• What do you notice?
I find that the graph of the Fast- food restaurants have been rising years by years. Far and more, 16 to 19 years old youngster got its balance since 2000.
• What do you wonder?
This chart shows the connection between the Fast-food restaurant relating the teens population and the teens labor force employed situation. Ultimately, although the fast food restaurants were extending the business scale,the teens weren't the restaurants' main sources of labors.
• What might be going on in this graph?
I assume an important turning point will happen in the future,for example:green marketing.Green marketing will replace fast food industry since modern people emphasize on healthy to live longer!
In the graph, the rate of fast-food restaurants is getting higher and higher, while the rate of forced employed teenagers is dropping seriously after 2000. What's more, the population of teenagers aged from 16 to 19 did not change a lot since 2000.
I am curious about why the population of teenagers is stable. As I know, the population of the world are getting higher, and many scientists are afraid that the earth may not support so many people. Therefore, I guess what the graph indicate is not the world, instead, it is about a certain region.
I think the rate of fast-food restaurant will get higher continually because people love go and eat fast-food nowadays. Furthermore, I wish the rate of teenagers in labor forced will get lower. I think teenagers should have the chance to study in school, not working in factories.
I notice that there are three lines. The red line of “Fast-food restaurants” gradually rises every year. Till 2015, it reached up to 40%,which may means that more and more people enjoy eating fast food. Another line of “population” only climbs up a little bit. The other line of “in labor force employed” suddenly drops to the bottom about 40% in just ten years. I wonder the reason why it falls down so quickly. It seems that this thing makes no sense. On one hand the demand for fast food is increasing, but on the other hand labor for it is decreasing. But under deeper thought, I acquire a conclusion. The story this graph is telling is “mankind displaced by machine.” It’s a double-edge sword. It can reduce the cost on employment but at the same time cause the unemployment. This is an important issue that we should think of and discuss.
• What do you notice?
The line of the Fast- food restaurants had kept rising yeas by years. Besides, the population of 16 to 19 years old had kind of got its balance since 2000. There are two lines which represent Teenagers: In labor force Employed dropped to the bottom in 2010, but came back a little in 2015.Plus, all the lines changed in 2000.
• What do you wonder?
This graph might try to show the connection between the Fast-food restaurant, its teens population and the teens labor force employed situation. As a result, the fast food restaurants were gaining their spots or extending the business scale. However, teens weren't the restaurants' main sources of labors.
• What might be going on in this graph?
To compare the gradually transformation during years with different factors. Moreover, the graph specially emphasized 2000 year because it's a important turning point of all the rate.
I noticed that the amount of fast food restaurants are climbing up steadily from 1995 to 2015. Meanwhile, the teenagers in labor force has been decreasing since 2000; the rate of the population from 16 to 19 once raised dramatically but ended up slowing down its growth. I wonder the reason why the rate of teenagers in labor force is in negative growth. The story this graph is telling is that teens who are employed or actively seeking employment are declining. In my opinion, a catchy headline may be “Teen employers are no longer so common in fast food restaurants.”
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massive increase in teen job sharing.
I notice that all the rate goes up at 1995, and have obvious changes at the year 2000. First, the rate of the fast-food restaurant is boosting up each year. Secondly, the population of teenagers from 16 to 19 went up first but keep smooth after 2000. At last, its teenagers and the labor forced employed both slid down after the year 2000 with similar kinds of shape.
There are two points that aroused my curiosity. That is, the relationship between teenagers and the labor forced employed since their movement nearly share the same shape. Also, the relationship between the above two categories and fast-food restaurant because they had shown totally opposite directions after year 2000.
In my opinion, I guess the graph is showing people as our life becomes more wealthy (the growing of fast-food consumption), the less people wants to give birth to babies and the less people want to find jobs. As a result, the rate od teenagers and labor forced employed had dropped. All in all, I would like to name this graph “The impact of modern society improvement on younger generations “.
I noticed that the fast-food restaurants have increased dramatically since 2000. Moreover, Over the past 20 years, I noticed the population of 16-19 years old increased steadily. Nevertheless, I also noticed that teenagers in labor force and teenagers who are employed have decreased rapidly. I wonder why working teenagers decrease so much. Is it about our economy ? Or just because our world has changing. I think the headline could be "Change in Teenage Employment ."
What do you notice ?
I noticed that this graph mainly focused on teenagers these years.
For example, relationship between diet habit and who want to be in labor force employed.
What do you wonder?
I thought that the percentage change concern the whole world.
For instance, the improvement of technology or the change of diet habits.
Thus, most teenagers who have part-time job may work in sever industry instead of being labor force. As for, the reason why more and more teenagers like fast food restaurant is that there is an obvious improvement in the economy.
In conclusion, this graph is to remind us of the change between teens and world.
I think the title for this graph is “from teens’ change to this world’s change”
I noticed that the red line(Fast-food restaurants) has ascended rapidly since 2000.The red-orange line(Population,16-19) also has ascended steadily since 2000.However,the orange(Teenagers:In labor force) and yellow line(Employed) have descended dramatically.I wonder why the yellow line had such a difference below the orange line,and meeting the orange line in 2018.And I think the story this graph is telling is the robotization in Fast-food restaurants.As a result,the labor force demand is gradually decreased in recent years.I would think this way is because of the contrary trend of the line of Fast-food restaurants and that of Employed.I supposed the decrease of Employed is relevant to the increase of mechanisms.
Teenagers Working?
From looking at this graph, I notice that around the 2000’s all three lines where at the same point, then dramatically fast-food restaurants increased and the number of working teenagers significantly decreased, as the population of 16 year olds to 19 year olds steadily rises. I wonder why over the years this happend? Why did the number of teenagers who work decrease by so many? In this graph it shows how the population of working teenagers have changed over the years.
I noticed that since the year 2000 the number of teenagers and fast food restaurants has increased but the amount of employed teenagers has decreased. I wonder if this is because jobs are now enforcing their employees to at least have a high school diploma in order to apply. This would affect the number of teens working because they are still in school and haven’t earned a diploma yet. I also wonder if this is because they want to give adults without a college degree a chance to work for them instead of teens. The story this graph is telling is that it’s become harder to get a job as a teenager and that the number of fast food restaurants is increasing while the number of teens working decreases. A catchy headline could be: As the fast food industry thrives, the amount of teens in workforce plummet.
What do you notice?
I notice that in the graph there are two sharp changes, one in fast food restaurants and one in teenagers in the labor force. I notice that thee was a slight increase in teenagers but a massive decrease in the number working. I also notice that there is a sort of equilibrium point for all the lines around 2000, and that up until 2000, the lines moved pretty close together.
What do I wonder?
I wonder if the sharp drop in teenagers employed and in the labor force I should partially because of the 2008 crisis. The sharpest drop in employment is right around that recession and it would make sense for less teenagers to be able to find jobs then. But, the economy has recovered and the number of teenagers in the work force has only increased slightly which makes me wonder if there is another factor at play in these low numbers. I also find it interesting how much fast food restaurants have increased in the past few years in a world where it seems like fast food is going out of style.
A headlong for this graph could be "What is happening in the teenage workforce?"
I notice that, while the number of teenagers and fast food restaurants has increased since 2000, the teenage labor force and teenagers who are employed have decreased significantly. I wonder why the teenagers in the labor force and those who are employed decreased so sharply between 2000 and 2010. I also wonder why the teenage population has gone up since 2000 while the overall fertility rate has been rapidly decreasing for many decades. This graph could be captioned with a headline: Fast Food Restaurants Hire Fewer Teens than in 2000. This claim can be supported by the fact that the number of fast food restaurants has increased while the teenagers employed (largely at fast food restaurants) have decreased, indicating teenagers are not being hired as frequently or there are fewer jobs available per fast food restaurant.
From this graph, it's possible to infer that it is increasingly difficult to get a job as a teenager nowadays since so many adults without college degrees can no longer be as successful as in, say, the 1970s-80s-90s, and are forced to settle for low-paying jobs that do not require a college diploma, thus decreasing the space for teenagers in the fast-food work place, where the vast majority of employed teenagers are eligible to work. This sharp split could also be because teenagers have become less reliable on jobs or have become less interested in them, which seems unlikely that such a drastic shift could happen over just a few decades, but, it's possible.
What do you notice?
I notice that although the population of 16-19 year olds and the number of fast food chains have increased over the last 30 years, the number of employed or in labor force teenagers has drastically decreased. However it seems like since 2010, the number of employed teens has started to increase again. I also notice that the population of 16-19 year olds was steadily increasing until about 2007 but now it has kind of leveled off.
What do you wonder?
I wonder what might cause the employment rate to decrease so much. I think it might be because a lot of teens are more lazy nowadays with the introduction of smart phones and video games. Many people would rather play Xbox instead of going out and working, including me. The reason for the decrease could also be because a lot more people are going to college now than in the 90s.
What might be the headline?
A potential title could be Change in 16-19 year Olds Employment Over Time
What do you notice?
• I notice that fast food restaurants have gone from -20% to 40% in the span of 20 years.
• I notice that in about 1998, the percentage of fast food restaurants, population 16-19, teenagers in the labor force, and teenagers employed are all at zero percent
• I notice the large increase in fast food restaurants compared to the population which has been increasing, but not as drastically as the fast food restaurants.
• I notice that teenagers in the labor force and teenagers unemployed are about at the same percentage after 2015
What do you wonder?
• I wonder why does the percent mean, like is it the percent of teenagers? Or just 16-19 year olds?
• I wonder what cause the percentage of working teenagers to go down so much after 2000
• I wonder why the increase in fast food has become so rapid. What in the American lifestyle has changed since 2000?
What is a title for this graph?
• A title for this graph could be “Percentage of Where Teenagers Work Compared to Teengae Population Since 1985”
I noticed that the fast food business has been growing exponentially, whereas the teenager population since 2005 hasn't seen much growth if any at all. Clearly, there needs to be a workforce to meet the demands of a rapidly-expanding fast food market, such as maintaining the restaurants, which are now relying on more adults than in the past. As shown by the graph, the number of teenagers who are currently in the labor force and/or employed has decreased exponentially since 2000, quite possibly due to the boom of technology. Because of this, teenagers have lost interest in their past societal roles as those working minimum wage jobs and have instead chased other ambitions, such as creating successful apps and searching for higher-paying jobs. As our country came out of the recession in the past few years, more job opportunities have opened up, creating a more competitive job market. In turn, this means that wages are competitively increasing and giving teens more, and more higher-paying, job opportunities. Because of the factors mentioned above, less teens are seeking minimum wage jobs, meaning that adults will have to take their places in the fast food industry.
