Part 1: Research
Visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, http://www. bls. gov/ooh/Architecture-and-Engineerin g/home. htm and research
three different occupations in the field of architecture and engineering. For each occupation you choose, answer the
following questions.
1. What are the basic responsibilities of the position?
2. What type and level of education is required?
3. Does this field appear to be growing or diminishing?
4. Would you like this job? What did you discover during your research that supports
in two or more complete
osition? Be sure to answer
Part 2: Analyze Data
Use the values in the median pay column at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, http://www. bls. gov/ooh/Architecture-
and-Engineering/home htm to calculate the mean median and mode of the median pay for architecture and engineering
occupations. Then answer the following questions.
What does the median pay mean for each profession?
1. What is the value of the mean? Which occupation best represents the mean salary for architecture and engineering
occupations? Support your answers with mathematical calculations and reasoning.
2. What is the value of the median? Which occupation best represents the median salary for architecture and
engineering occupations? Support your answers with mathematical calculations and reasoning.
3. What is the value of the mode? Which occupation besturenresents the mode of the salaries for architecture and engineering occupations? Support your answer with mathematical calculations and reasoning.
Which occupation has the highest median salary?
5. Which occupation has the lowest median salary?
6. What is the range of median salaries for architecture and engineering occupations? Support your answers with
mathematical calculations and reasoning
7. Which measurement is the best measure of center for this data? Justify your conclusion in two or more complete
sentences
Assignment Guidelines:
Choose a slideshow or presentation program to organize your research. Your presentation should contain information
collected in Part 1 and Part 2
Part 1
Include important facts found through your research. Include the answers to questions 1-4 for each of the three
occupations you chose
Part 2
Include information a visual representation of the data and the answers to questions 1-6