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ALP Level 3 Writing: Statistics & Details

Designed for English language learners, this guide will help with the Level 3 research assignment

Statista

Statistics are a good way to show details about your topic.  The Sidney Silverman Library subscribes to a database of statistics.  For our topic of Facebook and algorithms we might want information about how many people use Facebook, or what people know about how Facebook choses what to show us when we log in.

Instead of choosing a database off of the Library's home page this time we will go to Databases A-Z to choose Statista.

Statista 2

Statista 3

Next we will look at the Dossier, Misinformation on Social Media.

What statistics do you find interesting?  Note the page number in the PDF file.  Remember you will also need the citation for this document.  Try to get to the file on Statista and cite the dossier.

Now: Try Statista yourself and find more statistics on Facebook and their manipulation of what you see.