Discussion postings

Reflect on the two (2) student article reviews posted by Katherine and Brooke below. Make certain that your response is written in complete sentences and makes reference to what the article is about and how statistics are used in the article. Each of your responses should be a minimum of 150 words in length.

Student #1 Katherine (Reflection must be a min 150 words)

I found a study that uses median and interquartile range on Priceonomics. The study looks at the most and least expensive states for short-term rentals. The study also includes the median price for one-, two-, and three-bedroom rentals in cities across the United States.

According the data on Priceonomics, Rhode Island and Delaware, are the most expensive states for short term rentals, costing $165 and $150 per night. The most expensive cities are East Hampton, NY, Truckee, CA, Tahoe City, CA, Keystone, CO, and Annapolis, MD. The least expensive states are Oklahoma and Kansas because the median price is $70 per night. Detroit, MI is the cheapest at $59 per night followed by Orlando, FL at $60 per night. For rentals with one bed, New York, San Francisco, and areas around LA are among the most expensive and Las Vegas is the most affordable. For two bed rentals  Newport, RI is the most expensive city and Albuquerque, NM is the least expensive. For three bed listings Aspen, CO is the most expensive and Chapel Hill, NC is the least expensive.

Here is the link to the article: https://priceonomics.com/the-most-and-least-expensive-cities-for-vacation/ (Links to an external site.)

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Student #2 Brooke (Reflection must be a min 150 words)

The purpose of this study was to compare different skills and activities performed by down syndrome children and typically developing children. “The number skills under investigation are production of the count word sequence, object counting, and understanding of cardinality, as measured by the ability to give a specified number of objects. Secondly, the effect of parental support for counting objects will be examined for each group” (Buckley, Fluck, Nye, 2001). This study was comprised by 23 down syndrome children and 20 typically developing children of non verbal mental age. 12 males and 11 females participated in the Down Syndrome group, while 13 males and 7 females were in the typically developed group. 

“It was predicted that children with Down syndrome would produce shorter conventional count sequences and fewer different count words than their typically developing counterparts” (Buckley, Fluck, Nye, 2001). The results of this study showed that the down syndrome group has lower count sequences compared to the typically developing children. 

References 

Buckley SJ, Fluck M, Nye J. (2001) Counting and cardinal understanding in children with Down syndrome and typically developing children. Down Syndrome Research and Practice. 2001;7(2);68-78. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/#q=median+and+interquartile+range+for+down+syndrome (Links to an external site.)  (Links to an external site.)