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Workplace fatalities: The most commonly presented data is found as a table. More times than not it is a percentage. These percentages are then presented as pie charts, bar graphs, among other types of visual aids. Many times, people are reading an article and when they come to a graph, chart, table, or other pictorial, they skim over it or perhaps ignore it all together. We will practice reading data in pictorial form. For this discussion, See the attached article. This journal article was published by The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in March 2017. For the purposes of this discussion, we will be examining the various tables in this article. On Page 6 of this article there is a table, which shows percentages by gender of workplace fatalities. Review the table, then answer the following questions:

1. What percentage of women are killed by violence or other injuries by persons or animals at work? How does this compare to men?
2. Which gender is most likely to be killed in transportation accidents at work?
3. Which gender is most likely to be killed by fires and explosions at work?
4. Which gender is most likely to be killed when in contact with objects and equipment?
5. After looking at all categories in this table, what can be said, in general, about the two gender differences in fatalities in the workplace?

As a summary and looking at this data as a whole, what conclusions can you draw about this article and gender in the workplace? Do you feel that this data was presented in an easy to read and clear manner? Why or why not? Once you have read the article and answered all of the above questions, interact with your classmates’ main posts. Possible topics for follow up posts may include, but are not limited to: Do they have the same or similar findings that you did? Did their conclusions agree with yours? If not, can you agree with their conclusions? Why or why not? Your main post should be at least 250-300 words long.

• Unit 5 discussion, we will review published research and examine if it is good research [valid/reliable], qualitative, quantitative, or both, and whether or not this research can be replicated.

Please us the following link for the research article from The Centers for Disease Control [CDC]: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6611a2.htm?s_cid=mm6611a2_w You will use the Table 1 data for ONLY California and Texas to compare numbers between states. For Table 2, please use all variables. You may also download the pdf files, if this is more convenient: Click here to download Table 1 and Click here to download Table 2. See attachment for Table 1 and 2. For your Unit 5 Main Post, address all of the following:

1. After reviewing this article and the tables/graphs, do you think this is valid research?
2. Is this reliable research? Why or why not?
3. Is this quantitative, qualitative, or both?
4. Can this research be replicated by other researchers? Why or why not?
5. For the states of California and Texas, what can be said about the count and the incidence of TB?
6. When examining the variables of US born by ethnicity versus non-US born by ethnicity, what do you see as differences? Is there a population that appears to be more at risk? Why?