Assignment: Descriptive Statistics
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 in July or August 2020.
Assignment: Descriptive Statistics
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 in July or August 2020.
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 SWS. Please take a moment to review the SWS
documentation for details.
https://www.usatoday.com/
https://www.nytimes.com/
https://www.wsj.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/?noredirect=on
https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/STANDARDIZED/StrayerWritingStandards/Strayer_Writing_Standards.pdf
Points: 140 Assignment 1: Descriptive Statistics
Criteria
Exemplary
100% A
Proficient
85% B
Fair
75% C
Meets Minimum
Expectations
65% D
Unacceptable
Below 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
grammar
Weight: 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.
