ShmoopTube

Where Monty Python meets your 10th grade teacher.

Search Thousands of Shmoop Videos


Inference in a Text or Texts Videos 20 videos

TSI Reading: Comparing Two Texts
31 Views

Based on the information in both passages, a reader could make the generalization that(A)Kafka was not entirely confident in his work.(B)As a write...

The Passage Implies that Voltaire...
38 Views

The passage implies that Voltaire(A)had ideas that got him into trouble(B)avoided controversy at all cost(C)was a well-respected thinker(D)preferre...

TSI Reading: Hoping European Doctors Were Good at Making Inferences
17 Views

This passage implies that European medical practice in the early 1700s was(A)surprisingly safe(B)largely experimental(C)based on Indian and Chinese...

See All

TSI Reading: Making Inferences about Social Media Use 19 Views


Share It!


Description:

This passage implies that data from social media

(A)demonstrates that social media is a waste of time
(B)is useful for predicting a wide variety of trends
(C)proves that people are happier in the summer months
(D)detects illnesses long before the Center of Disease Control


Transcript

00:02

All right reading shmoop er's last in the siri's here

00:05

school Right down the question This passage implies that data

00:08

from social media what The social sciences have entered the

00:15

age of data by utilizing them many sorts of written

00:17

language that social media offers through social media facebook and

00:20

twitter is regularly used by more than one seven the

00:22

world population variation moon has been tracked cross seasons and

00:25

used to predict stock market and estimates happiness Additionally search

00:28

patterns on google can detect influence epidemic weeks before the

00:31

cdc confirmed them according to pastor social media data can

00:35

be used to predict everything from health and happiness to

00:38

stock market performance It's therefore safe to say that it's

00:40

useful to social science so the answer is b there

00:43

and we've got a whole bunch of losers roll things

00:45

here were constantly the lectured on the time suck that

00:48

is social media yet but the passage never calls it

00:51

a waste The seven hours we've just been trying to

00:53

craft the perfect instance story however says otherwise although the

00:57

data can be used estimate happiness the text doesn't claim

01:00

that people are happier in this summer like where that

01:02

come from and finally it's google not social media data

01:05

that can detect the epidemics and then they tell us

01:07

where to hide so that's it it's zvi We're uh

01:10

we're shmoop

Related Videos

TSI Reading: The Mongoose Is In the Details: Identifying Characterization
84 Views

The details in the passage suggest that Rikki-tikki is(A)cold-hearted and expressionless(B)experienced in fighting cobras(C)overcome with fear and...

Rikki-tikki's Conflict with Nag and Nagaina
67 Views

Which phrase best describes the conflict Rikki-tikki has with Nag and Nagaina?(A)engaging in a physical battle(B)making a difficult decision(C)stan...

TSI Reading: Recognizing the Rhetorical Effect of Onomatopoeia
17 Views

What effect do the words "hiss," "whizzed," and "chattered" have on the passage?(A)They allow the reader to visualize the action.(B)They provide au...

TSI Reading: What Does the Young Maiden in the Poem Represent?
17 Views

What does the young maiden represent in the poem?(A)fear and secrecy(B)love and passion(C)beauty and influence(D)recklessness and freedom

TSI Reading: Analyzing How the Author Creates a Mood
43 Views

Which combination of words from the passage creates a mood of healing?(A)"was never sown" and "A lady of my own"(B)"the breathing balm" and "silenc...