Citing the required course readings for this week (attached in additional materials) and at least 1 additional, peer-reviewed source (in addition to the Bible), address the following concepts:
Research a current newspaper or popular-press magazine article that cites some sort of data. Explain how data support the message of the article. Would the article seem less authoritative without the data? Were the analyses descriptive or inferential? Provide a link to the article you discuss.
Discuss why statistics is important to public policy.
Based on the requirements laid out in O’Sullivan et al. Chapter 1 (attached in additional materials), develop a research question in some area of public policy. Explain why the question meets the two criteria for a good research question.
These questions are only a guide to the discussion, and while they should thoroughly answer, feel free to move beyond these questions in your discussion.
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