- A possible title for this graph could be "More Calories, Less Interest"
I noticed that the number of fast-food restaurants appears to have drastically increased by about 40% from 2000 to 2015. It also appears that the number of working teenagers has decreased by about 28%.
I wonder what caused the decrease in working teenagers. I would imagine that the popularity and high demand for fast food was the reason for the increase in fast-food restaurants, but the decrease in working teenagers is a mystery to me. I do not know many peers that work for a fast-food restaurant. There is also a large number of people in my age group that do not work at all which I find to be very surprising because all of my paychecks are put into my college fund.
"In this case Food Grows and Kids Don't"
It is worth noticing that the amount of fast food restaurants has increased in the past 20 years. Conversely the amount of the teenagers employed has overall decreased in the past 20 years. This shows how huge a role fast food plays in one's life. As families have started becoming more and more busy we see the "sitting down for a meal at the table" becoming less and less common.
I noticed that fast food restaurants, population ages 16-19, teenagers employed, and teenagers employed in the labor force were all clustered at 0 around the year 2000. There was a large gap between teenagers employed and teenagers in the work force that started after the year 2000 and continued to get increasingly larger over the next 15 years. Fast food restaurants have also really taken off since 2000, while the population that are teenagers has also increased but by a much smaller margin.
My guess as to what caused the graph to look like this is that less teenagers are getting jobs because they have busy schedules, which might explain why the number of teenagers is down by such a large percentage in this time period. This may also be explained by teens becoming lazy over time.
Possible Headline: Teens in work force plummet, but fast food industry thrives
Are you going to eat in a fast-food restaurant today? Work at one? Or, even go by one? Maybe you’ll be thinking about what you notice and wondered in this graph.
We have a headline from Kate in Hampton who said, "Teens Aren't Lovin' It". Why aren't they?
We have a headline from Jaden at LCMS, “Are Teenagers Getting Lazy?” Why do you think he said this? Do you have anything to add to his headline? Good noticing and wondering leads to snappy headlines.
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I observed that generally the number of teenagers employed in the labor force is decreasing over the years while the number of fast food restaurants is increasing. The population of 16-19 appears to be remaining constant. From 1995 to 2000, the amount of teenagers in the workforce increases but then begins to rapidly decrease until 2015 where it levels off at around -21%. However, the number of fast food restaurants appears to be increasing at a more constant rate, and reaches about 40% in 2015. Why does the number of teenagers in the workforce appear to rapidly decline after the year 2000? I think that teenagers could be taking other jobs not in the fast food business. Instead they could be taking jobs that pay more or have more meaning/interest for them. This graph could be titled "The Rapid Decline in Teenage Employment in the Workforce yet a Steady Increase in Fast Food Businesses"
I noticed that in the late 1990's and early 2000's, every line on the chart was roughly the same so I wonder, what happened during those years which caused little to no growth on that part of the chart. I also noticed that there are two lines on the bottom of the chart that have only one set of words listed for both of them it seems. What i wonder about it is what is the difference with the two lines on the bottom of the chart since it is not really stated on the chart? One other key feature that i noticed was that the population grew slightly over the years but there is a 16-19 on the chart. What I wonder from this is what does that 16-19 mean? Does it mean the number of people at the age 16-19 or something else? It needs to be a little more specific. What caught my eye was how the number of fast food restaurants grew very fast in recent years and the amount of people in the labor force has decreased a lot in recent years. This may be because so many people are getting jobs at the fast food restaurants causing the total amount of people looking for jobs to go down. going back to the graph I noticed about the graph is that on the red line it lists fast food restaurants but it doesn't list what is increasing in fast food restaurants and with the population that is listed, "what is the population?", where is this data taken from? A possible title for this graph would be: "Fast food restaurants increasing and labor force decreasing".
I notice: the amount of fast-food restaurants and the population of teenagers eligible to work have both increased over the past 18 years, with the increase of fast-food restaurants being especially large. On the other hand, the amount of teenagers in the labor force and the amount of those employed have both drastically decreased during that period of time. The employment of teenagers in the labor force does, however, appear to have been slowly increasing over the past 5 years.
I wonder: what has caused the rapid increase of the amount of fast-food restaurants over the past 18 years? Is it a change in lifestyle among Americans and a need to “grab-and-go?” Are there specific chains that are leading this? Also, what has caused the drastic decrease of the amount of teenagers in the labor force and the amount of those employed? Are teenagers preoccupied with schoolwork? Or are they following the stereotype of being the “lazy generation”? Are companies looking to older employees to fill positions instead of teens?
The story this graph is telling is that fast-food is on the rise, while teenage workers are on the decline. A potential headline could be “From Flipping Burgers to Flipping Water Bottles: A Change in Teenagers’ Lifestyles”
I noticed that there is a steady increase in fast-food restaurants, and a slow, but steady increase in population. I also noticed an overall decrease in teenagers in labor force and teenagers who are employed. Could both the decrease in teenage employment and the increase in fast-food restaurants be due to an increase in technology? Does technology distract teenagers so much that they don't have the time or interest to work? A potential headline could be "Change in Teenage Employment"
I noticed that fast food restaurants have always grown at a steady rate to almost 40% by 2015. The population of 16-19 year olds also seemed to be growing at a similar pace up until 2000 where the population seemed to steady out. Almost at the same time, the teenagers being employed and in the labor force decreased dramatically until it reached about -30% by 2015. A possible explanation for this is that with more advocates for health, teenagers especially can't see themselves working at a fast-food restaurant which is one of the most common arguments for health. Also as more teenagers become more concerned with their future, they may be looking for better opportunities that will grant them more experience for the field they are looking at.
Notice-I notice that there has been an increase in the amount of fast food restaurants but a decrease in the amount of teenagers in the workforce. I also noticed that while the population did not change much, the amount of fast food restaurants increased greatly.
Wonder- I wonder why there has been such a significant decrease in the amount of teens in the workforce, because it is definitely not from a decrease in job opportunities. Could it be because teenagers are getting lazy, or is it because they are just more busy with school or sports?
Title: Decline in Teenage Employment
I noticed that as the number of fast food restaurants increased significantly over the past 25+ years. This may be because fast food has become such a large role in the American culture due to the fast pace environment that we live in. What also caught my eye was the fact that although the teenage population was increasing over the years, the number of teenagers who are in the labor force have declined significantly resulting in a low participation in the fast food industry as well.
What I questioned from this graph was why teenagers did not take advantage of the opportunity to begin working earlier in order to save more money, whether it be for college or savings for the future. Is the current generation so lazy that they do not want to take part in these kinds of jobs? I think that this generation of teenagers has become so caught up in technology that they do not feel that they need to learn the skills of working in that kind of an environment. A possible headline could be "Get to Work".
Notice: I noticed that the number of fast food restaurants has steadily increased since 2000. The population of teenagers aged 16-19 has increased as well, though much less steadily than the number of fast food restaurants. The number of teenagers in the labor force and the number of teenagers employed have both dropped significantly since 2000. I also notice that until the year 2000, all of the measured numbers/percentages were increasing at somewhat similar rates.
Wonder: I wonder why there seems to be an association between the expansion of the fast-food industry and the number of teenagers in the workforce. This contradicts what I would expect (that the creation of more restaurants would increase the number of jobs and therefore the number of teens in the workforce).
Think: I think that the association could represent a number of things. For example, the decline in teenage employment as compared to the increase in fast-food restaurants may be a sign that teenagers are dissatisfied with fast-food jobs and searching elsewhere for jobs instead, or simply that fewer teenagers are seeking employment nowadays.
Possible headline: Teenage Employment in Fast Food Restaurants Isn't What You Would Expect
I notice in this graph that the number of teenagers that is employed in the labor force has been decreasing rapidly for the most part; at the same time, the number of fast food restaurants in the United States is increasing rapidly over the years. During this span of time, however, the population of people in the United States that are between 16 and 19 years old has stayed pretty similar, which poses some concerns as we can begin to realize why child obesity is becoming a major problem in the United States: kids are not wanting to work and they are eating these fast foods all the time, causing problems in the country.
I wonder why this has been the trend over the recent years as opposed to back in, say, the 1980s or 1990s. Back in the 1980s and 90s, obesity was not nearly the problem that is now amongst kids, which makes some sense but not much since these fast food chains existed back during this time as well. I would think that this can be attributed to the technology that is readily available to kids as well as the fast food being more advertised when children are watching tv.
I think the graph is telling us—not directly—that this is becoming a problem in America that teenagers do not want to work and that they are instead taking a lazy route and not wanting to do anything other than sit around and play on their phones and technology.
I would call this graph, "Work is Overrated"
I noticed that the y-axis is measured in percentage. I wonder what the red line is measuring specifically. Is it percentage of workers that are teenagers? Is it percentage of teenagers that work in the fast food industry?
I noticed that the amount of fast food restaurants has increased drastically since 2000, but the number of teenagers who are employed or in the labor force has decreased drastically. This could be due to the fact that teenagers feel more pressure to preform well in school, which ends up taking up a lot of their time. Also major developments in technology and social media has made being lazy more of an option.
I personally work for a fast food chain, and I know a number of teenagers who do too, but I also work with a lot of older people surprisingly. I know for a fact that some of the people I work with retired from their old jobs and are just continuing to work to make more money so this could also be contributing to this data.
One question I have about this graph is the fact that the percentages for teenage labor and fast food chains are so close together for a number of years, until about 2000, when the number of fast food chains drastically increases and the number of employed teenagers drastically decreases. Why such an insane change seemingly all of the sudden?
Additionally, I have no idea how the people who made this graph are choosing to define the "labor force" - I just don't see the difference between the employed line and the labor force line for teenagers.
I noticed that as time progresses, the number of fast food restaurants is increasing at a relatively steep rate while as of the year 2000, the number of teenagers employed by fast food restaurants is decreasing overall.
