This week you'll get a headstart on your Week 9 Assignment - Data Analysis and Visualization by searching for and summarizing a newspaper article that highlights a real-world problem that could be solved through statistical data.

To successfully complete your discussion post, include the following:

• The title of the article, the date it was published, and a link to the article.
• A bullet-pointed summary of the purpose of the article and the problem it is trying to solve.
• A brief explanation of how the article uses descriptive statistics to communicate information, conclusions, or solutions found in the study.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Note: The instructions for this discussion are the same as Step 1 in your Week 9 Assignment.

To begin, visit one of the following newspapers' websites:USA Today,New York Times,Wall Street Journal, orWashington Post. Select an article that uses statistical data related to a current event, your major, your current field, or a future career goal. The chosen article must have a publication date during this quarter.

Example topics may include:

• Elections/exit polls
• Award shows (Oscars/Emmys/Grammys)
• Sports
• Economy/job market
• Gender equality

Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.

The article should use one or more 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

Note: Once you navigate to a publication's website, it may be easiest to do a search with a statistics-related word (ex: standard deviation).