Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

OpenStax Textbook: Chapter 2

Lesson

Chamberlain University Library

Internet

Scenario/Summary

This week’s lab highlights the use of graphics, distributions, and tables to summarize and interpret data.

Deliverables

The deliverable is a Word document with your answers to the questions posed below based on the article you find.

Required Software

Microsoft Word

Internet access to read articles

Steps to Complete Week 3 Lab

Part 1:

Your instructor will provide you with a scholarly article.  The article will contain at least one graph and/or table. Please reach out to your instructor if you do not receive the article by Monday of Week 3.

Part 2:  

Title your paper: “Review of [Name of Article]” 

State the Author:

Summarize the article in one paragraph:

Post a screenshot of the article’s frequency table and/or graph.  
Example:
Frequency Distribution -OR- Graph

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 the context of the article. 

How else might this data have been displayed?

Discuss the pros and cons of 2 other presentation options, such as tables or different graphical displays.

Why do you think those two other presentation options (i.e., tables or different graphs) were not used in this article? 

Give the full APA reference of the article you are using for this lab. 

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

Week 3: Lab

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

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