I wonder if the number of teenagers employed in the fast food industry is decreasing because teenagers are finding more meaningful employment such as jobs related to their future career choice. I wonder why there is a slight increase in the employment in the year 2010 and if this has anything to do with the economic crash around the year 2008. I also am curious about the differing line colors and what they might mean. Are they related to where this data was collected?
Being that the population for 16-19 year olds is relatively stable this should not have a huge impact on employment levels. It is shocking that teenagers are not being employed by fast food chains as much even though the number of fast food restaurants is dramatically increasing. A possible title for this graph could be "Teenage Employment Rates Shockingly Decline in the Face of Growing Fast Food Restaurants."
I noticed that the number of fast food restaurants is increasing gradually over the course of many years. This could be because fast food has become such a large part of our food industry. It's also apparent that teens in the labor force are decreasing quickly. Perhaps this is because the amount of technology being put into work could be forcing them out, or because they just aren't as interested in getting a job. A possible title for this could be: Teen Work Force in the Fast Food Industry Plummets!
@Jason L
Have you noticed tasks in fast-food restaurants that now require less time from employees than in the past? Share with us some examples.
This chart has four main topics it covers. Percent of change since the year 2000 in the number of: Fast-food restaurants, population 16-19, teenagers in labor force, and teenagers employed. According to the chart, the amount of fast food restaurants has increased at a constant, relatively high rate, the population 16-19 has slightly increased, however, the amount of teens employed, and ones seeking employment has dramatically decreased.
The graph does not contain data for the reasons why certain topics are either increasing or decreasing. It also doesn’t explain how the four topics connect with each-other.
A catchy headline for this graph would be “A skyrocketing amount of new fast food restaurants causes employment among teenagers to plummet, lower and lower.” this would be a good title because it captures the main idea of the graph, and gets the readers attention.
I notice that the highest on employment is fast food workers and then there is the teenager population ages 16-19. I then notice teenagers in general are lower on an employment and job finding rate. The last thing I notice is that people already employed or in the job force has the lowest amount of probably people.
I wonder if this is the employment rate of people. I also wonder if these people vary like people of intelligence, weight, height,and more. The last thing I wonder is why fast food places are at the top of this graph. A title for this graph could be “Employment Over the Ages, a Look at the Employment line” because it seems to be a rate of employment graph.
In this graph, I noticed that the percentage of teenagers eating at fast-food restaurants has increased over the years. I wonder where the percentage increases to on the graph. It displays +40%, but how much more of the population is eating at fast-food restaurants? I also noticed that the percentage of teenagers employed has decreased tremendously over the years, but slightly increased around 2010-2015. I wonder what specific places the information is coming from. As well, I noticed that the graph does not show recent information on the percentage of teenagers eating at fast-food restaurants or employed/seeking employment. I wonder what the population heading means on the graph by “Population, 16-19”. The idea this graph is showing, is the increase over time of teenagers from 1995 to around 2015 eating at fast-foods restaurants. It is also showing the decrease in employment or teenagers seeking employment in that time frame. I would probably name this graph “Food or Job? Teenagers Decide” as a catchy headline.
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I noticed how the amount of teens in labor force declined from 2000-2015. Before that, the amount of teens in labor force increased from 1995-2000. The number of fast food restaurants had also skyrocketed from 2000-2015. I also noticed how the population of 16-19 year old’s steadily increased, then remained constant from 2000-2015. I'm also wondering if they accounted all the possible fast-food restaurants and where they measured all the statistics to be from. In all, the graph is showing how the amount of teenagers in labor force decreased, while the number of fast food restaurants increased. This could mean when businesses were ready to employ more workers, they were able to successfully, which is why it is shown to be a slight increase after 2015.
"More Burgers, Less Workers"
We have noticed that since 2000 there has been a decently sized gap between those in the labor force and those that are employed, especially in 2010. Since 2010, that gap has narrowed because those that are seeking employment have found a job. We also noticed that the number of fast food restaraunts has increased, while the number of teenagers in the labor force has decreased. We wonder if the decrease of teenagers in the labor force could be attributed to the uprising of technology, or if it's a lack of ambition among teenagers. This graph is telling us that there are "More Burgers, Less Workers."
I notice that the number of kids ages 16-19 has increased since the 2000's. I also notice four different colored lines with each one indicating, fast food restaurants, the number of teenagers ages 16-19, teens in the labor force, and teens that are employed. Another thing I notice that the number of teenagers employed was very low in 2010. I also notice that the number of fast food places has increased steadily since the 200's. I wonder if any of the other kinds of businesses, besides fast food, had a dramatic increase. I also wonder what the number of unemployed teen could be. Another thing I wonder if the number of employed adults also increased. A new headline for this graph could be “The employment rates of teens has barely increases since 2010”
I notice that up until 2000, all 4 lines are increasing in percentage, but after 2000 the percent of teenagers employed and in the labor force are decreasing in percentage. Also, I noticed that the current number of teenagers in the labor force and employed teenagers are very similar today. This could be because more teens in the labor force could actually be getting jobs they apply for, thus making more of them employed than seeking employment.
I wonder why this change happens in the year 2000, and how fast food restaurants continue to increase without teenagers to employ. Could this be because of technology taking over fast food jobs, busier teenagers, or teens opting for other jobs?
A catchy headline: "Teens Aren't Lovin' It"
Title: Teen Workers Not Loving It (analysis by Grace)
I notice that there is an increase in fast food and teenage (16-19) population. There is a decrease of teenagers in the labor force and who are employed. There are two different lines for in labor force and employed because teenagers may be actively looking for jobs (in labor force), but not necessarily employed.
I wonder if the decrease in teenage employment would have to deal with older people taking over the jobs that most teenagers seek out. The decreasing gap between labor force and employed and the increase in fast food could show that there are more jobs that don't require much experience.
What happened in 2000 that caused the sudden split?
I think that the decreasing gap between in labor force and employed represents more teenagers getting the jobs that they applied for.
"Serving Up Teenage Employment"
I noticed there was a drastic increase in the fast food restaurant businesses. There is also a small increase in population and more teenagers are not looking into being actively employed.
I wonder if the reason for the huge decrease with teenagers being actively employed because technology has been advancing throughout the years. I also wonder about why are fast food restaurants getting more customers now then 1995 and 2000. In conclusion teenagers have probably getting more lazy and fast food restaurants have been getting more customers.
I notice that the graph shows the percentage of teenages labor work has gone down since 2000. I also notice that the population of 16-19 has gradually increased. I notice that fast food restaurants has the highest percentage increased.
I wonder why there is a negative percentage for teenage labor force employed. I wonder why the percentage of fast food restaurants went up a lot. I wonder why the population of 16-19 year olds kind of stay the same.
A heading for this graph can be, “Change in Teenagers” This would be a good heading because the graph is showing how teenagers are changing, working less, and having more fast food.
I notice that the graph shows the increase and decrease in labor employment from 1995-2015. I also noticed that the lines are multiple different colors. I noticed that the graph only includes a couple of jobs/work. I wonder why the +40 on the y-axis has a percent sign and the other numbers do not. I also wonder if the different colored lines represent something important. I wonder why it doesn’t include a wide variety of jobs. A good headline for this would be "Teens at work".
I notice there are percentages and dates. There are also different colored lines. There seems to be a downgrade and a high-grade of people working in different time frames. I wonder what the lines represent. I also wonder if there is a category on how long they've worked. I wonder why the lines are so low on the chart.There are also negative numbers on the chart so i thought that represented the fact that they work at a restaurant,therefore, if the employees eat the food, they must pay back the restaurant so maybe (-20) means that they own $20 worth of the food they purchased. These "teens at work" seem to be getting more and more job as the years pass on.
@Mia T.
The graph does not include a variable for money earned. What else do you think the might be represented instead?
What do you notice?
In general the employment rate of teenagers had decreased, while the number of fast food restaurants have increase.
We notice that the gap between teenagers in the labor force and teenagers employed is getting smaller after 2010, which leads us to believe that teenagers are getting more jobs.
What do you wonder?
We wonder if the data is correlated to the increase of technology in fast food restaurants.
We wonder what happened in 2000 to make all of these lines come together then separate?
We also wonder why the population and in labor force we moving together then suddenly moved in different directions?Did people just give up on seeking employment?
What was the household income of the teenagers in labor force/employed?
Which line is following the other due to a possible correlation?Teenagers in labor force following Teenagers actively employed? Or vice versa?
What might be going on in this graph?
We think this shows that the percentage of fast food restaurants is increasing even though the teenage employment is decreasing, making us wonder who are these jobs going to then?
We noticed that since 2000, the percentage of fast food restaurants has steadily increased, while the percentage of teenagers in the work force has fluxuated in magnitude, but overall has decreased. This leads us to wonder why if job opportunities have increased, why has teenage employment decreased? We can make a prediction that although these jobs are open to teenagers, these jobs are becoming less and less appealing to teens. This may be due to the negative stigma surrounding working at fast food restaurants, which is keeping younger people away from working there. A catchy headline for this graph could possibly be "Teens Losing Appetite for Fast Food Employment"
I noticed that the percentage of fast food restaurants increased from -20% in the beginning of the chart to +40% in 2015. Also, the percentage of teens in labor force increased until it reached its highest in 2000 and then declined to reach its lowest in 2010 but then started to increase again from 2010 to 2015. I notice that the graph does not include the year that it started. I notice that the graph doesn’t include the area in which the data in the graph represents. I wonder why fast food restaurants increase the most. I also wonder why teenagers in workforce are beginning to increase after decreasing for 10 years. A good title for this graph could be "Changes in Employment"
I notice that the amount of fast food restaurants really increased at a semi-steady rate. I also noticed that the number of teenagers who are employed or trying to get employed drastically decreased from 2000 to 2010.Another thing I notice is a slight increase in population. The graph does not show specifics such as what part of the world is it tracking for population. The graph also doesn’t show what 16-19 means, could it mean age? Another thing the graph doesn’t show is where are the fast food restaurants located. Are they all around the world? A title for this graph could be different changes throughout the year because that's exactly what the graph shows.
A title for this graph might be, “Should the Rise in Fast Food Chains Mean More Teens Should Be Working?”
