We are interested in how music purchasing behavior has shifted over the recent past. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each graph in helping us understand that? Make sure to specify what each graph controls for. From Jailbreaking the Degree: From Evolver.fm:
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Via http://dailyinfographic.com/ : Questions: 1. “For every 100 single women in their 20s, there are 120 single men” — If this is true, what else might be true? Explain some ways this pattern could occur. Make sure to double check your hypothesis by running a small mental experiment. 2. Come up with an more outlandish theory for [...]
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From http://dailyinfographic.com: Questions: “CTR” is “Click-through rate”, and it represents the percentage of people that see a given ad that actually click on it. 1. Assume the figure they cite is correct. 100,000 people see a Facebook ad. How many click the ad? 2. Assume the figure they cite is correct. 100,000 people see a [...]
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Via dailyinfographic.com Questions: 1. How many employees do you have to have under to be called a “small business”? 2. What qualifies as a small business? If I sell things ocassionally on Amazon.com or Etsy, is that a small business? If am the CEO of Walmart, but create a small one person company to invest [...]
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Via dailyinfographic.com: 1. Where is the information from? Can you find any of the source statistics? 2. Two children are born into a family two years apart. All other things being equal who is more likely to be an entrepreneur — the first-born or second-born child? [Note: as with all questions, you can say we [...]