Order Description
Search the Scientific American website to find a recent article (within the last 10 years) about a statistical study on a topic that you find interesting related to business, government, or health care. Searching on the word statistics will give you a good list of articles to consider. (Note: The study CANNOT reference the Nurses Health Study!)
This assignment requires Level 1 Writing Guidelines.1. Provide the full website address of the article. (2 points)
2. In your own words, summarize the article, and identify whether the study was observational or an experiment. (3 points.)
3. State the goal or purpose of the study, i.e. what did the researchers want to find out? (2 points)
4. Identify the population, sample, and variables of interest. (3 points)
5. State what conclusions were drawn from the sample (4 points)
6. Identify any flaws or potential flaws in this study (3 points)