AGCJ 404
Agricultural Communications and Journalism

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Graphs and Tables Lab

Listed below are data from a study of agriculture students at Texas A&M University who had transferred from a community college. Your assignment is to develop a graph for the first set of data and a table for the second set of data using a word processor. Be sure to include appropriate titles, sources, and labels, according to the APA Manual.

Save the information from this lab to your jump drive. Send the results of this lab to your instructor and teaching assistant as an e-mail attachment (don't forget the lab name in your e-mail subject line) when completed.

Ask your instructor to check this assignment BEFORE leaving the lab.
Refer to the Tutorial for more information.

First Data Set
Work experience of community college transfer agriculture students
Work Experience20002005

Agriculture - related to major

57

75

Agriculture - not related to major

67

93

Non-agricultural

70

117

Second Data Set
Mean units of high school agriculture by school location
YearSchool LocationMeanStandard Deviation

2000

Urban

1.84

1.98

2000

Suburban

2.07

2.66

2000

Semi-rural

2.78

2.52

2000

Rural

3.24

2.45

2000

Total

2.48

2.56

2005

Urban

1.05

2.01

2005

Suburban

2.45

2.27

2005

Semi-rural

2.44

2.40

2005

Rural

3.73

2.18

2005

Total

2.42

2.40
If any of the above information is incorrect, or needs to be updated, contact Gary J. Wingenbach.
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