{"id":98054,"date":"2022-06-21T00:18:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T00:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/?p=98054"},"modified":"2022-06-21T00:18:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T00:18:19","slug":"mat232discussionsweek-2-discussion-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/21\/mat232discussionsweek-2-discussion-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"MAT232DiscussionsWeek 2 &#8211; Discussion Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"discussion-section clearfix\">\n<div class=\"discussion-header-content right-of-avatar\">\n<div class=\"pull-left\">\n<h1 class=\"discussion-title\">Week 2 &#8211; Discussion Forum<\/h1>\n<div class=\"discussion-subtitle\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"section_tooltip_root\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"discussion-header-right pull-right\">\n<div class=\"new-and-total-badge\"><span class=\"new-items\" title=\"2 unread replies.\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-tooltip=\"\" data-bind=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;unreadText&quot;, &quot;text&quot;:&quot;unreadCount&quot;}\">2<\/span><span class=\"screenreader-only\" data-bind=\"{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;unreadText&quot;}\">2 unread replies.<\/span><span class=\"total-items\" title=\"2 replies.\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-tooltip=\"\">2<\/span><span class=\"screenreader-only\">2 replies.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"discussion-section message_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"message user_content enhanced\" data-bind=\"message\">\n<p>Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.<\/p>\n<table role=\"presentation\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<div class=\"tablehead\"><strong>\u00a0Assess Graphs Critically [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLO: 2]<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, view the\u00a0<em>Variation 1: Introduction and Quartiles<\/em>\u00a0video by clicking the image below<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com\/assets\/59wFBQX4ZoIHpxE_iuqtqJYSZgN3uFMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"screenreader-only\">\u00a0(Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fOyUs_bGBk fbyHH_bGBk fbyHH_vIby\" href=\"https:\/\/mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com\/assets\/59wFBQX4ZoIHpxE_iuqtqJYSZgN3uFMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ashford.instructure.com\/courses\/103367\/files\/18025437\/preview\" alt=\"Variation 1_ Introduction and Quartiles Image.png\" width=\"350\" height=\"280\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/ashford.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/76253\/files\/14378257\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this video, the professor discusses how sometimes what is interesting about a data set is not its average but how much it varies. He compares the weather in New York and San Francisco, which have similar average annual temperatures, even though New York has hot summers and cold winters and San Francisco has similar temperatures year-round. Quartiles as a measure of variation are explored by using the price of food on take-out menus.<\/p>\n<p>Respond to one of the following options in your initial post,\u00a0citing at least one specific credible source in support. Question on credible sources? See the\u00a0<em><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/content.bridgepointeducation.com\/curriculum\/file\/e5359309-7d3c-4a21-a410-44d59303ccef\/1\/Scholarly%20Peer-Reviewed%20and%20Other%20Credible%20Sources.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources<span class=\"screenreader-only\">\u00a0(Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Option 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Other than temperature, state three examples where similar averages are associated with very different distributions.<\/li>\n<li>Go deeper with one, and discuss how that might work in more detail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Option 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State one practical use of variation related to health statistics.<\/li>\n<li>Briefly discuss its implications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Option 3:\u00a0<\/strong>For many years, the New York subway had no air conditioning on the grounds that the average trip was only 15 minutes, and 15 minutes without air conditioning is no hardship, even in the New York summer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Critique this reasoning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 2 &#8211; Discussion Forum 22 unread replies.22 replies. 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