Assignment 7

Hurley, D. (2005, April 19). Divorce Rate: It's Not as High as You Think. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/health/19divo.html

B) Describe and then explain what the divorce statistics mean.
The statistics in this article explain that the divorce rate has only hit and all time high of 41% and looks to go no higher, seeing that since 1980, the rate has steadily decreased.

C) Discuss whether or not the research/statistics seem accurate or useful.
The idea that the author of this text brings up is very useful. The idea that we should dig deeper into the actually statistic of divorce is important because we generally take this statistic from granted, that every 1 of 2 marriages ends in divorce. With this being said, the article is just one mans opinion and is not scholarly. The idea that the author brings up could be further investigated, completed, and submitted to pass as a scholarly source, but as it stands now, it is just a New York Times article that has some evidence to support its cause, but is just not scholarly.

D) How could the research be improved.
Research can be improved by not just comparing marriages rates per year to divorce rates per year. There are much more detail that must go into a statistic so dramatic like that of the 1 of 2 divorce rate.