In the News

Using the Internet, research statistics using www.PollingReport.com.

Select a topic from either the “In the News” section or the “Issues” section.

Study the data that the Website provides on the topic you selected. Do not perform any calculations.

Share the data and your understanding of the data with your peers.

Respond to the following with regard to your selected topic:

• Explain your reasons for choosing your topic.
• Interpret and explain the results.
• Identify and discuss any results in the selected poll which were most interesting.
• Discuss potential factors which might have had an influential role in the outcome.

So, just go to the site, look at some statistics you find interesting, and then tell us about them. Try to stay focused on statistics.