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  • Assignment: Descriptive Statistics
    Due Week 7 and worth 140 points
    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:
    • Measures of Frequency – Counting Rules, Percent, Frequency, Frequency Distributions
    • Measures of Central Tendency – Mean, Median, Mode
    • Measures of Dispersion or Variation – Range, Variance, Standard Deviation
    • Measures of Position – Percentile, Quartiles

    Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

    1. Write a summary of the article.
    2. Explain how the article uses descriptive statistics.
    3. Explain how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal.
    4. Analyze the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article.
    5. Format your paper according to the Strayer Writing Standards. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

    Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

  • Note

    Note from Evan: These publications are suggestions, but if you find an article from another source, please let me know. I can help you determine whether it is a good match for this assignment.

  • Points: 140 Assignment 1: Descriptive Statistics

    Criteria

    		 Exemplary100% A Proficient85% B Fair75% C Meets Minimum Expectations65% D UnacceptableBelow 65% F
    1. Write a summary of the article.Weight: 20% Thoroughly wrote a summary of the article. Satisfactorily wrote a summary of the article. Partially wrote a summary of the article. Insufficiently wrote a summary of the article. Did not or incompletely wrote a summary of the article.
    2. Explain how the article uses descriptive statistics.
    Weight: 25%    		 Thoroughly explained how the article uses descriptive statistics. Satisfactorily explained how the article uses descriptive statistics. Partially explained how the article uses descriptive statistics. Insufficiently explained how the article uses descriptive statistics. Did not or incompletely explained how the article uses descriptive statistics.
    3. Explain how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal.Weight: 20% Thoroughly explained how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal. Satisfactorily explained how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal. Partially explained how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal. Insufficiently explained how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal. Did not or incompletely explained how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal.
    4. Analyze the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article.Weight: 25% Thoroughly analyzed the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article. Satisfactorily analyzed the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article. Partially analyzed the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article. Insufficiently analyzed the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article. Did not or incompletely analyzed the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article.
    5. Formatting, spelling, and grammarWeight: 10% There are no mechanical, grammar spelling, punctuation, or stylistic errors. There are several mechanical, grammar, spelling, punctuation, or stylistic errors. There are some mechanical, grammar, spelling, punctuation, or stylistic errors. There are many mechanical, grammar, spelling, punctuation, or stylistic errors. Did not submit or is unreadable.