Scenario/Summary
This week’s lab highlights the use of graphics, distributions, and tables to summarize and interpret data.
Open the given academic article from the Required Resources link above. You will find a graph OR table within the article, and then draw conclusions about the table or chart you chose, and describe other ways that the same data could be presented.
Deliverables
The deliverable is a Word document with your answers to the questions posed below based on the article you are given.
Required Software
Microsoft Word
Internet access to read article
Steps to Complete Week 3 Lab
INSTRUCTIONS:
Open a Word Document to begin your work.
Part 1:
Title your paper: Review of [Name of Article]
State the Author:
Summarize the article in one paragraph:
Part 2:
Step 1: Find a frequency table and/or graph within the article and post a screen shot in your Word document.
Example:
Frequency Distribution OR Graph
Step 2: Answer the following questions about your table or graph.
What type of study is used in the article (quantitative or qualitative)? Explain how you came to that conclusion.
What type of graph or table did you choose for your lab (bar graph, histogram, stem & leaf plot, etc.)? What characteristics make it this type (you should bring in material that you learned in the course)?
Describe the data displayed in your frequency distribution or graph (consider class size, class width, total frequency, list of frequencies, class consistency, explanatory variables, response variables, shapes of distributions, etc.)
Draw a conclusion about the data from the graph or frequency distribution in context of the article.
How else might this data have been displayed? Discuss pros and cons of 2 other presentation options, such as tables or different graphical displays. Why dont you think those two graphs were not used in this article?
Give the full APA reference of the article you are using for this lab.
Step 3: Be sure your name is on the Word document, save it, and then submit it under “Assignments” and “Week 3: Lab”.
Grading
This activity will be graded based on the Week 3 Lab Rubric.
Course Outcomes
COs: 1, 2
Due Date
By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
Rubric
Week 3: Lab (1)
Week 3: Lab (1)
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Summarizing an article.
12 pts
Summarizes article effectively and highlights mathematical components in the article. It is evident that the student read the article.
10 pts
Provides and underdeveloped summary however the student highlights mathematical components in the article.
8 pts
Summarizes article effectively but does not highlight mathematical components in the article. It is evident that the student read the article.
6 pts
Provides and underdeveloped summary and does not highlight mathematical components in the article.
0 pts
No Effort
12 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Frequency Distribution/Graphs
15 pts
Addresses all of the following elements: Type of study; Type of graph or chart, and lists identifying characteristics of that graph and chart. Description of data in graph or chart. Conclusion about data in chart or table.
12 pts
Addresses three of the following elements: Type of study; Type of graph or chart, and lists identifying characteristics of that graph and chart. Description of data in graph or chart. Conclusion about data in chart or table.
10 pts
Addresses two of the following elements: Type of study; Type of graph or chart, and lists identifying characteristics of that graph and chart. Description of data in graph or chart. Conclusion about data in chart or table.
8 pts
Addresses one of the following elements: Type of study; Type of graph or chart, and lists identifying characteristics of that graph and chart. Description of data in graph or chart. Conclusion about data in chart or table.
0 pts
No Effort
15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Pros and Cons of alternative displays
15 pts
Discusses PROS of two alternative methods to display data. AND Discusses CONS of two alternative methods to display data. AND Gives reference in proper APA style for assigned article.
12 pts
Correctly does two of the following: Discusses PROS of two alternative methods to display data. AND Discusses CONS of two alternative methods to display data. AND Gives reference in proper APA style for assigned article.
10 pts
Correctly does two of the following: Discusses PROS of one alternative method to display data. AND Discusses CONS of one alternative method to display data. AND Gives reference in proper APA style for assigned article.
8 pts
Correctly does one of the following: Discusses PROS of one alternative method to display data. AND Discusses CONS of one alternative method to display data. AND Gives reference in proper APA style for assigned article.
0 pts
No Effort
15 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Grammar and Formatting
8 pts
Lab is easy to read and presents material in a logical order with no grammatical errors.
6 pts
Lab is easy to read and presents material in a logical order. There are a few grammatical errors but they do not distract from readability.
5 pts
Lab is easy to read and has few grammatical errors, but it is not logically organized.
4 pts
There are significant grammatical errors and organizational issues that distract from readability.
0 pts
No Effort
8 pts
Total Points: 50
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