Article review: Statistics in the News Statistics are all around us. We live in an age of information, and much of that information
comes in the form of statistics. Statistics permeate our culture more than most people realize: the
odds that the
Eagles will win the Super Bowl
this year
; the poll of who will be the next President
of the United States; the distribution of sizes of outfits that J.C. Penny needs to stock in order to
neither under
–
nor over
–
stock. Even the weather that you hear on the
news is based on a
statistical analysis of several different
meteorological
computer simulations.
When used properly, statistics can provide information about a topic of interest. When used
improperly, whether on accident or by design, statistics can ca
use more confusion then they
alleviate. It is very easy to lie using statistics.
Purpose:
This assignment is meant to
show the students’ the many uses and mis
–
uses of statistics
while applying the topics covered in the course to date.
Format:
This pap
er must be scholarly, properly cited, and in APA format.
The written body of
this paper (excluding cover page, abstract page, references, appendices
, etc.) should be 600
–
900
words (2
–
3 pages)
Sources MUST be properly cited using APA format. Simply putting a website address IS NOT
properly citing. If using a print article that cannot be found online, please scan it in and attach it
as an appendix.
Assignment:
Find an article
in the news that uses statistics, either in a print newspaper or online,
that is comprehensible to the general public (specialized scientific or other scholarly work
excluded). Discuss the statistical practices and analyses used. How does the article us
e statistics
to make a point? Do you think that the statistics used are valid? Do you think the article is
biased? Could the statistics have been handled better? Would you do anything different?
In 600
–
900 words, briefly summarize the article, discuss
the statistics used, and indicate if you agree with the conclusions drawn based on the statistics presented.
This is an online course and The book we are using now is Statistics for the behavioral sciences 9th ed by Frederick Gravetter and Larry Wallnau. So far we have covered chapters 1-7, 15,16.
They are: ch.1 Intro to statistics
ch 2 frequency distributions
ch 3 central tendency
ch 4 variability
ch 5 z scores
ch 6 probability
ch 7 probability and samples: the distribution of sample means
ch 15 correlation
ch 16 introduction to regression
So I guess the professor wants any information covered in the class to be applied to the article review.
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