I notice there is an increase among the fast food restruants and population, but there is a decrease in teenage employment.
I notice there is not a steady or constant decrease in teenage employment and those who are employed.
I notice there seems to be a higher amount of population for those in the 16-19 region, along with the fast food restruants, but when looking at those employed it decreases severely. This could give reason that the more fast food places there are, the more adults are working there instead of teenagers. This graph doesn’t have a x or y axes title, making it confusing to understand. This graph doesn’t go by single years, which could make the viewer wonder why there is a decrease/increase. The graph doesn’t show what the percentile represents in comparison to the graph.
I noticed that the number fast food restaurants have gone up since 2000.
I noticed that since 2000 the number of unemployed teenagers have gone down besides for a little bit from 2010 - 2015.
The population since 2000 has only gone up a little bit, not even 5 percent.
I noticed that at 2000 all the lines were equal at zero.
I wonder why there has been such an increase in fast food restaurants.
I wonder why the amount of teenagers in labor force employed has gone down about 40 percent in 2010, then it went up 10 percent.
I wonder why the population of 16-19 year olds has only gone up about 2 percent.
A good name for this graph would be “Trouble in labor enforced work!!!” This would make more sense because the teenagers that are working are dropping rapidly.
Noticed: large gap between Teenagers that are employed and teenagers in labor force.
possible explanation: Gap starts to widen significantly around 2007 - 2008. There were much less teens in the work force than the total that were in the work force and searching for work, even while the population barely fluctuated. This timing corresponds with the recession of 2008, where it starts widening, and the gap starts shrinking after 2010, which is atlas a correlation between the gap and economy, and possibly the effect of the recession. On the same note America had a very high rate of GDP growth in the 1990s (highest at 4.7 percent in 1999) causing the lines to be very close to each other, showing a strong economy.
TLDR: the gap between Teens in the labor force and teens that are employed correlates with the strength of the economy, a larger gap meaning a worse economy.
@Aidan
You have some good thinking. Be careful about using correlation. We can only talk about correlation for a pair of variables that are both quantitative. When you talk about the economy, it would be appropriate to consider the association rather than correlation.
I noticed that the number of fast food restaurants is more or less skyrocketing (which makes sense because fast food is basically taking over the food industry). Also, around 2000, there was a huge stock market crash type of deal that happened (which corresponds with the fact that around 2000, the amount of employment and such drops).
I wonder if fast food restaurants will continue not needing as many teens for workers (especially as the amount of technology is being used is increasing). If I were a fast food owner, I would rather have a kiosk or some other way to get people their food because then I would not have to pay workers to do the same thing.
I think that there is a difference in the number of teens in the labor force than the number of teens that are employed because if you are in the labor force, it does not necessarily mean that you are employed (you could just be looking for a job or something). I also think that the number of teens that are being employed by fast food restaurants could be decreasing because most kids now a days are not as interested as getting a job as they used to be.
Possible headline: Teenage Work Force in Fast Food Industry Crashes
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I noticed that the amount of fast food restaurants has increased in the past 20 years, and that the amount of the teenagers employed has overall decreased in the past 20 years.
I am wondering why the amount of restaurants has gone up so drastically, yet the amount of teenagers that are employed or in the labor force has decreased.
I think that the difference between the lines of the teenagers employed and those who are in the labor force is mainly dependent on the stock market. The place where the gap occurs is at the time that the stock market crashed, in which many people would be looking for jobs, but not many people would get them because the businesses would not be able to afford to employ them. As the stock market got better towards 2015, the gap basically disappeared because the businesses were able to afford more employees and hire those who were looking for a job.
Headline:
Economic Problems, or Just Lazy Teens?
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@Andy W
Wow Andy! I love that you noticed the difference between the percentage of teens in the labor force and the percentage of teens that are employed. Since the orange part of the graph represents the percentage of those who are in the labor force meaning they are employed or want to be employed, and the yellow part of the graph represents the percentage of teens who are employed, that difference you mentioned represents the percentage of teens who want to work, but don't have a job. What do you notice about the size of the differences in those percentages? What do you think might explain how the percentage of teens who want to work but don't have a job is changing?
I noticed there was an increase in fast food restaurants and population, and a decrease in employment amongst teenagers.
I wonder if the reason for a decrease in employment among teenagers could be that more teenagers are valuing their education and thus have less time to devote to working in a fast food restaurant, which is necessary. As a result, people who do not spend time on education have more time to work in fast food restaurants and will be chosen more consistently over students.
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@Joshua
You have raised an important concern experienced by many teens about the value of their education, and the time they can devote to both their education and work. Please check back tomorrow to see the article from the New York Times that is associated with this graph. I think you will find it very interesting and informative.
"Rise in Kidnappings, Teenage Employment Plummets"
There has been a decline in the teenage labour force. From 2000 the teenage population has risen indicating that they're all alive, but teenage employment has declined. This leads us to ask where are the teenagers going? The only logical conclusion is that there has been a rise in kidnapping leading to teenage employment plummeting. The rise in fast food restaurants makes me wonder where are they getting the food? Are you sure your Big Mac isn't a Big Timmy. Obviously teenagers are being used as cattle to supply Mcdonalds and others over zealous need for meat.
@Barry
You correctly noticed changes in teen population and teenage employment. Can you think of other reasons for the decline in the teen workforce in spite of the increases in the percentage of fast food restaurants that exist and the slight teen population increase that is noted beyond your creative suggestions?
I noticed that the number of fast food restaurants has increased since the year 2000 and the number of employed teenagers has decreased. I wonder if the two are independent of each other. Maybe there is a reason more teenagers are not working. I think a name for this graph could be "The Rise of Fast Food and the Fall of Teenage Employment."
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I noticed that as the years go up the amount of fast food restaurants increased. I also noticed that in the earlier years there were a lot of teenagers in the work force and that keep decreasing as the years go up.
I wonder why the amount of teenagers in the work force is decreasing.
A catchy headline for this graph might be "Fast Food restaurants and Employment throughout the years"
I noticed that the total population of teenagers has been relatively stable since 2000. However, the number of employed teenagers has significantly decreased since the year 2000. Additionally, the number of fast food restaurants has exponentially increased since 2000.
I wonder what caused the decrease of teenagers in the work force. Is it because the parents generation is making enough money to support all their children? Is it because of a larger focus on school? I also wonder what has caused the increase in fast food restaurants. Is it the fast paced way of life that is popular today? Or just the need for cheap food?
A catchy title would be "Will not work for food"
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In the graph, I noticed that the amount of fast food restaurants has tremendously increased since the beginning of the 2000s. Also, the amount of teenagers in the work force has dramatically decreased since the 2000s. I wonder if this is because of the outgrowing number of new technology being created, or are their parents providing more for them. There is a theory that most teenagers work at fast food restaurants so I find it interesting that the number is gradually decreasing. I also wonder where they have gotten the survey number of teenagers from. I know a lot of teenagers around my area that are employed, as well as myself. I feel as if that teenagers now are more inclined to have a job because of the fact that their parents cannot provide literally everything for them as they grow up. I think getting a job shows responsibility and a lot of teenagers enjoy the freedom of being able to work and have their own money to pay for things rather than rely on their parents. I think a good headline for this would be, "Research Before You Apply To A New Job"
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I noticed that up until the year 2000 the population of teenagers in the work forcer began to decline as the number of fast food restaurants grew dramatically. I wonder what would result in such a dramatic shift in the data.
@Cam
With these noticings, do you have a conjecture why teenager employment is decreasing while fast-food restaurants are increasing? Do fast-food restaurants only employ teens? Do teens only work in fast-food restaurants? What else is going on here?
I noticed that the number of fast food restaurants has been increasing since the year 2000, but the population of teenagers has stayed relatively the same. The number of teenagers since 2000 has increased slightly, but not a noticeable amount. However, the amount of teenagers in the work force and the amount of teenagers employed has been decreasing since 2000. However, a lot of fast food restaurants hire teenagers, so I believe that the amount of teenagers employed may start to increase, since many of them may become employed by fast food places. This may not be the case, however, due to the fact that teenagers have been taking on more school work and extra curricular activities every year, which means that often times teenagers do not have the time for a job. Based on these conclusions, I wonder what age do people typically start working, and what is causing the number of employed teenagers to decrease, when there is a higher quantity demanded for employees? A new headline for this graph would be "Lazy Teenagers or busy teenagers?"
@Lauren Turner
You are up to something when you suggest reasons why teenager employment is down despite the fact that the number of fast-food restaurants is up. Think of other reasons why someone may take a job. And, why they may or may not take a job at a fast-food restaurant. If you have some ideas, please share them with us.
I notice that all of the values are equal at 0 around 2000 therefore it would be interesting to know the reasoning for this. From that point, the fast-food restaurant sky rockets and the population increases but not as significant. I wonder why this is. Also, I would like to understand why teenagers in the labor force decrease immensely all the way about a decade later. In addition, I wonder what variables or factors cause this change in data. From the year 2000, our technology has improved which could effect these studies. "Changing fast" can be a catchy headline due to the fact that we can visually see an immense change from about a decade ago and this information is targeting FAST food data therefore it would be appropriate to incorporate those two ideas together.
I noticed that the graph is showing the population of 16-19 year olds increasing since 2000 along with the amount of fast food restaurants also increasing. However, I also noticed the number of teens in the work force since 2000 has significantly decreased.
Looking at the graph and interpreting it I wonder why the number of teens in the work force has decreased, even though it seems like the amount of jobs in the fast food industry has increased?
I think that technology could have an impact on fast food restaurants not needing as many workers, but teenagers also may have reasons why they don't work.
A headline for the graph could be " Lazy teens may eat at fast food chains but dont work there"
I noticed that prior to the year 2000, all the lines were moving at a steady increase. After the year 2000 though, teenagers in the labor force began to decline while the population and fast food restaurants continued to increase. This makes me wonder what changes led to teens working less. Perhaps school workloads have since become more demanding and students have less time to work. It is also interesting that fast food restaurants are increasing by so much despite their workforce decreasing. It is a stereotype that teenagers work these establishments so I am curious who is taking their place since less and less teens are working now. A clever title could be "Fast Food? Old News."
