Formulating the author argument

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Find two articles (newspaper, internet, magazine, academic resource, etc...) that use statistics to present some kind of argument or opinion . For each article, write a short, one-page analysis that addresses the following topics:

1. A brief overview of the article and the argument that it presents.

2. The kinds of statistical methods that were used to formulate the author's argument.

3. A personal opinion as to whether the statistics used are appropriate and whether or not the statistics are biased (i.e. do you think the statistics in the article are an accurate representation of the topic that is being studied?) Explain your reasoning.

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