Apps to Analyze

The following two apps will give students a chance to analyze data about the real-world.


USA Today (Free)


Here is a few screen shots that will show you how to use the "News Snapshots" piece of the USA Today app. When you launch the app your screen will look like this. You will need to scroll the left side of the screen and there you will find the "News Snapshots".

There is a new snapshot for each day and they are broken down into News, Money, Sports, and Life. Each day the topic has a unique graph and some related information on the left side of the screen, on the right is the question for the day. Make your choice and the results will appear. Notice that you can analyze the data between overall, your state, and your city results. 

Wolfram Alpha ($2.99)


Below you will see a search I did on "North Dakota", notice all the good data that students could use. For more information about this app, click on the text you are reading.