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quarta-feira, 15 de setembro de 2010

TEXT DISCUSSION GUIDELINES

Questions for text discussion at the blog

You may choose two of the following questions to answer/discuss. You can comment on a colleague’s response (as your contribution), but you must not use the same ideas.

1. Which were the methods of data collection and analysis? Which are the elements in the text that support your answer? In case they are not explicit in the text, please conduct a research, infer and justify your answer (conclusions).

2. What is the importance of statistics to:
A. the science that the text refers to?
B. the society as a whole?

3. What is the statistician's role in the accomplishment of the study reported in the text?

4. What new information have you learned from the text as:
A. a citizen?
B. a professional (statistician)?

5. Based on your background knowledge, what information could you add to the text? Why?

6. What is your opinion about the information presented in the text? Give reasons to support your idea.