Technical Report Rough Draft

  "...statistics are ubiquitous in life, and so should be statistical reasoning.”

Alan S. Blinder

....it might be that “too little” tech use deprives young people of important social information and peer pursuits, whereas “too much” may displace other meaningful activities. Our Goldilocks hypothesis postulates that there are empirically derivable balance points, moderate levels, that are “just right” for optimally connected young people.


Thoughts:
The number of people in the world that are completely “off the grid” is extremely low. Even homeless individuals can normally be found with a phone in their hand. Is this an indication of addiction or a feat in human development?

GOALS

  • John S. Harris, a technical writer and technical writing instructor, emphasizes the importance of using graphics in technical reports: “The social science writer who does not become expert at using graphics is simply refusing to use a primary tool of the field.”
  • Why would Harris consider graphs, illustrations, tables, and other graphics primary writing tools?
  • How can you use these tools to improve your writing?

  • Writer Theodore Roszak lamented, “Data, data everywhere but not a thought to think.”
  • What must we as writers do to make data meaningful for readers?

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