The internet is host to a wealth of information
The internet is host to a wealth of information and much of that information comes from raw data that have been collected or observed.
Many websites summarize such data using graphical methods discussed in this chapter.
Find a website related to your major that summarizes data and uses graphs, and share it with the class. Let us know how it relates to your major and why it is of interest to you.
Sample Solution
The website I found related to my major is the World Economic Forum. This website summarizes data on global economic issues such as trade and investments, financial stability and development, labor markets, energy security, and more. It also provides a variety of graphs to illustrate this data in an easily digestible way. For example, there is a graph that shows how global unemployment has increased since 2008 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are other graphs showing the distribution of jobs across different sectors, changes in GDP of various countries over time, and much more. As a finance student studying international economics, this website provides me with valuable information about current global dynamics that can inform my future career decisions. Not only does it provide relevant insight into macroeconomic indicators such as interest rates or inflation levels; but it also highlights opportunities for foreign investment or potential areas of growth within specific countries or industries. Additionally, this site allows me to better understand the interplay between different aspects of globalization (trade flows versus capital flows). Having access to these types of graphical representations makes learning these concepts easier by providing visual representation rather than just numbers. Overall, this website offers great insights into economic trends both globally and in individual countries which can be used by students like myself who are interested in pursuing a career in finance or economics. Its use of graphs helps make understanding complex economic concepts much simpler while also providing up-to-date statistics that inform decision making processes when looking at business expansion opportunities within particular markets around the world.
tion in the future. This highlights that student motivation is both a cause and a consequence. This assertion that engagement can cause changes motivation is embedded on the idea that students can take actions to meet their own psychological needs and enhance the quality of their motivation. Further, Reeve, J. (2012) asserts that students can be and are architects of their own motivation, at least to the extent that they can be architects of their own course-related behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and agentic engagement.