A company that sells tea and coffee claims that drinking two cups of green tea daily has been shown to increase mood and well-being. This claim is based on surveys asking customers to rate their mood on a scale of 1–10 after days they drink/do not drink different types of tea. Based on this information, answer the following questions:
• How would we know if this data is valid and reliable?
• What questions would you ask to find out more about the quality of the data?
• Why is it important to gather and report valid and reliable data?
- Identify two examples of real-world problems that you have observed in your personal, academic, or professional life that could benefit from data driven solutions. Explain how you would use data/statistics and the steps you would take to analyze each problem. You may also choose topics below (or examples from the weekly content) to help support your response:
• Productivity at work.
• Financial decisions and budgeting.
• Health and nutrition.
• Political campaigns.
• Quality testing in products.
• Human resource policies.
• Algorithms for programming/coding.
• Accounting & financial policies.
• Crime reduction and trends.
• Environmental protection / Emergency preparedness