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Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Emma Farrer Date: March 28, 2020, 3:41 pm
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What do you notice?
I notice that anxiety and depression was the problem with the
highest percent of students thinking it was a major problem. I
completely understand this, because mental health is something
in today's society finally talked about more, but still often
overlooked as a "real" problem. I am surprised, though, that a
larger percentage of teens see gangs as a minor problem, because
gangs are a huge problem in many countries.
What do you wonder?
I wonder if this bar chart is data from only the United States,
because many other countries often have more problems with
poverty, teen pregnancy, and especially gang violence, but the
percentages shown here for have relatively low percentages for
teens that see those problems as major.
What’s going on in this graph? Write a catchy headline that
captures the graph’s main idea.
"Alcoholism no longer major concern among teens, anxiety and
depression now reported as biggest problem"
#Post#: 136--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Emma Farrer Date: March 28, 2020, 3:48 pm
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[quote author=Twyla Daley link=topic=2.msg47#msg47
date=1585075919]
What do you notice? If you make a claim, tell us what you
noticed that supports your claim.
I notice that 70% of the teens surveyed considered anxiety and
depression to be a major problem among their peers.
Additionally, only 4% of these teenagers see no problem with
anxiety and depression. Bullying and drug addiction also seem to
be large problems among teens, as over 50% of the teens surveyed
considered these problems to be major.
What do you wonder? What are you curious about that comes from
what you notice in the graph?
I wonder how different factors play a role in this data. How do
components such as social class, age, education, ethnic
background, family life, and more impact this data?
What’s going on in this graph? Write a catchy headline that
captures the graph’s main idea.
The truth behind the behavioral health of teens.
[/quote]
I really like your question here. I think often we forget to
talk about just how much these different factors affect how we
think of the world, and what problems are prevalent to us versus
what problems we are not exposed to.
#Post#: 137--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Emma Farrer Date: March 28, 2020, 3:54 pm
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[quote author=Sean Ebanks link=topic=2.msg103#msg103
date=1585272041]
What do you notice?
Mental health is a very major problem, and most leading in
graph. Teen parents and gangs are very close when it comes to
size of problem. Many listings are different
I noticed that
The graph is a line plot and is very simple to understand. Also
I seen all listings are negative and never good.
What do you wonder?
I wonder why they included the minor % because its just going
against the graph when the infor is given when they describe the
major %
What’s going on in this graph?
Major problems teen face in the USA, and the %'s of magnitude
[/quote]
I like how you talked about how the graph actually looks; I
think a lot of us focused only on the data, but is also
important that graphs are easy to read and simple, like you
said. I guess the minor % just helps to simplify it, because
just showing the major wouldn't make it clear if the people who
didn't say major were saying "minor" or "not"
#Post#: 138--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Yuki Hoshi Date: March 29, 2020, 2:00 pm
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1. What do you notice?
I noticed that in the explanation of the data provided, there
was nothing that specified what the range this data came from.
For example, if this data came from one school district, it is
likely that the results may be different in another district.
2. What do you wonder?
I noticed that mental health was the largest concern on this
graph, but was wondering to what extent the other concerns could
be affecting students' mental health. If we were to attempt to
solve the mental health issues highlighted by this data, I would
like to know what factors are affecting their mental health. For
example, bullying is clearly also a major concern. If the amount
of bullying was decreased, then how much of the concern
regarding mental health would also decrease? In other words, how
much are each of the factors affecting each other.
3. What's going on in this graph?
Which major concerns we be paying more attention to regarding
the health of today's teenagers
#Post#: 139--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Yuki Hoshi Date: March 29, 2020, 3:06 pm
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[quote author=Ava Rizika link=topic=2.msg74#msg74
date=1585177759]
What do you notice? If you make a claim, tell us what you
noticed that supports your claim.
I notice that many of these issues affect each other. For
example, each of the issues listed can make people more
susceptible to anxiety and depression, so it makes sense that
anxiety and depression have the highest major % because it is
much more widespread.
What do you wonder? What are you curious about that comes from
what you notice in the graph?
I wonder if this data correlates to the number of people
affected by each issue. And if it does, where the people used
for this data an accurate representation of all teenagers given
that different communities are more or less likely to face each
issue.
What’s going on in this graph? Write a catchy headline that
captures the graph’s main idea.
What are the major issues in teens’ lives?
[/quote]
I agree that anxiety and depression could be covering more areas
than the other more specific categories. I wonder what would
change if we looked at the anxiety and depression relative to
the other topics (ex. how much is drug addiction affecting
mental health in comparison to teen pregnancy?)
