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Discussion 1

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 3 and 4 of your textbook. Find a quantitative variable and an associated graph that depicts a demographic about the United States. This can be any topic of your choosing. Government data, business publications, and corporations’ websites are good sources of information. You may want to begin your search using one of the following resources:

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• United States Census Bureau (Links to an external site.)
• United Sates Census Bureau’s Library: Infographics & Visualizations (Links to an external site.)
• S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (Links to an external site.)
• S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education | Resources (Links to an external site.)

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In your post,

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• Post the URL and the distribution graph from the website.
• Discuss who you believe generated the data. Do you think it is credible?
• Discuss what the graph reveals about the variable.
• Explain any unusual aspects, as well as the shape, center, and spread of the distribution.
• Discuss your own interpretation of the distribution.

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Discussion 2

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 3 and 4 of your textbook. Design a study that has a false correlation caused by lurking variable. Watch this week’s video for an example study, and to learn more information about this concept.

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Guided Response: Your initial response should be a minimum of 300 words in length for each discussion. Respond to at least two of your classmates by commenting on their posts. In your response, identify the lurking variable in your classmate’s study, and explain how the lurking variable may cause a false correlation.