When we are made aware of mathematical modeling, we start to see it everywhere. It truly is a real-world phenomenon. As we discovered in this week’s discussion, mathematical modeling is newsworthy and often controversial.
Conduct an Internet search to locate a news article in which mathematical modeling played a role. Save the link, and include it in your final submission.
In a paper, summarize the news article, making note of the 5Ws of news writing – who, what, when, where, and why? Specifically capture the role of mathematical modeling and its significance to the situation in the article. What theories related to mathematical modeling are evident? What steps of the modeling process can you detect?
In the paper (Step 2), relate learning about mathematical modeling in an academic setting to the situation in the news story. For example: What mathematical information was relevant to the situation? How was the mathematical information displayed?
Given your knowledge of mathematical modeling, was the situation handled appropriately? How would you have handled the situation? Remember to include the link to the news article (Step 1) in your final submission
