The Pew Research Center piece for this week points to some important differences in attitudes across generations. The piece covers several different issue areas (eg, gender, family structure, race, climate change). Choose one issue area and summarize the results from the report. Then, offer your own hypothesis for what may be driving the differences in attitudes across generations. Why do you think we see the attitude differences that the Pew Center points to? Do you think there any cohort/generational or life cycle effects at play?

Note: As you’re reading the pieces from the Pew Research Center, try to reflect more on how the writers describe the data. How do they begin paragraphs? How do they frame or contextualize the data that they present so that the report isn’t just a list of numbers? These reflections will help prepare you for writing the Data Brief assignment.

10.0 pts Excellent, The response is excellent and demonstrates thoughtful analysis of the reading material assigned. It is evident that the student has carefully read the assigned reading and deeply reflected on it. There are clear and specific references to the assigned reading, including formal citations to the text (paraphrased is fine). The writing is also very clear and concise.