The OECD has resources related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A summary can be read in the article Stopping antimicrobial resistance would cost just USD 2 per person a year (7/11/18), which included the chart copied here. The article is rich with quantitative information. While resistance proportions for eight high-priority antibiotic-bacterium combinations …
Read More »How do you tell a story with data and maps – Beto vs Cruz?
FiveThirtyEight has an excellent article on the 2018 senate race and the possible implications for future elections. The article, What Really Happened In Texas by Kirk Goldsberry (11/14/18) analyzes voting patterns by county and compares 2014 to 2018. Their graph copied here is the fourth in a series of maps and …
Read More »How does the digital divide impact secondary education for different groups?
The Pew Research Center article Nearly one-in-five teens can’t always finish their homework because of the digital divide by Monica Anderson and Andrew Perrin (10/26/18) provides insights on how lacking access to the internet impacts the ability to complete homework. Their chart (copied here) gives the percent of school-age children by …
Read More »How are U.S. CO2 emissions changing?
The recent EIA report Carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector have declined 28% since 2005 (10/29/18) provides the graphic (copied here) showing the changes of the source of electricity generation and corresponding changes in CO2 emissions from 2005 to 2017. Electricity related CO2 emissions declined but not all …
Read More »Who votes?
The Pew Research Center article U.S. trails most developed countries in voter turnout by Drew Desilver (5/21/18) provides a summary of voting percentages by country in the chart copied here (data available). In terms of the percent of eligible voters, the U.S. is near the bottom with 56% voting n …
Read More »How do we take the temperature of the oceans?
The recent BBC article Climate change: Oceans ‘soaking up more heat than estimated’ by Matt McGrath (11/1/18) reports the result from a recent study showing that the oceans have warmed more than previously thought. How did they do it? In short, from the BBC article: The key element is the fact …
Read More »Will this be an warmer El Niño winter?
The NOAA Climate.gov article Another mild winter? NOAA’s 2018-19 winter outlook by Mike Halpert (10/22/18) discusses the likelihood of El Niño this winter and the impact on temperatures. The discussion of prediction and probabilities can be used in QL and stats courses: I again remind readers (if this seems repetitive, well, it …
Read More »How are climatic zones changing?
The Yale Environment 360 article Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones Are Shifting by Nicola Jones (10/23/18) provides animated maps, such as the one below, and quantitative statements about changing ecology including rates (great for a calculus class): Lauren Parker and John Abatzoglou of the University of Idaho tracked what would …
Read More »How much have fall nighttime temperatures risen?
According to the Climate Central post, Fall Nights Are Warming in Our Changing Climate (10/17/18), of 244 cities in the U.S., 83 percent have average fall low temperatures on the rise. For example, the graph here is for NYC. Why does this matter: Warming fall nights mean more than just a …
Read More »What is the relationship between rates of suspension by race and free and reduced lunch?
Propublica’s article, Miseducation – Is There Racial Inequality at Your School? by Lena V. Groeger, Annie Waldman and David Eads, (10/16/18), provides data by state on the percent of nonwhite students, the percent of students who get free/reduced-price lunch, high school graduation rate, the number of times White students are likely to be in an …
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