Identify any significant information about the victims found in the report and why you think this matters.

Justification:

  • Students will learn to analyze related theories or compare viewpoints on issues.
  • Students will enhance data analysis skills in preparation for the research paper.
  • Students will enhance their writing skills, research skills, and learn to better synthesize
  • information in preparation for the research paper.

 

Writing a research paper necessitates gathering and evaluating facts in order to construct

arguments. The more thoroughly you comprehend your data, the stronger your essay will be.

You must submit a two-page data analysis essay in preparation for your research paper.

This assignment requires you to locate, analyze, and synthesize data. In order to better grasp the

facts and numbers, you will compare and contrast data from two distinct historical periods in this

essay. In this situation, statistics will be compared.

 

Addiction is a significant problem in Maine, and drug overdoses are responsible for hundreds of

deaths each year.

Maine Cumulative Monthly Overdose Report for January through May 2022 – Maine Drug Data Hub make this clear.

 

Compare and contrast any two months from this report (Maine Cumulative Monthly Overdose Report for January through May 2022 – Maine Drug Data Hub)  and translate the results for this

assignment. For January 2021 and February 2022, for instance, or March and May 2022. It

depends on you. It is your responsibility to examine and interpret the data in your own terms.

This endeavor will need you to summarize, paraphrase, and include quotations in your article.

 

Each report should contain the following:

A brief introduction.

A thesis statements.

Three or four paragraphs analyzing the significant data gathered from the report.

( Maine Cumulative Monthly Overdose Report for January through May 2022 (mainedrugdata.org) )

Concentrate on the key facts:

1.) Which county or counties were the hardest hit by the opioid crisis?

2.) What age group was the most affected?

3.) Was one sex or race more impacted than another?

4.) Were there factors that contributed to the increasing overdoses or deaths in one month as

compared to another?

5.) Identify any significant information about the victims found in the report and why you

think this matters.

6.) Was a certain drug more prevalent in these reports than another?

7.) Was there other demographic information that was relevant?

8.) Write a conclusion for the essay.

 

Double-space the two-page essay in Times New Roman, 12-point font. Use MLA style to cite

your research (4 pages including the cover page and references)