Select a topic for which you can gather 50-80 data points for one quantitative variable. Data should be recent (within the past couple of years). (DO NOT USE THE SAMPLE DATA for your lab.) Sample topics:

Select a topic for which you can gather 50-80 data points for one quantitative variable. Data should be recent (within the past couple of years). (DO NOT USE THE SAMPLE DATA for your lab.) Sample topics:

1. Inflation rate, interest rate, personal savings, price-to-rent ratio, etc.
   
   (Trading Economics is a great website for business-oriented data),
2. Workplace injuries, productivity, unemployment, etc. (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Data Tools, is a great website for business-oriented data.)
3. State Immigration Data Sheets (Office of Homeland Security),
4. Poverty by state (Americanprogress.org),
5. Gasoline prices by state (AAA),
6. MLB, NBA, NFL, ESPN, and similar websites provide player data.

2. Place data in an Excel spreadsheet. Include one dataset for one variable for this project.

1. Clearly label your data.
2. Font and font size should be consistent throughout your table.
3. Select “All Borders” for your data. (Home, Font, Borders Box, All Borders).
4. Rename the sheet that contains your data “Data.”

1. Provide a citation for your data source on your Datasheet in cell D2.
   
   (Website, Year, Title, Weblink).
2. Create Descriptive Statistics using Excel.