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| - | =====Literacy Lab 1: Nutrition Analysis:===== | ||
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| - | This is your first literacy lab! The goal is to start thinking about how to interpret data. | ||
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| - | ====Objective:==== | ||
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| - | To begin to think creatively and critically about data visualizations and analysis. | ||
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| - | ====Deliverable:==== | ||
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| - | 1 one-page PDF (no MSWORD, please!) writeup that responds to the questions below. | ||
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| - | ====Grading standards:==== | ||
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| - | Your PDF will be graded on the following: | ||
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| - | * 100% Successfully turned in a PDF with reasonable answers | ||
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| - | ====Lab Description:==== | ||
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| - | For this assignment, you will need to analyze the following infographic, and respond to the questions below. Please submit your responses as a one-page PDF via LearningSuite. | ||
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| - | {{::foodchart.png?nolink|}} | ||
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| - | You must respond to the following questions. | ||
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| - | This infographic was published in a NY Times article. | ||
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| - | * The article’s print version states “Experts disagree almost as much as non-experts.” Find evidence of this in the graph. (Hint: Examine the ratings of foods on the y = x line.) | ||
| - | * Describe the cluster of foods on y = x (27 percent of foods); the cluster in y > x region (44 percent); the cluster in y < x region (29 percent). Hypothesize what these the foods in a cluster and their ratings have in common. | ||
| - | * How do you think the foods were picked for the surveys? (Hint: Why is there a gap in the middle of the graph?) | ||
| - | * Why do steak and hamburgers rate so different? How about American and Cheddar cheese? | ||
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