Due in 2 hours. Problem 31 (Part A only) and 37 using Excel QM

the teacher will need to read ” Reading Pop Culture” a portable anthology by Jeff Osborne. Form page 245-265

An annotated bibliography is a research tool that will help you to keep track of the sources you encounter while working on larger research projects. Generally, an annotated bibliography reflects an exhaustive search of a topic; for this class, we will treat this assignment as an introduction to the tool rather than to expect a complete bibliography.

This tool is related directly to a References page, except here, we follow each of your five citations with a brief (100 words or less) explanation of:

1. Who the author is and their relevance to the subject we are exploring.
2. Who the intended audience is.
3. How this citation relates or contrasts to at least one of our other sources.
4. How this source helps to further our discussion of the topic.

Through this assignment, we ask that you read the criteria for the Researched Argument essay, choose a topic, and begin researching that topic (note that you should have already chosen a topic through last week’s assignment and discussion forum).

To receive full credit for this assignment, you must have five or more annotations in your bibliography.

This is essentially summarizing each source, so try to treat it as a tool to help you and others find their way through this topic.

An annotated bibliography should be on its own page and take the attached form

Checklist for Annotated Bibliography:

1. Does this bibliography meet the assignment criteria?
2. How does the formatting of this assignment look? Does it follow basic APA guidelines for a Reference page? (i.e. Times New Roman font, double-spaced, no extra spacing between paragraphs, first line of the citation flush left with all following lines indented, etc.?).
3. Are the annotations brief, clear, and informative? Do they avoid personal opinion? Do they act as a reference guide?
4. Imagine you are writing an essay about the same subject (you will be). If you came upon this in your research, how useful would you find this bibliography to be?
5. Do this bibliography contain at least five citations?

Hi Folks–similar to the Census (which we will use next assignment), we’re now going to get to know Texas’ economy, in more detail,as in how it’s measured for growth, or success. As in most aspects of life, there are different ways and usages for numbers, but some, like the Census, are just more important than others. For this assignment, we’re going to use the Gross State Product, which is part of the US Gross Domestic Product. I usually obtain these tables from the Texas Comptrollers website, as I have for 15 years, but the current officeholder, Susan Combs, is running for re-election, and was considering running for a higher office if the Texas Lieutenant Governor left office. Im saying this because Im VERY disappointed as a Texas resident, taxpayer and educator. The Comptrollers office is the state’s taxing, auditing, and revenue guardian. It is NOT an economic development forum–we have several associations–like the Chambers of Commerce, and other offices under the Governors control, that deal with these interests. Since President Obama has taken office, however, and Rick Perry and others caught up in political ambition, this office and it’s huge data base have simply become a political tool. This is a disgrace to the the families, students, taxpayers and consumers especially. Let’s now move to the data, which I had to find in the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, BEA, and compile for you.

Texas’ economy is huge, as you have hopefully come to know from Chapter 1, and the course in general.  It’s the 2d largest in the US, and has done well over the past 3 years, since the financial collapse and recession.  That’s a good thing.  Let’s look at what the economy is, in all its wrinkles, by comparing the GSP from last year, to the previous, 2010.

In chapter 1 of the text, you’ll find Table 1–a breakdown of the Gross State Product over a 10 year span.  For this assignment, you’re going to make comparisons between the data reported for 2011, by viewing this PDF file:

2011GSP.pdf

and compare to Table 1, in the column for 2010. 

FOR ASSIGNMENT:  Please go through and type the total for each 2010 sector, ie, Agriculture, Mining, etc., then type the total for each 2011 sector.

Also, you will see the 2011 file is much more detailed, it explains to us which subsectors exist, ie, the more specific industries–wood products, non-metallic, forestry, etc. Please list 2 subsectors for each sector, including 2 for durable goods and 2 for non-durable.  Conclude with the overall sector that grew the most, in dollars.