Here's an example of what's due today

Graph draft

Wed, Apr 7, 2027 · Week 12 · Biotechnology for Health (Biomedical Innovations)

Today's goal: Build a clear data table and draft a graph that represents your environmental data accurately.

Learn first

What a finished product looks like

This is a model of the work you should turn in today. Use it to check your own: match the structure and the level of detail, do not copy it. Your data and wording should be your own.

Clean data table and drafted graph with outlier note

Completes: Completes the Problem 4 graph-draft step: an organized data table plus a drafted graph with titled, scaled axes, an outlier decision, and a one-sentence trend statement.

Data: monthly average air particulate (PM2.5) near a roadway, units micrograms per cubic meter.

Clean table columns: Month, PM2.5 (micrograms/m3).

Values: Jan 14, Feb 13, Mar 12, Apr 11, May 9, Jun 35.

Graph choice: line graph, because the variable (month) is time-ordered and I want to show change over time.

Axes: x-axis = Month; y-axis = PM2.5 (micrograms/m3), scaled 0 to 40. Title: 'Monthly Roadway PM2.5'.

Outlier: June (35) is far above the others. I flagged it rather than deleting it, and noted a possible cause (a nearby wildfire smoke event), so the reader can decide how to treat it.

Trend sentence: Particulate levels declined from January through May, then spiked sharply in June.

Month	PM2.5 (ug/m3)
Jan	14
Feb	13
Mar	12
Apr	11
May	9
Jun	35 (outlier, flagged)

Also due today: Submit your data table and graph draft in the course LMS today.

Check yourself

WebXam problem for today's skill

One exam-style question that uses exactly what you practiced today. Try it before you reveal the answer, then read why each choice is right or wrong.

WebXam-style domain: Laboratory Standard Operational ProceduresSelf-check skill: Handling an outlier and choosing a time-series graph

In a monthly air-quality dataset, one month's value is far higher than every other month. Following good data practice, what should you do with this outlier?

Tap an answer to see the full explanation. Nothing is recorded or graded.

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