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=====Literacy Assignment 6: Movie Rating and Profit=====

Data source: [[https://gum.co/everydaydata|Book]]

====Objective:====

To think creatively and critically about data visualization decisions and motivation. Additionally, to use visualizations and data to spark further research and questions.

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====Deliverable:====

1 one-page PDF (no MSWORD, please!) writeup that responds to the questions below.

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====Grading standards:====

Your PDF will be graded on the following:

  * 100% Successfully turned in a PDF with reasonable answers. Help us know that you're thinking critically about the data!

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====Assignment Description:====

For this assignment, you will need to analyze the following graph and respond to the questions/prompts below.  Please submit your responses as a one-page PDF via LearningSuite.

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{{ :ice_age_profit.png?nolink |}}

You must respond to the following questions.

These graphics were created using data from IMDB and Wikipedia.
  * What do you first notice about the relationship between these graphs? 
  * What information in them is most interesting to you, and why?
  * What do they say about the trend in rating and profit for Ice Age movies?(Use the graph, not conjecture!)
  * Think about your response to the last question. What decisions did the author make that influenced your response?
  * What intrigues you most after studying this graph?
  * List three (3) additonal research questions you could pursue with the data used to make this graph.

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