Students will learn how to locate statistical sources to support arguments they make in their papers and projects.
Note: There is also an accompanying assignment to this lesson, Finding Statistics.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVE

• Students will be able to locate population, income, and GNP/GDP statistics for both a developing country and a developed country

INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION

1. Adapt or copy the accompanying assignment, Finding Statistics.

2. Discuss with students the uses (and abuses) of statistics.

3. Demonstrate how to locate statistics using one of the titles listed in the possible sources section of the assignment for this lesson plan.

STUDENT PREPARATION

1. Have students complete QuickStudy Lesson 3 of Module 6, Finding Facts, Reviews, and More.

2. Have students complete QuickStudy Module 6's Guided Exercise, Interpreting Statistics.

Adapted from "Go for the Gold"

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