#Post#: 140--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Yuki Hoshi Date: March 29, 2020, 3:09 pm
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[quote author=Sean Ebanks link=topic=2.msg103#msg103
date=1585272041]
What do you notice?
Mental health is a very major problem, and most leading in
graph. Teen parents and gangs are very close when it comes to
size of problem. Many listings are different
I noticed that
The graph is a line plot and is very simple to understand. Also
I seen all listings are negative and never good.
What do you wonder?
I wonder why they included the minor % because its just going
against the graph when the infor is given when they describe the
major %
What’s going on in this graph?
Major problems teen face in the USA, and the %'s of magnitude
[/quote]
I agree that "minor" is a little vague in terms of these
statistics. A student answering the survey may have different
opinions on how severe something may have to be in order for it
to be categorized as a "major" issue.
#Post#: 142--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Jean Hur Date: March 29, 2020, 8:59 pm
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Noticing:
- I noticed that Anxiety and depression had the largest
percentages under the major category, while gangs had the least
- On the flip side, I noticed that Poverty had the largest
percentage under the minor category, while Anxiety and
depression had the least.
- I noticed that the percentages for not having/relating to any
of these categories was the smallest for anxiety and depression.
Wonders:
- This is more of a general question, but I’m wondering what
things mostly lead to Anxiety and depression in teens.
- I’m wondering what jobs (if any) the parents have of the teens
that are not dealing with poverty.
- I wonder what the school lives, personal lives, and
personalities look like for the teens who sided with not having
Anxiety or depression.
Headline:
- “Bars show how Anxiety & Depression is the most recurring
problem for teens”
#Post#: 145--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Julius Arolovitch Date: March 30, 2020, 9:45 am
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What do you notice? If you make a claim, tell us what you
noticed that supports your claim.
I notice that issues that were ranked as more ‘Major’ generally
have direct repercussions for a larger portion of the
population.
What do you wonder? What are you curious about that comes from
what you notice in the graph?
I wonder what were the gender and race demographics of the
population from which the survey was taken.
What’s going on in this graph? Write a catchy headline that
captures the graph’s main idea.
In this graph, teenagers provided their opinions on how serious
some problems are that impact them. A good name for this graph
would be Teen Issues: Major or Minor?
#Post#: 147--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Julius Arolovitch Date: March 30, 2020, 9:55 am
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[quote author=Jessie Brockmann link=topic=2.msg6#msg6
date=1584981441]
What do you notice? If you make a claim, tell us what you
noticed that supports your claim.
Just by studying the graph I know that anxiety/depression is the
most major problem teens in this survey face. I think this makes
a lot of sense based on the other data in the infograph. If
someone is being bullied then they’re probably going to be
nervous, upset, scared, and confused. That could be categorized
as anxiety and/or depression. Same with drug addiction, which
can often make one irritable, tired, etc. With teen pregnancy
comes lots of anxieties, considering many young people would
find it hard to afford a child, not to mention the
emotionally-draining decision to keep the baby or not. There is
also postpartum depression which affects around 50% of mothers
after giving birth (according to the Cleveland Clinic). All of
the problems following the anxiety/depression data set are
events that could easily lead to it - logically making it the
highest-ranked issue.
What do you wonder? What are you curious about that comes from
what you notice in the graph?
I wonder where and with whom this survey was conducted. In a
place like Brookline High School teen pregnancy, gangs, and
poverty are less common issues than shown in the data (in my
experience). Depending on where you take data from, this graph
could look completely different - which is why you should always
consider the background of data before taking it as gospel.
What’s going on in this graph? Write a catchy headline that
captures the graph’s main idea.
7/10 Teens Struggle With Anxiety and Depression, According to
Pew Research Center
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I agree with what you said. I also wonder where the survey was
conducted, I feel like this is critical information to know when
looking at data regarding a certain issue.
#Post#: 148--------------------------------------------------
Re: Making Sense of the Data Week 1
By: Julius Arolovitch Date: March 30, 2020, 9:58 am
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[quote author=Jeewoo Sonn link=topic=2.msg25#msg25
date=1585008473]
What do you notice? If you make a claim, tell us what you
noticed that supports your claim.
I notice that the number of people who categorized teen
pregnancy and gangs as major issues is about the same. I also
notice that most, if not all, of these issues are somehow
connected.
What do you wonder? What are you curious about that comes from
what you notice in the graph?
I wonder what the demographic is of these teenagers and I'm
curious about what they think about other issues.
What’s going on in this graph? Write a catchy headline that
captures the graph’s main idea.
How do teenagers prioritize the importance of issues among their
peers?
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I like what you said about the issues being somehow connected.
This connects back to how we should interpret the data because
some demographics of the dataset may be disproportionally
effected by these issues.
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