Discuss the fact that every day we are bombarded with data and information on several issues.
These include a variety of social, economic, and political issues.
A few examples are:
For each bullet point, discuss how and why statistics is important.
• Impact of violent TV programs on children
• Outsourcing and its effects
• Claims made by presidential candidates
• U.S. nuclear policy
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For each bullet point, discuss how and why statistics is important.
ReplyDelete• With all the school shootings statistics may help to enlighten the public to the reason behind the shootings. It has been postulated that violent TV programs may hold some resonsibility for them. An independant fact finding study may prove or disprove this position.
• In the current economy, knowing definitively what effects outsourcing has on jobs may be highly useful in keeping Americans in jobs.
• Candidates ofter claim opposite outcomes for the same set of facts. Statistics can help to dispell fiction from fact if the parameters are correctly set.
• Nuclear energy may be a boon and the answer to a part of America's energy crisis. However, the effects should be studies in depth and statistics can provide a springboard to tgoing ahead with more nuclear energy or stopping it.
Tonya Cox
ReplyDelete• Statistics help to understand television violence on children by seeing say gang violence, how many of those are young children who used to watch the violence on TV. The statistics would help the TV channels to decide what programs to air.
• Lets say that companies are outsourcing their job positions and that will affect the economy in the area were the company was, so the companies in the area could do surveys to see how many people could be out of work and how the economy is effected. Then companies around the company that outsourced could find out is it could benefit companies with more employees.
• With claims made by presidential candidates, you can use statistics from past candidates to see who will win the election.
• Well this one is tricky. The U.S. Nuclear Policy has all the statistics of how good nuclear power is, but on the other hand it should also show how bad nuclear power is and how harmful it can be.
Rick O'Neil
ReplyDelete1. Identify the population and the sample for the survey.
2. Of the 2,104 households surveyed, how many households subscribe to cable television?
Answer for ?’S 1 & 2:
Survey of 2,104 households in USA Show that 65% of the US subscribes to cable television.
3. A follow-up survey of a sample of 1,200 U.S. households found that 360 households have
high-speed Internet connection. What does the number 360 represent?
Answer:
360 households of the 1,200 households sampled have high speed internet.
4. Which statement in the given data represents the descriptive branch of statistics?
Answer:
The survey found that the households without Internet connection where more likely to subscribe to a daily newspaper than the households with Internet connection.
5. Which statement in the given data represents the inferential branch of statistics?
Answer:
The households with Internet connection often get their news from Web sites instead of daily newspapers.