Statistics in Plain Language

  Answer each question using your own words (not the formal definition). Pretend you are describing each to your friend who is not a statistician. Describe the two definitions of statistics. What is a variable? What is the difference between a population and a...

The Transformative Power of Studying the Humanities

  As we learned in Week 1, there is a difference between being educated and simply trained. The purpose of education is not only to determine what someone can do, but also what kind of person they become as a result of their education. Studies in the humanities...

The Impact of Social Justice Art on Society

    Although social justice art is not a topic exclusive to the 20th and 21st centuries, the distribution of information regarding controversial art with gender, race, sexual, and/or environmental themes has increased with the proliferation of media. Choose...

Maternal Mortality in the United States

  1. Choose a Topic: You will first choose a health condition/topic to focus on maternal mortality or morbidity. For example: a specific type of cancer (e.g. lung cancer), a specific type of autoimmune disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis or inflammatory bowel...