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From looking at this graph, I noticed that there was a drastic decrease in the number of teenagers in the labor force beginning around the year 2000. This is interesting, as the number of fast food restaurants rapidly increased starting in that same year. There was also a slight increase in the general teenage population around that time. With these two variables increasing, it is surprising to me that there would be a decrease in the number of teenagers in the labor force. Based upon my conclusions, I wonder why there was such a substantial drop in the number of teenagers in the work force as there was the overall increase in both the teenage population and the number of fast food restaurants. I think that the main idea of this graph is to give rise to the awareness of an issue of less teenagers working.
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@Michael O
Great thoughts and summary of what you see. Thank you for noticing and wondering. Why might we need awareness of less teenagers in the work force? What impact might this have for our society?
After reviewing the graph, I notice that from around 1995 to 2000 the population of teenagers, the amount of fast food restaurants, and the amount of teenagers employed are about the same. Yet after 2000, the population of teens slightly increase as well as the number of fast food restaurants. However, the employment of teens greatly decreases. This makes me wonder, why are so many teens unemployed? Is it because they are lazy or are set for life based of their parents? An interesting headline would be "The Lazy Generation Guiding Our Future"
@Burke C
Thank you for your post Burke. Notice that the values provided are actually percentages, not just numbers. What do you think is meant by the percentages for population, for fast food restaurants, teens in the work force, and teens employed? Also, because labor force is defined to include both those who are employed and those seeking work to be employed, would we consider teens who are not included in the labor force to be unemployed? Is there a difference between those who choose not to work and those who can't find a job to work?
I notice that the data does not vary much until 2000. Fast food restaurants begin to rise to almost 40% by the year 2015. The population does not change much. Since 2000, the amount of working teenagers have decreased a lot. I wonder if through time teenagers are becoming lazier with the improvements of technology.
I have noticed that since the year 2000, the teenage population (16-19) has remained fairly steady. Although on the other hand since 2000 the number of fast food restaurants have increased greatly and the number of teens in the workforce has dropped. Most people assume that teens first job or their high school job is in the fast food industry. I wonder why this is continually assumed since we can interpret from the graph that the number of teens working is very low compared to the rise in fast food restaurants. I think that if this statement were true, then the lines representing the teenage workforce would follow or mimic the fast food restaurant line. All in all, we can conclude from this graph that the stereotype of teens working in the fast food industry is diminishing because more fast food restaurants are opening and the number of teens working is decreasing.
Interesting head line: Stereotypical Teens in the Workforce
I noticed that the graph has a clump of data at at the year of 2000. There were no major changes from 2000-2001 until fast food increase 40% and the teenager decreased close to 40%. I wonder why they went in different directions because I feel that the teenagers should be working the fast food jobs. A catchy headline could be "Who is really cooking your burger?"
I noticed that the amount of teenagers in the workforce has been declining since 2000, yet there is a clear increase in the amount of fast-food restaurants. I wonder how the amount of fast-food restaurants can increase while the teenage labor force is declining. Who will provide the labor required to run the restaurants? This graph was likely made to argue that not all teenagers find employment at fast-food restaurants.
What I noticed from the graph is that fast food restaurants have increased and the amount of teenagers that are employed have decreased. With fast food restaurants increasing, most would think that a common job as a teenager is to work at a fast food restaurant. However, this data proves that this is not true.
I also think this is kind of strange because I am one who would believe that if fast food restaurants increase more teens would be working at them.
Headline "Fast food is not the desired work for teens"
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I noticed that the population of teenagers (16-19) has not drastically changed since 2000, but there has been a slight increase. Although the amount of teenagers has been slowly increasing, the number of teenagers in labor force has been decreasing since 2000. One thing I am curious about is as to why the amount of teenagers working has decreased despite the fact that the amount of teenagers has increased. I think that it could be due to an increase in the amount of people being educated. If parents are getting more education and making more money, maybe that could be the reason more teenagers don't have to work.
Headline: Teenagers in the Labor Force since 2000
I notice that although the population of people between 16 to 19 has increased by about 5%, the number of employed teens and those looking for employment has dropped by more than 20%. The Fast food demand for employment has increased by 40% since 2000.
I wonder what has caused increased demand in fast food employees and what has caused teenagers to not look for employment. Many people say that the current generation has become more lazy due to technology, could this be a reason? Or could it be something like increased focus on academics and extracurriculars?
A good title for this graph could be "Lazy Teenagers or Busy Teenagers?"
In the graph we see the ver increasing amount of fast food restaurants, the amount of teenagers aged 16-19 and the amount of teenagers in the works force/employed. I wonder what happened in the year 2000 because at this time all of these values seemed relatively similar, but after this the vary greatly. The fast food restaurants have always increase and the amount of teenagers in the work force have decreased a large amount ever since. I think that these numbers make sense since the number of teenagers aged 16-19 is not really changing that much the number of teenagers who work would decrease because they want to work less and less. I think a good headline could be Fast changes
The first thing that i noticed was that the amount of teenagers in the work force has gone down since 2000 but the amount of teenagers is the same. Another thing that I noticed was the amount of fast food restaurants has been exponentially going up since 2000. This makes me wonder what kind of people are working at fast food restaurants. We normally think of teenagers working at fast food places but this graph shows that not as many teenagers are working. A catchy headline could be " The rise of fast food"
I notice that although the population of teenagers has increased since the year 2000 about 5% and fast food restaurants has increased dramatically since 2000 by about 40%, but the umber of employed/looking for employment has dropped by more than 20% since 2000. I wonder what caused teenagers to not look for employment as much since 2000. I think that this is happening because technology has become more popular and teenagers are getting more lazy. A good title could be "Lazy teenagers or Busy Teenagers"
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I noticed that, according to the population line, the amount of teenagers hasn't really changed since 2000, yet the amount of teenagers in the work force and the amount of employed teenagers is on average decreasing since 2000. Considering that there is a widespread stereotype that most high schoolers/teenagers work inside fast food restaurants, it is interesting to note that the amount of fast food restaurants is rapidly increasing (yet the increased demand necessary for these addition restaurants apparently isn't being met by high schoolers anymore.
With these conclusions, I wonder: what demographic/age group is meeting the increased demand for these fast food restaurants? Also, why are the amount of teenagers in the work force decreasing? Is there some underlying notion or belief that is making teenagers believe that they shouldn't work?
This graph was probably created to disprove the stereotype that most fast food employees are high schools, or the notion that the typical employment location for high schoolers is in a fast food restaurant.
An amazing headline for this graph would be "Fast Food or Surpassed Food?", in reference to the idea that maybe the common stereotype involving fast food employees and high schoolers should be surpassed.
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@Tejas
You raised some thoughtful possibilities. Excellent work at noticing, wondering, and hypothesizing. Great headline too. Please follow up with some online research to see if you can verify some of your thoughts and remember to check back tomorrow to see the original article that was associated with this graph.
I notice that both the number of fast food restaurants and the population are both increasing overall, but the number of teenagers employed has been decreasing since the year 2000. Before 2000, all of the lines are consistent with the others as they are decreasing by a lower amount as time goes on, but at the year 2000, they begin to separate. As a teenager myself, I have noticed a large amount of other teenagers employed at fast food restaurants, so my initial expectation would be that the teenagers employed and number of fast food restaurants would have a positive correlation; however, this does not appear to exactly be the case. I wonder how it might be possible that the number of teenagers employed is decreasing by a greater amount through the years while the fast food restaurant numbers are increasing. I predict that there must be other variables influencing the numbers, and I also wonder what those variables would be. I believe that a good title for this graph could be "The Waning Workforce." This would be due to the fact of its catchy sound, the fact that it expresses the decreasing percentage of working teenagers, and could pose the question of why the teenage workforce numbers are going down.
A catchy headline could be "Fast Growth". This could show that fact that fast food business are growing very rapidly. Combining these two terms "fast food" and "growth" created the title "Fast Growth".
I notice that fast food restaurants and population were decreasing at a smaller and smaller rate up until the year 2000, and then it starts increasing at a higher and higher rate after 2000. For teenagers employed and in the work force, they are the same up until 2000, where they start decreasing at a higher and higher rate. I wonder what made the teenagers work less as time went on when there seem to be more fast food jobs available. I wonder if this is because of an increasing population and older more experienced people are taking the jobs. As this data only goes to 2015, I wonder what the line looks lines look like in the present year 2018. I wonder what "population, 16-19" means. A good headline would be "Change in age preference for jobs? Or just lazy teenagers?"
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@Peter F
You made some fabulous observations Peter. I especially like that you noticed the rate of change of the data as well as the values graphed for different variables. You mentioned that the population and the number of restaurants were decreasing slower and slower prior to the year 2000. Is that what is meant by negative values in that time interval? To help answer this, please look carefully at the axes and the labels of what is graphed. What does it mean to have a change since the year 2000 for a year that was before the year 2000?
We wonder if the rapid increase in fast food restaurants and decrease in teenagers in the labor force are independent of each other, or that they are associated. We wonder what happened in the early 2000s to spark this rapid change.
I noticed that the number of fast food restaurants has increased by a large percentage since 2000, while the amount of teenagers employed has decreased by a large percentage. I wonder why the decrease in teenagers working is so great, and also why the creators of the graph would be comparing teenagers working and fast food restaurant growth. A headline that would work for this would be "As Teenage Workforce Decreases, Fast Food Restaurants Increase"
I noticed that before 2000, all of the lines were clumped together and then after they were all at 0 at 2000, they all split off resulting in a substantial increase in fast food restaurants (40%) and a decrease in the amount of teenagers employed (>20%). I wonder what caused this decrease and why teens are no longer working as much along with why fast food restaurants are increasing more as a percentage than population. A good catchy headline for this graph would be "The Country that Keeps on Gaining Weight"
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@Joey P
Your headline The Country that Keeps on Gaining Weight" relates to next week's What's Going On In This Graph? Hope you return next Wednesday and your response compares the two graphs.
