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- | =====Lab 1: Nutrition Analysis:===== | + | =====Literacy Lab 1: Nutrition Analysis:===== |
- | This is your first lab! | + | This is your first literacy lab! The goal is to start thinking about how to interpret data. |
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====Deliverable:==== | ====Deliverable:==== | ||
- | 1 one-page PDF writeup that responds to the questions below. | + | 1 one-page PDF (no MSWORD, please!) writeup that responds to the questions below. |
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====Grading standards:==== | ====Grading standards:==== | ||
- | Your notebook will be graded on the following: | + | Your PDF will be graded on the following: |
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- | * 20% Successfully turned in a notebook with working code | + | |
- | * 35% Random image with 50 random elements | + | |
- | * 35% Image indicating tensorflow success | + | |
- | * 10% Tidy and legible figures, including labeled axes where appropriate | + | |
+ | * 100% Successfully turned in a PDF with reasonable answers | ||
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====Lab Description:==== | ====Lab Description:==== | ||
- | For this assignment, you will need to analyze the following infographic: | + | 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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- | You must respond to the following questions: | + | You must respond to the following questions. |
+ | This infographic was published in a NY Times article. | ||
+ | * Make 3 observations about the data. Don't project your own interpretations onto it; try to state objective facts that are fully supported by the data. | ||
* 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.) | * 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. | * 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 were the foods picked for the surveys? Based on what it says in the article, do you think this would give a broad sample of foods that are commonly eaten? (Hint: Why is there a gap in the middle of the graph?) | + | * How do you think the foods were picked for the surveys? (Hint: Why is there a gap in the middle of the graph?) |
- | * How was the data collected? Based on what it says in the article, do you think this would give a reasonable sample of the general public and nutritionists? If not, why not? What could they have done differently? | + | |
* Why do steak and hamburgers rate so different? How about American and Cheddar cheese? | * Why do steak and hamburgers rate so different? How about American and Cheddar cheese? | ||