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The requirements of the assignment, an example of the assignment that you should follow in order to do something similar to it, and what is a reputable source. ca2.1_exemplar.docx assignment_requirements.docx what_is_a_reputable_source_.docx Unformatted Attachment Preview CA2.1 Chapter 1 Terms Applied to A Published Story with Data Article: Poll: 38\% of College Student Lost Work Because of Coronavirus Author: Jack Brewster Published in/by: Forbes URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/04/15/poll-38-of-college-students-lostwork-because-of-coronavirus/#50fe0e9b5ec9 Source of the statistical analysis: College Reaction/Axios Data collected by: College Reaction/Axios Study Summary: https://collegereaction.com/posts/most-student-jobs-have-been-canceleddelayed-or-digitized-by-coronavirus Study Detail https://www.scribd.com/document/456474196/College-Reaction-COVID-19Report-2#download Other data sources referenced: Enrollment and Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 205; and Financial Statistics and Academic Libraries, Fiscal Year 2015, National Center for Education Statistics. Undergraduate student numbers source: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2017/2017024.pdf Claim(s) the article is making: The coronavirus outbreak is impacting 75\% of college students work plans in at least one of the three ways: lost jobs, delayed job start, or move of their jobs to being remote. This situation is resulting in college students to expressing concern about the economy. • Learning is impacted, with most college students not finding distance learning effective. However only a small fraction would not return to school. • Stress is increased and social isolation is raising concerns. • There is a racial discrepancy in who is getting summer jobs, with Asian the majority of Asian students having jobs, followed by white and Hispanic students. Black students were the least likely to have summer jobs, however even they were over 50\%. Statistics Used: Descriptive or Inferential Statistics: This study presents differential statistics. They do not present the numbers from their sample, but rather extrapolate their finding out to the population of U.S. college students. All of the inferences presented are for the entire population of American college students. Univariate or multivariate data: The parameters presented on the population in both the original article and the presentation of the data and analysis are both univariate and bivariate. An example of the Univariate data presented is “90\% of students are worried about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the job market” (College Reaction, 2020, p. 3). An example of the multivariate data presented is, “[p]rograms for 73\% of student[s] who already had internship or post-graduation work arrangements have either been canceled or moved to remote work” (College Reaction, 2020, p. 3). To get to this number it is first necessary to separate students who had obtained internship or post graduate work from those without. Then within the set of those who had these opportunities they looked at who’s opportunities were either a) canceled or b) moved to remote work. Categorical or numerical data: The data in this study is categorical when you examine how the questions are asked. Qualitative or Quantitative data: The recording of information is only numbers responding to each category making the data quantitative. Sample Size: 822 Sampling Approach: The data collected was designed to be “the most accurate randomized sample of students at each college” (College Reaction, 2020, p. 6, my emphasis), and is “weighted by geographic region” (College Reaction, 2020, p. 6), gender and race (College Reaction, 2020, p. 7). Population: 17,448,545 The “population” number used is based on the fall 2015 fall college enrollment numbers for Title IV institutions (those getting federal dollars) from the National Center for Educational Statistics. My thoughts on what I am looking at • The population number that was used appears to be one year behind the most currently available data from the source they are using for it. • The population is NOT all undergraduate college students but all undergraduate students at federally funded institutions. • A sample of 882 students from a population of 17,448,545 is 0.5\% of the population. • The study and presentation of the data identifies some demographic differences found among the college student population that were identified as needing to be represented in the sample set. • There is no description of how the sample was randomized, when you start thinking of the various categories they are discussing, it seems likely that some of the categories are based on very few students, so I suspect that a change in answers of a few students could have made a big difference in what they said. Assignment Requirements While the primary purpose of this assignment is for you to think about and work with statistical concepts, it is important after you complete your writing that you take the time to review and edit it for coherence, completeness, and grammar. You will be looking at each others work as a resource for your final two writing assignments. Using a grammar and spelling program such as Grammarly is highly recommended, as excessive grammar errors and incoherent writing will lower your grade. Assignment For this assignment document complete the assignment in the order presented below and organize the document to look like the CA 2.1 Exemplar Find an article about the pandemic that uses statistical analysis as part of the story. The article must be from a reputable source and in English. You must also be able to identify the data and method used for the statistical analysis either within the article or through links or citations you can follow to the original analysis. You will then complete the following four steps of review and critique of the statistics in the article. 1. Provide general information on the article and the source of the data and statistics being used, including o Title of the article, o Author(s), o Where it was published (name of publication and o Publication URL o Source of the statistical analysis o Source for the data collection o URL for detail on the data o URL for any additional data sources used. 2. Claim(s) the article is making with the data and statistics 3. Identify the following key elements of statistics presented: o Is the article presenting/discussing descriptive or inferential statistics or both? How do you know the answer to this? o Is the article using univariate, and/or multivariate data? Provide examples to support your answer with any explanation needed. o Is the data used categorical or numerical data? Explain how you know the answer. o The sample size o The sampling method/approach o The population size, and how it was determined and framed 4. After looking at the data and statistics in more detail name at least 5 concerns or strengths you think the data and statistics have What is a Reputable Source? Determining A Reputable Source There is a commonly referenced guide for determining reputable sources that will remain important for you as a professional, as you never want to be embarrassed by sharing inaccurate or false information. That guide is the CRAAP Test. • • • • • Currency: Is the information/article you are looking at recent enough to be relevant. This is not a specific date but should be examined based on the specific topic (e.g. There is much discussion going on around the Spanish Flu now, some of which may be relevant -- will our economy ever recover? -- some may not -- How were patients with the Spanish Flu treated?) Relevance: Is the information/article about what you are looking for input on? Specific and focused. Authority: Does the source of the information/article have expertise on the topic being discussed? (e.g. Does the person presenting information have expertise to talk about a particular aspect of the pandemic?) Accuracy: Is the information based on solid, accurately interpreted, data that is a reasonable sample for what is being evaluated? Purpose: Why does the information exist? If the information exists to sell or as propaganda, it may still be good, but you have to ask more questions Some Specific Resources that can be used for this class: (Articles must be in English) • Reputable Newspapers -- What do I mean, while most news outlets are now described as left- or right-leaning, there is a further distinction that would make them not credible, which is when their priority becomes to promote a particular message at the expense of fact-checking.) Reputable sources: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian and the Financial Times. (connected to these are the wire services: The Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg News. Sources to avoid that are known to have a skew right National Review, and The Weekly Standard, and to the left The New Republic and the Nation. • • Reputable News Magazines - Some examples of these types of Publications: The Economist, Forbes, Newsday, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Foreign Affairs, Online News: Many of the sources above have online material that is well done and credible that is not in the print publications, but only online. Additionally, there are now sources that are primarily if not totally online (BUT BE CAREFUL): Reputable sources: Politico, Huffington Post • Think Tanks: As with news outlets you need to be careful that the think tanks priority is on well-documented information and not a political adjenda. The Global Go To Think Tank Index Report (Links to an external site.) can help with this Reputable Think Tanks: Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for Internation Peace, Bruegel, Center for Strategic and International Studies Think Tanks with Political Agendas: The Heritage Foundation (right) and the Center for American Progress (left). This is not to say that some good things do not come from these sources BUT your audience may be more skeptical of their information, and their focus will be to discuss topics and provide information to support their political agendas. ... Purchase answer to see full attachment