In lieu of class, a few paragraphs: (choose One)Hand in
separately
from HW
B) A paragraph describing one of the
workshops/talks you attended,
+ a paragraph or so on a
situation
where
organized
data could be useful to an activist working for a cause
(either
data which was cited in a workshop you attended, or a place where you
could
see that information could help make or strengthen the "case" for a
cause,
or be useful in improving the activist's skill in some way.)
C) Find one or more
graphs, charts or tables of numbers in the popular press or on the web.
Hand in a copy of it/them. Explain what it's about and
what
it says, and critique it as to how well it conveys the
information.
If you can do it better, redo it.
D) Research Florence
Nightingale, primordial activist and statistician.
Report
why/how she fits into this year's theme of "Got Passion", and why I
call
her a statistician. (The Biographies link from the link here is
excellent.
A Yahoo search for "Florence Nightingale" + statistics gives lots
more).
E) Nothing. Counts as a class absence.
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