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MATH 1190: Information Literacy for Quantitative Reasoning

Task 1

  Choose a Topic (for Practice Only)

  • Bullying
  • Climate Change
  • Gaming
  • Mental Health
  • Minimum Wage

Task 2

Choose a Data Source and Find Data

Non-Profit and International Organizations

Government Data

Internet (Google Search)

Google Web Search
  Search trusted, authoritative sites: Add site:.domain after search terms (domains .edu, .gov or .org).
Example:  bullying and statistics site:.org     
NOTE:  NO spaces between site: and the domain

 Exact phrase search: Add quotation marks around a phrase
Examples:  "climate change"  "mental health"   "minimum wage"

Task 3

 Evaluate the Data Source

Information is not created equal. Always check...

Currency

Authority

Reliability

Bias

See the back of the Data Literacy Activity for Math 1190 for evaluation criteria.

Task 4

Use Data Ethically (Create a Citation)

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