For this assignment you are going to try to access to the metadata of a data source used in a news article.

Check the articles below and try to identify the source of the data and to locate the data and the accompanying metadata (this may involve some googling).

If you like, you can pick any other news article that is reporting on numbers for this assignment.

Article 1

First-time asylum seekers in EU jumped 28% in 2021 - Eurostat

• Then, try to find the data from the original source. Click the triangle on the left to reveal it if you can’t find it.
• Then finally locate the metadata. You can access it by clicking on the “Explanatory texts” link in the top right corner of the data page, or click here to reveal the link to directly access it.

Article 2

Young women earn more than men in 22 U.S. cities

• Try to identify the original source of the numbers in the article linked above. If you can’t find it, click here to reveal it.
• Can you find the metadata? If not, click here to find it.

Expected output

In the submissions below, paste the links to the articles you used, the data source and the metadata, and list what you think are the most important bits of the metadata, regarding

• the used definitions (and units)
• the used method for data collection
• by whom and for what purpose the data was collected
• the operational and technical metadata

After submitting the assignment, you can continue the course with the suggested next module on Pitfalls in statistics: averages, medians and distributions , or you can pick another module from the