Instructions Find a recent study in the news that reported s

Instructions:

Find a recent study in the news that reported some statistics. The preference is for your chosen news article to state predictions or suggest causal relationships between two (or more) variables. A full 5 points are earned if the study reports causal relationships (associations) between two or more variables. If the article only contains descriptive statistics, 3.5 points will be earned.

Some Google searches that may be helpful include ‘statistics in the news’, ‘news hypothesis’, etc. The article may not explicitly state the words “regression analysis” or “hypothesis testing.” Instead, you may need to recognize that some kind of causal association is being pointed out in the article. If the article hints at ‘x causes y,’ or ‘as x increases (or decreases), y increases(or decreases),’ then you know you’ve located an article purporting a causal relationship between variables.

For your chosen article, provide the following items in your discussion forum post:

the field of study,

a brief description of the individuals or objects being studied,

how the people (or objects) were selected to be included in the study,

the number of cases (i.e., observations; people included in the sample),

what variables were observed,

what statistics the study reported,

the conclusion of the study, and

the URL to the news article.

Try to provide all 8 items above. Definitely include the URL (2.5 points will be deducted if the URL is missing or broken).

As the subject of your post, include the title of your news article, verbatim.

Solution

The required articles are as follows: