If you were not here last class… Be ready to, separately, submit the following assignment: Research Questions for major topic and subtopic Raven Analysis stapled to the top of your article; if you did not print your article, do it NOW Review the class website for what is due on Friday; our test is still on Friday
Claims and Evidence, Review Sample: Chapter 1 – What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common? Argument/Thesis Claim Evidence
EOC A Sample Identify the authors argument, main idea, or thesis Explain the author’s line of reasoning by identifying the claims used to build the argument and the connections between them. Evaluate the effectiveness of the evidence the author uses to support the claims made in the argument.
EOC A Sample Rubric – 3:6:6 Sample Response Question 1 – 1, 2, 3
Sample Questions “Information asymmetry” refers to the situation in which one party to a transaction: Is smarter than the other party Knows everything and the other party knows nothing Has better information than the other party Knows only the benefits of the exchange while the other party knows only the costs
Sample Questions “Information asymmetry” refers to the situation in which one party to a transaction: Is smarter than the other party Knows everything and the other party knows nothing Has better information than the other party Knows only the benefits of the exchange while the other party knows only the costs
Sample Questions According to Freakonomics, the conventional wisdom regarding the cause of or solution to a sticky social problem is often wrong because: Political pundits and TV journalists are several steps away from “real life” “experts” sue information available to them to serve their own agenda Conventional wisdom is usually the first explanation for something and it tends to “stick” People seldom use quantitative techniques to analyze social problems
Sample Questions According to Freakonomics, the conventional wisdom regarding the cause of or solution to a sticky social problem is often wrong because: Political pundits and TV journalists are several steps away from “real life” “experts” use information available to them to serve their own agenda Conventional wisdom is usually the first explanation for something and it tends to “stick” People seldom use quantitative techniques to analyze social problems
Sample Questions Based on the ECLS data, which of the following four factors is not correlated, positively or negatively, with children’s test scores? Parent’s education Parent’s socioeconomic status Low birth weight Having an intact family
Sample Questions Based on the ECLS data, which of the following four factors is not correlated, positively or negatively, with children’s test scores? Parent’s education Parent’s socioeconomic status Low birth weight Having an intact family
Sample Questions All of the following are examples of “correlation but not causation” except: Children whose parents are better educated and earn higher incomes tend to experience greater economic success than children whose parents are poorly educated and earn less income Boys with “white” names tend to earn money than boys with “black” names The misdeeds of Winner Lane, Temptress, and Amcher landed them all in court Ice cream sales and death by drowning tend to increase during the hot summer months
Sample Questions All of the following are examples of “correlation but not causation” except: Children whose parents are better educated and earn higher incomes tend to experience greater economic success than children whose parents are poorly educated and earn less income Boys with “white” names tend to earn money than boys with “black” names The misdeeds of Winner Lane, Temptress, and Amcher landed them all in court Ice cream sales and death by drowning tend to increase during the hot summer months