
Select one topic of your choice (please note there are several topics to choose from, you may scroll through on the bottom of the page)
Instructions
Read the content of your selected topic
Answer the questions from 1 to 10, please be specific in your answers, minimum 100 words per question. No credit will be extended to non-answered questions.
1. State the overall purpose of the article. What was the main theme of the report? Which course topics (we studied in this class) are covered in this article?
2. Why did you select this specific topic, article?
3. What new ideas or information were communicated in the article? Why was it important to publish these ideas?
4. What methods did the authors use to reach conclusions? (must answer this question)
5. If this is an experiment or survey, how were the data collected and analyzed? (must answer this question)
6. Briefly describe the research methodology. (must answer this question)
7. What were the basic results or findings from the research?
8. Were the findings important to a reader? Why? Why not?
9. Were the conclusions valid? How?
10. Do you agree with the conclusions? Explain?