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\n This week you will use the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to search for income data on the occupation you are seeking.\u00a0 Visit the following website:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/bls\/blswage.htm\u00a0Links to an external site.\n <\/p>\n

\n The BLS has wage information for hundreds of jobs and data can also be found by state. There is much information here so take some time to browse around.\n <\/p>\n

\n Once you arrive at the site, complete the following steps to gather the data you need to answer the discussion questions.\n <\/p>\n

\n Part 1\n <\/p>\n

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• \n Search for information on your occupation by clicking on national wage data 800 occupations. This will take you to the Occupational Employment Statistics page.\n <\/li>\n
• \n Scroll to the bottom of that page for a table listing the major and sub-job categories. Note in the first column there is an occupation code. For example, accountants and auditors have the code 13-2011 and are listed under banking and financial operations.\n <\/li>\n
• \n Click on the job title to find earnings information. There you will find mean wages as well as percentiles and the 5-number summary.\n <\/li>\n
• \n Compare the mean and median pays. For example, the mean pay for accountants was $78,800 and the median was $70,500.\n <\/li>\n
• \n Record the information on percentiles, the 5-number summary, the mean and the median.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  \n Part 2\n <\/p>\n

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  • \n Above the data on the occupation page, you will find the following links:<\/p>\n
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    • \n National estimates for this occupation\n <\/li>\n
    • \n Industry profile for this occupation\n <\/li>\n
    • \n Geographic profile for this occupation.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • \n Select the geographic profile to view maps of the states.\n <\/li>\n
    • \n Scroll down to the map that presents mean wages by state using the color code.\n <\/li>\n
    • \n Compare the ranges of wages of the states based on the ranges presented.\n <\/li>\n
    • \n Identify the highest paying and lowest paying states.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      \n Step 3\n <\/p>\n

      \n Include the following in your discussion post:\n <\/p>\n

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      • \n Share the information you found in steps 1 and 2.\n <\/li>\n
      • \n Discuss your interpretation of the statistics you recorded in Part 1.<\/p>\n
        \n
        • \n Percentiles\n <\/li>\n
        • \n Mean\n <\/li>\n
        • \n Median\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • \n How different are the salaries shown in the map of states?<\/p>\n
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          • \n What is the range for your state?\n <\/li>\n
          • \n Would you move to another state based on this data?\n <\/li>\n
          • \n What other statistics would you want to know before making that decision?\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • \n What effect do the lowest paid and highest paid states have on the calculation of the mean and median for the United States?\n <\/li>\n
          • \n Suppose you were asked by a potential employer to request a salary. Which is the best measure to use to find \u201caverage\u201d earnings for your occupation? Explain your answer.\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            \n Please review post and response expectations.\u00a0Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.\n <\/p>\n

            \n Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            This week you will use the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to search for income data on the occupation you are seeking.\u00a0 Visit the following website:\u00a0\u00a0https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/bls\/blswage.htm\u00a0Links to an external site. The BLS has wage information for hundreds of jobs and data can also be found by state. There is much information here so take some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qualityassignments.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}