Project Data
Make a proposal!
Not a promposal (sorry)
Today's Task:
Come up with a
- a clearly defined hypothesis
- a list of potential variables to consider
This is not your complete proposal, btw.
How?
Read:
You will need to read to find out what variables are associated with your topic.
- Check out websites which contain raw data. (below)
- Use the databases to find key terms/synonyms that you can use for Google searches.
"But I Can't Find Anything!"
Can you find raw data to support your hypothesis?
- Tweak
- Change
Useful Websites for Project Data
- Statistics Canada
- Environment Canada
- Transport Canada
- Health Canada
- Quantitative Environmental Learning Project
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Fedstats Window
- USA.gov Statistics
- The Math Forum
- U.K. National Statistics
- The World Bank
- United Nations Common Database
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- StatSci.org
- Gapminder.org
- National Master
- CIA
- WHO
- Berkeley Library Data Sets
- Data.gov
- Census.gov
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
If the site ends in ".ca" it's Canadian; if it ends in ".gov" it's American.
Image credits
New Orleans High School Holds First Prom Since Katrina. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 29 Apr 2016.
http://quest.eb.com/search/115_2719777/1/115_2719777/cite
http://quest.eb.com/search/115_2719777/1/115_2719777/cite
Rice texture data. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 29 Apr 2016.
http://quest.eb.com/search/139_1921709/1/139_1921709/cite