Yourjob is to clearly discuss with confidence the role of statistics in these public health achievements by doing all of the following: 1. CLICK on the relevant challenge of the week. 2. SKIM the summaries to get some background information on the application topics. 3. FIND a news orjournal article related to an application topic of the week that somehow uses one ofthe statistical topics of the week. You can select an article from the 20th century or one that is more recent to show how much the research has progressed. Regardless, this should be an article that you find interesting and relevant 4. WRITE one paragraph that summarizes the article and another that clearly describes the role that statistics played in drawing the conclusions. You could focus on the statistical methods and/or results that led to the primary conclusions. In your write-up, it should be clear that you were able to understand these statistical methods and/or results. As you are working through these assignments, ask yourself: Could the researchers have reached these conclusions without statistics? What conveys the material most clearly? Is it the text? Is it the tables? Is it the figures? Is it a combination of them all? You have the freedom to be creative here in showing us what statistics means to you. Remember that your challenge is explaining the role of statistics, so that needs to be your focus. As you work through these OPTIONAL BONUS challenges throughout the semester, you should notice how your summaries evolve as your statistical knowledge increases. Be innovative and conquer the language of statistics! Challenge #4: Due Before Live Session 9 Pick one of the following statistical topics: Multinomial Experiments - Contingency Tables Correlation - Linear Regression Pick one of the following application topics: Recognition of Tobacco Use as a Health Hazard in the 20th Century Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard and subsequent public health antismoking campaigns have resulted in changes in social norms to prevent initiation of tobacco use, promote cessation of use, and reduce exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. Since the 1964 Surgeon General's report on the health risks of smoking, the prevalence of smoking among adults has decreased, and millions of smoking-related deaths have been prevented. You can OPTIONALLY review the full CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report here for more information: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4843a2.htm