We noticed that even though the percent of fast food restaurants has been consistently increasing since 2000, the percent of teenagers in the labor force is consistently decreasing. On the actual graph, the difference between the "in labor force" and "employed" line is very hard to distinguish and should be labeled in a better way. A clever name is "Lazy teenagers: The Graph of Teenage Employment"
I noticed how the separation happened in the 2000's along with the rise of social media, you could go so far as to claim that the rise of social media led to the decrease in teens looking for jobs. I wonder why the population leveled off though? A catchy headline would be Why are Teens so Disinterested In Work?
We wonder what is the reasoning for the drop off in the 2000's, is it due to technology?
@emily
That is a good question. What specifically do you notice that dropped off in the 2000's that might be due to technology?
I notice that this line graph shows three sets of data: the rate of change of the # of fast food restaurants, the rate of change of the # of individuals between 16-19 years old, and the rate of change of the # of teenagers in the labor force. I notice that around 1998 that numbers have a 0% rate of change, meeting at the x-axis. From there, the number of fast food restaurants continues to increase at a greater rate. The population of 16-19 year olds continues to increase at a relatively steady rate (around 5%). The number of teenagers in the labor force continues to decrease at higher and higher rates.
One thing that isn't "misleading" but made this graph a little bit more difficult to interpret is that the Y-axis is rate of change, not #. The Y-axis and X-axis could both be a little bit more clearly labeled to make this graph a bit more easy to interpret.
The meaning of the different colored lines could also be a bit more clearly labeled.
We notice that the percentage of fast food restaurants has increased while the percentage of teenagers either employed or in the labor force has relatively decreased from 2000-present.
I noticed that the amount of fast food restaurants has increased by over 40% since 2000 while it the amount of teenagers looking for work has decreased by over 20% since 2000. The population seems to have stopped at about +5% since 2000.
@Bryan F.
Good observations Bryan. Why do you think the work force might have decreased but the amount of fast food restaurants would have increased? Was there anything that happened around the year 2000 that you think might help us to understand what you noticed?
The amount of fast food restaurants is increasing, but the amount of teenagers in the labor force is staying relatively the same. This means that teenagers are not filling the fast food jobs so they must fill those jobs with other workers.
We noticed that even though the graph says change since 2000, the graph starts at 1995, giving a little bit of historical context. The graph could be showing how fast food restaurants are on the rise and since fast food restaurants require less workers than traditional restaurants (they are less high maintenance) that could be a part of the cause of a decrease in teenage employment. A possible title for this graph could be The Relation of Increasing Fast Food Restaurants and Teenagers in the Workforce.
Clearly, teenagers since 2000 have a lot less work ethic than they used to. There are slightly more teenagers now, and more fast food restaurants, which means more teen job opportunities, but teen unemployment is still down almost 30% from 2000. There are almost no teens looking for a job that don't have one, since teen labor force and unemployment are near the same today. This clearly shows that even though the jobs are out there, today's teens are just too lazy to look for work.
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We noticed that while the population of teenagers able to work (ages 16-19) has a positive growth rate, the number of teenagers employed and in the labor force is showing a negative percent of change. We are wondering why this is occurring, as the graph shows there are more fast-food restaurants available to work at. The graph most likely shows the increase of fast-food restaurants in relation to how many teenagers are employed, and whether these variables are related.
One thing that we were curious about was the Teenagers: "In labor force" and "Employed." Due to the close proximity of the two lines and their titles, it is hard to distinguish if the two lines each represent a different value and a different variable.
Even with an increase in fast food restaurants, there has been a decline in the number of teenagers employed in the labor force. This seems contradictory. Logically, it would seem to make sense that as more jobs become available, more teenagers would be employed. However, the graph shows a trend opposite to this.
We noticed that the graph is titled change since 2000, however the graph begins with data from 1995. Is this to indicate that the employment decreased from 2000, while population and fast food increased vs. the steady increase of all variables before 2000?
@Natalie
Take another look at the starting date of the data. I notice that though the axis starts at 1995, the data starts at .... Does your answer change how you understand the graph?
I noticed That since 2000,the number of teenagers forced into labor has gradually decreased.I noticed that since 2015 the numbers of teenagers.I noticed that the number of fast-food restaurants have increased since 2000.I wonder why the number of years counts up by five years.I wonder what the population,16-19 means .I wonder what the graph represents.
A headline that would appropriately fit this graph is, “Are fast-food restaurants jobs teenagers look for?”. This should be the headline because, according to the evidence in the graph it proves to be a suitable headline. It seems to fit well with the information given.
Number of fast food restaurants, population, and teenage employment were all about equal from 1998-2001. Since then, the number of fast food restaurants and the population have grown, but teenage employment has gone down. So, even though there are more jobs and more people to take those jobs, fewer teenagers are working.
Headline: How Teenagers are Ruining the Work Force
I think it is notable that all of the lines "meet" around the year 2000 mark, but then branch off into many different directions.If we also look at the year 2015, there is a rather large gap in comparison to previous years of the population of 16-19 year olds to those who are in the labor force.
I notice that the population increased a very little bit.
I notice that the number of the teens in the labor force decreased at a exponential rate while teen employment in fast food chains increased at a fast rate. I also noticed that zero starts at 2000 to show the rate of fluctuation better. I wonder why the graph counts by a percentage and not by numbers.I wonder why more teens work in fast food chains now.
I wonder why the number of teens in labor force bottomed out on the chart in around 2010. The headline should be: “Are fast food chains a breeding ground for teen employment?”.This should be the headline because it asks a question that the chart shows. Also in brings the reader in by wondering if fast food chains are a popular place for teen employment.
I Notice There’s a graph. I Notice that the graph is a timeline also which show percentage of how many kids worked 16-19. I Notice the further back we go in the timeline the population for kids with jobs get smaller. I Wonder why in 1995 - 2000 the percentage the number starts at -20% to 0. I wonder why the New York times population 0 and in between -20. I wonder why fast food is the only job listed in the Whole Chart. One Headline that would be good for this chart is Job Population For Teens In the Past 25 Years.
I notice the lines start before the first date listed. I also notice that the lines all meet up right before the 2000 date. I notice that the largest percent that a line hits is around 39%. I notice that the graph shows the increase and decrease of jobs. I wonder why the graph does not tell the reader how all of the information is related. I wonder why the graph doesn’t tell the reader why the teenage labor force is in the negatives. I wonder why the graph doesn’t tell the reader what some of the lines represent. A great headline for an article is the decrease of employment of teenagers in the fast-food industry because the graph shows the teenage workforce in the negatives which represents a decrease in percent.
I noticed that there are 4 lines one for fast-food restaurants, one for the population, and two for teenagers.
I noticed that there are four different colored lines
I noticed that at 2000 all the lines were at the zero mark
I noticed that all the lines are together until the 2000 mark then they separate. Why is the number a negative number for teenage labor force employed?
Why do some of the lines not have a headline?
Why are some numbers positives and some negatives? A great headline for an article could be “Working Teens”
I notice that there is a negative 40 percent, which doesn’t make sense since there can’t be a negative 40 percent???I am confusion
I notice that there are four lines. What are these lines, and what are they for? I notice the lines are separate colors to emphasize each line.
I notice there are two non-labeled y axis. Why? I wonder why they didn’t do it past 2015 or before 1995. I wonder why it only goes up to 40 percent. I wonder why they only included 16 to 19 in the population. This graph does not make sense to me at all. I do not understand any of the axis and how they correspond with each other.
I notice teenagers in the labor force/employed as dropped since 2000.
The amount of teenagers 16-19 increases and then kind of flat lines
The amount of teenagers in the labor force has dropped at a rate similar to the rate that the fast food restaurants has increased.
I wonder why the amount of teenagers employed has dropped
I wonder why fast food restaurants have grown so much
I wonder why the population of teenagers (16-19) has stayed around the same.
A great headline for this graph would be is “Teenagers And Fast Food: What’s Happening?” This would be really cool because the chart has a lot to do with teenagers and fast food and was kind of confusing for me.
@Keith t
very interesting Keith
I Notice:
- I notice that the graph uses percentages to keep track of the data
- I notice that the amount of in labor force has gone up in fast food restaurants since 2000
- I notice that, amongst teenagers, the amount of in labor force has gone down since 2000
I Wonder:
- I wonder why the graph is only capturing data of the population of people between the ages of 16 and 19
- I wonder if there is a solid reason that the amount of in labor force among teenagers has gone down since 2000
- I wonder if the amount of in labor force in fast food restaurants, is one of the reasons that in labor force is going down among teenagers.
New Headline: In Labor Force Throughout the Years
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@Emily H
I believe that the graph is only capturing the data of the population between ages 16-19 because it is focusing on the working teen population. The reason the range begins at 16 is because it is the average minimum age you can work in most states and ends at 19 which is the age where you are still able to work but the last year you are in your "teen" years.
I notice a decreased number of Employed teenagers. I notice an increased number of fast-food restaurants. I notice the population of 16-19 has stayed steady from 2000. I wonder how long the teenagers in the labor force work. I wonder why they included the year 1995 when it says change since 2000? I wonder why they added a second line to the teenagers in the labor force. The story the graph is telling the increase or decrease of teenagers going into the food industry.
@Joseph P The population of 16-19 year olds does not appear to have remained steady. It shows a constant growth rate at about 5%.
I notice that there is a line that says fast food restaurants. I notice that the population goes below the negative line. I notice the years go from 1995 - 2015 and then just stop. I wonder what the fast food line means. I wonder how population can go below negative. I wonder what the graph would like if 2016 - 2018 was included in to the bottom of the chart. A good headline for this graph would be Changes in Population Since 1995.
I notice that teenagers have decreased in employment rates.I wonder if technology has anything to do with teenage employment rate decreasing.I notice that the population has slowly increased, but not dramatically.I wonder why the population has not drastically changed.I notice that fast food restaurants have had a dramatic change in their change rate.I wonder why the fast food rates have gone up so far. Changes Within The World, could be a possible headline for this graph.
I noticed that the fast food restaurants always are increasing. I noticed that the teenager population increased, stayed the same, and then decreased. I noticed that in 2010 the number of teenagers employed decreased to -40%. I wonder why the teenagers do not find a job at the fast food restaurants that seem like they need people to work for them. I wonder if teenagers are just getting lazy or if they can’t work because they have way too much schoolwork. If teens were busy, I would understand, but if they are just plain lazy, shouldn’t they get into the workforce so that they can get experience? I wonder why the population of 16-19 year olds has started to decrease. A good headline for this graph would be Teenagers and the Fast Food Industry. This is because the graph is showing how teenagers are affected by the fast food industry by consuming and working in the industry.
