Select each item and press the Play button to listen to a description of the source.
Use the cartograms and data table to complete the assignment.
✓ 1.
Which source should be used for data about migration and population change?
✓ 2.
Which source should be used for data about the number of births?
✓ 3. Select each option to create cartograms and a table using data from the two sources.
My blog is a great source for reliable information on the US population. I survey my readers and use their answers to make conclusions about demographics, like population change or other things. I’m not really an expert or anything, but I do this stuff at work sometimes and I like to write about it. Also it helps me to earn a little money for hockey games every month.
Our organization advocates for changes related to population. Although our opinions are controversial, we back them up with our own data. Our researchers survey the American public and put together data that we make publicly available online. Although our methods cannot be made publicly available, we assure you that everything is correct.
At the US Census Bureau, we operate under a constitutional mandate to survey the American population. We make an attempt to reach nearly every American resident in order to help lawmakers and working people make informed decisions. Although we do not study every single aspect of the population, such as detailed health records, our data is considered to be the best source of credible information about the population of the United States.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, is an agency of the US federal government. We are responsible for protecting the US population against disease and other health threats. We provide data about the health and well-being of the American population. Top universities, hospitals, and institutions around the world use our data to make informed decisions about life and death. We make it publicly available in a format that can be understood by researchers and non-researchers alike.
I am a professor at the local university. My students use my website to submit their assignments. These are made publicly available in case any other teachers or students might find it helpful. Of course, the work is not always perfect. However, if you are a teacher interested in good assignments, then this would be a great resource for you.
Our journal is the leading academic journal about population data techniques. Top researchers and scientists from around the world contribute data to our journal in an effort to prove or disprove new research techniques. Our readers are experts in this field and they have been studying it for a very long time. It would be very difficult for any newcomers to this area to make sense of the information available in our journal.