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\n Assignment: Descriptive Statistics
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\n Due Week 7 and worth 140 points\n <\/p>\n

\n Visit one of the following newspapers\u2019 websites:
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\n USA Today
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\n New York Times
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\n Wall Street Journal
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\n , or
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\n Washington Post
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\n . 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.\n <\/p>\n

\n The article should use one of the following categories of descriptive statistics:\n <\/p>\n

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• \n Measures of Frequency – Counting Rules, Percent, Frequency, Frequency Distributions\n <\/li>\n
• \n Measures of Central Tendency – Mean, Median, Mode\n <\/li>\n
• \n Measures of Dispersion or Variation – Range, Variance, Standard Deviation\n <\/li>\n
• \n Measures of Position – Percentile, Quartiles\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  \n Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:\n <\/p>\n

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  1. \n Write a summary of the article.\n <\/li>\n
  2. \n Explain how the article uses descriptive statistics.\n <\/li>\n
  3. \n Explain how the article applies to the real world, your major, your current job, or your future career goal.\n <\/li>\n
  4. \n Analyze the reasons why the article chose to use the various types of data shared in the article.\n <\/li>\n
  5. \n Format your paper according to the
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     \n Strayer Writing Standards
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     \n . Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.\n <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     \n Click
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     \n to view the grading rubric for this assignment.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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