@Skylar C.
It is interesting that several people have suggested that more current teens might be too lazy to work. You also raised a good thought that teens might be too busy to work. Are teens generally busier in these times than in previous years? Can you think of any more reason(s) why teens might not work at the same rate teens did in previous years
I notice that there are many different color lines which means they all stand for something different.
I notice as the years go on the lighter colored lines drop down and the darker colored lines rise up.
I notice that the y-axis on the graph is in percentages.
I wonder why the number of teen employees drops as the percentage of teens getting fast food increases.
I wonder how many teens that they interviewed.
I wonder why they started the x-axis in the year 1995 if they started the experiment in 2000.
A catchy headline for this graph could be When Teens Stop Working, Fast food Purchases by Them Skyrocket. I would name it this because based on the information on the graph you can see as the years go on the number of teens working decreases as the number of fast food purchases by them increase.
I notice that as the years go up, so does the percentage of fast food restaurants.
I notice that as the years go up, the percentage of teenagers employed in labor force goes down.
I notice that there are four lines but only three topics.
I wonder why it says "Change Since 2000" but the graph starts around 1990.
I wonder why there are negative percentages.
I wonder what the numbers on the Y axis stand for.
A good headline for this graph would be “Percentage of Teenagers Eating of Fast Food and Working” because the graph shows the percentage of teenagers who are getting fast food and how many are working.
I noticed that the amount of fast food restaurants has skyrocketed since the early 90’s. I also noticed that In Labor Force Employed has taken a big decrease in the number of teens. I wonder why the work ethic / wanting to get a job in teens has majorly gone down? I noticed that after the late 90’s, the population did not have any major changes on the graph. I wonder why the population was negative percentages during the early 90’s? I also wonder why the population has not dramatically changed over the last decade? I believe that a good headline for this graph would be “Changes in work ethic and the food we consume”. I would give this graph that name since it shows how teens work ethic has decreased over the years, and how much fast food restaurants have increased over the years.
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I noticed fast food restaurants has the highest percentage.
I noticed teenagers employed decreases from 2000 to 2010.
I noticed that teenagers in labor force decreases as teenagers employed does.
I wonder why fast food restaurants is on the graph.
I wonder how the population is in the negatives.
I wonder why population is going at a mostly-constant rate.
The story this graph is showing is the relationship between fast food consumed and employed teenagers.
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@Rebecca Y
Fast food restaurants is on the graph because it is trying to show the relationship between increase of fast food restaurants to teenage employment.
Population is not in the negatives, that indicates that the population is decreasing.
@Rebecca Y
Wow! You are doing some great exploration and thinking for this graph! I especially like that you noticed the population has negative percentages. What might that mean in this context?
@Julia
That is an interesting observation. What do you think was happening with the population when the rate was "negative"? Look at the labels on the axes to try to better understand what the negative population rate meant in that time interval.
Hello, I'm moderator Kathy. I am looking forward to continuing the exploration of What's Going on in This Graph with you today! :)
Please continue to tell us what you notice, what you wonder, what you think we can determine from the graph, a headline you would suggest, and ask any questions that you develop.
Please also reply and comment on the posts that were already made. Keep up the awesome thinking, exploring and responding!
I noticed that the number of teenagers has leveled off at 5ish%.
@levi, thank you for responding.
Check the label on the y-axis. Number of teenagers or … How would interpret the data with these units?
Why do some of the lines on the graph go up and then drop back to the bottom?
@kole and joe
Good observation that "lines" on the graph go up and then seem to drop back toward the bottom. Are all of the "lines" really lines? Are they all going up and then down? Consider looking at the axes and thinking about what is actually going up and then down. Why might that be happening?
This graph is talking about the teenagers since 1995 and just some different stats about them.
@Maggie
Many have noticed that the data starts in 1995, but look carefully at the graph. The first year on the x-axis is 1995, but when does the data start?
I am wondering why there are so the many less teenagers in the work force.
@Kendall
That is a great thought to wonder about. Do you have any ideas about why the rate of teens who are in the work force might be less now? When did the rate start to decline? What type of decline do you notice? You might want to look online to see if you can determine a reason for the drop of teenagers in the workforce.
Welcome to “What’s Going On in This Graph?” and the Wednesday moderation. Today’s graph focuses on fast-food restaurants and teenage employment. A 2012 survey found that over one-third of American children and teenagers consumed fast food on a given day and this constituted about 12% of their daily calories. Study the graph and, from 9 am – 2 pm E.T. today, give us your responses online to these three questions. (On Thursday afternoon, we’ll reveal the article that included this graph and much more.)
What do you NOTICE in this graph?
What do you WONDER? What are you curious about?
What’s GOING ON in this graph?
Write a catchy headline that captures the graph’s main idea. If your headline makes a claim, tell us what you noticed that supports your claim.
The questions are intended to build on one another, so try to answer them in order. Start with “I notice” and then “I wonder,” and end with the headline.
Then, read some responses. Click on "Reply" to an interesting response to get a discussion going. Learn different perspectives when you read what other students have to say about your response.
We look forward to reading your discoveries.
We noticed that although there are slightly more teenagers available to work since 2000, they have dropped by about 40% in their employment. We also noticed that the number of fast food restaurants has gone up about 40%. We thought this was interesting since fast food jobs are entry level and usually worked by teens. We wondered who is working those jobs? We thought about the changing workforce and realized that a lot of adults are working in fast food restaurants (people over 50) in part-time positions that used to be filled by students.
@SDCI PIVOT, thank you for your noticing and wondering.
Following your reasoning, why do you think that the number of teens in the labor force and employed has dropped even though their population has increased and the number of fast-food restaurants has increased?
@Moderator Sharon
Thanks for asking us to look deeper at this! We think that there are more retired people working well into their seventies. They work part-time jobs that used to be filled by students. Even though the population of teens has grown slightly, the Baby Boomers are now retirees that are working part-time jobs to support themselves. This sparked a really neat research moment for us as we talked about Gen Z and the Baby Boomers and the changing workforce. Many students didn't know what a generation is or what generation they are in.
New York Times: I noticed that the lines are different colors.
I noticed that this is a graph about teenagers working in the fast-food business
I noticed that the employment dropped.
I wonder why there are two lines pointing to labor force, but only one line pointing towards population and fast-food restaurants.
I wonder why it’s named “changed since 2000”, but it is also showing information about 1995.
I wonder why the number 40, is written is percentage form and the rest are not.
I wonder what happened in 2000 that made this change occur.
Title: The teens at fast-food business since 2000. This is a good title because it explains the how employment changed at fast-food during 2000.
@Kelly R
You noticed that only the +40 is followed by %. What do you think the other numbers are? Could they be just numbers( or counts) or are they percentages, too? Explain your reasoning.
I notice at the year 2000 all the lines were at the 0 point. I noticed after 2000 two of the lines went up and two went down. I noticed after 2000 fast-food restaurants became very popular and went up to +40%. I noticed the population went up as well to about +5%. I noticed Teenagers in labor force went down to about -30%. I wonder if population 16-19 means that the population of 16 to 19 year olds went up by +5%. I wonder why there are 2 lines, one orange and one yellow that connect to Teenagers: In labor force. I wonder if this chart is all about Teenagers? A catchy headline should be "What's new?"
I noticed that the graph shows the increase and decrease in labor employment from 1995-2015. I also noticed that in 1995, the amount of labor force employed was increasing. By around the late 2000's, that labor force employed decreased. From 1995 to 2015, Fast- Food restaurants rapidly increased by +40% in population. The teenagers 16-19 years of age increased in employment by only a little bit.
I wonder why the graph does not explain what the numbers along the y axis mean. I also am curious on why only the +40 has a percent sign and the rest doesn’t. Additionally, I am confused on what the 16 - 19 stands for. A perfect headline for this chart would be “The increase of Fast-Food workers in Teenagers”. This would be a perfect headline because the graph shows the increase and decrease in the amount of teenagers working in the Fast-Food industry.
@Taylor J, thanks for the noticings and wonderings. The more you dig, the more you find.
You write, “The graph shows the increase and decrease in the amount of teenagers working in the Fast-Food industry.” I thought hard about your comment. The graph shows the change in the number of teenagers working, but does it show the change for teens working in fast-food restaurants? What else could be going on here?
I notice that there are positive and negative numbers in the graph. I also notice that fast food restaurants seem to be increasing a lot faster than everything else. I notice that this graph has something to do with change. I wonder why there is no key for the graph. I also wonder what the x and y-axis mean. I wonder why no extra information is given. "The Incredible Increase", that sounds like a catchy name for whatever this graph means. This graph shows no extra information so it is hard to infer what this graph is telling you about.
@Rebecca G
What additional information would you like with this graph?
With the information that you have, are there conclusions you can reach?
I noticed that the number of teenagers in the labor force and employed teenagers has dropped steadily since 1995.
I noticed that the population of people that are 16-19 has stayed fairly constant since 1995.
I noticed that the number of fast-food restaurants has increased steadily since 1995.
I wonder why the number of teenagers in the labor force and the number of teenagers that are employed have gone down since 1995.
I wonder what the numbers on the side mean.
I wonder why the number of fast-food restaurants have increased since 1995.
The title should be: Breaking news: Teens hate working!
I notice some lines go up and some go down.
I notice they all overlap at one point (2000).
I notice there are not that many teenagers in the workforce as there are the rest of the population.
I wonder how this will change in future years.
I wonder what the title of this graph would be if it had one.
I wonder what this would look like today.
A catchy headline for this could be “Working Teens”
I notice some lines go up and some lines go down.
I notice that the more population the more the more fast food places are needed.
I notice that all lines overlap at one destination.
I notice that there are not as many teenagers as there are adults.
I notice there are only 4 lines and they are two different colors.
The chart does not say how many of each.
The chart does not have a title.
I wonder how this chart will change in the future.
I wonder why they started the y axis starts at -40.
A catchy headline should be workers and food because that is what the graph lists.
I noticed that fast-food restaurants are continuously employing people. I also notice that the number of teenagers employed in 1990 increased until 2000 then started to decrease until 2010 where the numbers started to slightly increase. I noticed that the population, 16-19, increased until 2006 then stayed around the same number of employed workers.
I wonder if the number of employed workers at fast-food workers will continue to increase. I wonder if the number of teenagers hired will increase again or decrease. I wonder if the population, 16-19, will stay the same or increase or decrease in number of employed workers. A headline for this graph would be “Number of employed workers in labor force”.
I noticed that the amount of fast food restaurants has gone up.
I noticed that the population of 16-19 has gone up slightly.
I noticed that teenagers in labor force has decreased.
I wonder how many total fast food restaurants are there.
I wonder what the total population of 16-19 year olds.
I wonder how many teenagers in labor force decreased in numbers.
I think the graph should be named “SHOCKING MUST SEE GRAPH (THE TRUTH WILL SURPRISE YOU) Teenage Labor Force in Fast Food throughout the decades”
Employment since 2000
In this graph, I noticed it has lines representing fast food restaurants, the population (16-19) and teenager: in labor force and Teenagers: employed. It also has as fast food restaurants and population (16-19) increases, the teenager’s employment has mostly decreased.
I noticed is does not give enough clarification as to what (16-18) means.
Also it doesn’t have a title.
More clarification upon the fact of the percentage on the left of the graph.
A good name for this chart would be "The change since 2000 in the amount of people working in a fast food restaurant." This would be a fantastic name for the chart because To me this graph is about how many teenagers have begun working in fast food restaurants. I notice That all the lines go up, but then 2 drop down.
I also notice that there are years as the x axis.
Another thing I noticed was that on the y axis the numbers are negative, and positive.
I wonder what the numbers on the y axis stand for.
I also wonder why two of the four lines drop down so much lower than the other two.
another thing I was wondering while I was looking at this graph was why all the numbers start at the same place on the graph, but all end in different spots on the graph.
The story the graph is showing is how teens aren’t choosing to be employed as much as they used to be. I noticed that the number of employed teens has decreased by 40% a little after 2010.
I wonder why most teens aren’t working as much as they used to. I noticed that the number of people employed at fast-food restaurants increased by 40% after 2015. I wonder why people are choosing to work at fast-food places more than other places like clothing stores, etc. I noticed that the population of employed people increased by only a little since 2000. I wonder why the population of employed people isn’t changing that much but the teen population had changed drastically
I notice that the graph starts at 1995 but the “title” says change since 2000. I also see that all the data begins at -20 or -10 and that everything is linked to fast food places and the teenagers in workforce are the teens wring at fast food places and the main people at fast food places are 16-19. I wonder why the data for fast food restaurants is steadily increasing. I also wonder why teenagers in workforce are beginning to increase after decreasing for 10 years and I wonder why there is 40% and the other numbers are +20,0,-20,-40. My headline for this graph is “People in the workforce for fast food restaurants” because it is the average age for people at fast food places.
I noticed that there are more than one different colored lines.
and that the lines were not all going to the same place. I also noticed that the Fast- food restaurants changed the most out of them all.
I noticed that the Teenagers in the labor force is the lowest and changed the least. I wonder why the population does not increase much or as much as the other groups. I also wonder why fast food restaurants increases the most.I wonder if there is a difference in what the color of lines represent if they represent anything and if so i wonder what they represent. A catchy headline would be the change of teenagers that begin to work in a food industry because it has increased the most of all groups.
I noticed In the glossary how In the labor force is employed or looking to be employed and how the population of teenagers from 16-19 is higher than the ones that are in the labor force. What the colors represent. There should be a key to tell the reader what each color of the line graph represents. The number of fast food places that increased is unknown but has increased drastically.
@Lex R. LCMS
You mention the colors of the lines. Do you think the colors give you additional information and, if yes, what information? Or could they just be in black?
@Moderator Sharon To me the colors appear to be a way for the reader to be able to decipher the difference between each line so one line isn't confused with the other.
I notice that the graph talks about population,teens, and it also talks about food. the lines of the amount of restaurants increases as the population increases. i wonder why the chart doesn't say anything about older age groups other than teens.
The perfect head line for this chart would be, “Fast food chains are growing along with the population.”
I notice that fast food restaurants have grown 40% since the year 2000. I noticed that the teenagers in the labor force has declined 30% since the year 2000. I noticed that the population of 16-19 year-olds has increased 5% since the year 2000. I wonder how many people teenagers were apart of this graph. I wonder how many restaurants were included in the data on this graph. I wonder what area they collected this data in. The number of teenagers in the labor force decreases as the number of restaurants increases.
I noticed that the number of employed teenagers for fast food restaurants have gone up to a little less than 40% in the past years. I noticed that the population between 16-19 year old have barley increased over the years and is staying the same.I noticed that the data for teenagers that are forced to be employed have decreased over the years. I wonder if teenagers feel as if it is easier labor to work at fast food restaurants than other businesses.I wonder if other businesses aren’t employing teenagers due to their failing work habits.I wonder if teenagers are choosing not to work since the number of in labor workers have decreased. An appropriate headline for this graph would be "Percentages of Teenagers That Are Choosing To Work Decreases As Restaurants Increase."
I noticed that all the lines are different colors which represent different things.
I noticed that the lines represent different things over a twenty-year span (1995-2015).
I noticed that the graph has a range of percentages ranging from -40 to +40%.
I noticed that the graph does not label what the colors of the lines mean.
I noticed that the graph does not a title.
I noticed that the graph does not have a (%) next to the number.
I believe a catchy headline for this graph is
BREAKING NEWS!! labor forced employed teens is on the decline!!
I believe this is a good title because the graph shows a decrease in labor enforce n teenagers.
@Jackson B.
Come back tomorrow afternoon to get the link to the New York Times article that included this graph. Then, you’ll see the article’s catchy headline and the graph’s catchy title.
I noticed that the graph includes population. However, I wonder why this graph only has teen years for age groups rather than including older people that work that would apply to the graph. Along with this, I noticed that this graph includes percentages of data, and I wonder why this graph has percentages rather than ordinary numbers, and why does the graph include negative numbers? I also noticed that this graph includes a few types of work/jobs. I wonder why the graph only includes a few categories of jobs, rather than a wide variety. Overall, a catchy headline for this graph could be “Percentages of People Working Since the 1990’s” because the data starts before 1995, and looks as if it goes up to this year.
@Amanda W, thank you for your long list of noticings and wonderings. There’s one that caught my attention -- “I noticed that this graph includes percentages of data, and I wonder why this graph has percentages rather than ordinary numbers, and why does the graph include negative numbers?”
Think about why the journalist didn’t use numbers. About how many teens are there in the United States and about how many fast-food restaurants are there. A quick search on the internet will get you good estimates. Now, think about putting these numbers for 1990 – 2017 on one graph. What would that look like? Which would be easier to use to arrive at conclusions -- the graph with numbers or the one with percentages?
Also, if the journalist used percentages, why would there need to be negative and positive percentages?
I noticed that there are multiple lines all of different colors. I wonder if the different colored lines represent anything, and if so what do they represent? I noticed that all of the lines start in the negatives and a least peak into the positives but 2 lines go back down to the negatives. I wonder why the fast food restaurants change so much? I also noticed that fast foods percent of change is the highest and most changed. I wonder why the population doesn’t increase very much? A catchy headline for this should be the change of teenagers working in the food industry, because this is about the change in percent of how many teenagers are working in the food industry.
@Taylor M I noticed that the lines were different colors too, but I do not think the colors have anything to do with the data. I think it is more focuses on what the lines are labeled.
I notice that the percentage of fast food restaurants continuously increased from -20% in the beginning year of the graph to +40% in 2015. I notice that the percentage of teens in the labor force increased until it reached its peak around 2000 and then declined until it reached its lowest point around 2010. I notice that the percentage of teens in the labor force began to increase again from 2010 to 2015. I notice that the population of teens 16-19 gradually increased from the beginning year of the graph to around 2007 and then remained relatively the same until 2015. I notice that the graph does not include the year in which it began. I notice that the graph has no title. I notice that the graph doesn’t include the area in which the data in the graph represents. A catchy title for the graph could be Percentage of Fast Food Restaurants Compared to Percentage of Teenagers 16-19 and Percentage of Teens Active in Labor Force.
I notice that there are 4 lines in the picture, one that refers to fast food, another that refers to the population, and two lines that refer to Teenagers in labor force employment.
I notice that the x-axis has years from 1995-2015 and the y-axis are percents from -40 through +40.
I notice the fast food was at the highest point in the graph at one point and the teenagers forced in labor employment was at the lowest point at a time.
I wonder why there are not any titles in this graph so I don’t know what these lines mean.
I wonder if 16-19 on the population line is the age of children that are being shown in this graph.
I wonder why all four lines start in the negative.
“Will there be enough workers in labor force employment in upcoming years?” This is a good title because the number of teenagers in labor force employment is decreasing and fast food is increasing, so does this mean that teenagers are going for the easy route.
I noticed that the number of employment for fast food restaurants has increased a lot since 1995.
I noticed that there are positive and negative numbers on the chart.
I noticed that there are more people seeking employment in 2015 than there were in 1995
I wonder what the percents on the left side of the graph means.
I wonder why the number of teenagers working at fast food restaurants has increased so much.
I wonder why the number of teenagers looking for employment has increased so much.
A title for this chart could be "The increase and decrease of teenage employment".
I noticed that on the y axis the number’s unit is a percent. I also noticed that all the lines meet at 0% at around 2000. Another thing that i realized is that there are two lines for tennagers employed in labor force. I’m not sure why are there two lines for teenagers employed in the labor force. I also wonder what the percentages mean in relation to the graph. What do fast food restaurants have to do with the data on this graph? I believe a catchy headline would be “Are Teenagers Getting Lazier? I think that this graph might be about how many teenagers there are ranging from the ages of 16-19, because the labels shows a line for the population 16-19. It shows how many more restaurants are popping up compared to how many teenagers are in the labor force. The teenagers who are working appear to be decreasing as the years go on, but the percentage of restaurants are steadily increasing. Based on the evidence this graph is meant to invoke wonder whether or not there will be enough workers to work in the fast food restaurants.