Writing Practice PRACTICE 6 Using Statistics as Support Chapter 3 Supporting Details: Facts, Quotations, and Statistics 53 Choose one of the graphs that follow below and on page 54, and write a paragraph explaining its significance. Step 1 Decide what main idea the graph illustrates, and write this idea as a topic sentence. Step 2 Write five to ten supporting statements, using the statistical information shown in the graphs. Step 3 Use a reporting verb or phrase to identify the source of your statistics. Step 4 Write an in-text citation in the proper form at the end of your paragraph. Graph 1. Median Earnings and Tax Payments by Level of Education, 2003 Professional degree Doctor Bachelor's Some collage, ne dege High school doloma Landma 10 $7,400 $50,000 $49.00 7,000 $6,700 $30.00 After-tax Income Taxes $21,000 $30,000 $40,000 $00.000 $0.000 $100,000 Notes: Includes ful-ame year-round workers age 25 and older Tax paymans are based on 2002 tax rates and do not incorporate the 2003 federal income reductions Source: US Census Bureau 2004, PINC-03; Internal Revenue Service, 2000, Table 3; Mcintyre, et al, 2005; Calculations by the authors The bars in this graph alewadi eamings er eck level of education. The color se pse the everage federal, state, and local rates paid at thear income levels. The black segments show after income Education, Eamings, and Tax Payments" Graph Baum, Sandy, and Kathlees Payes. Education Pros: The Beatfin of Higher Education for Individuals and Society. College Beard Online, 21 Oct. 2004 www.collegeboard.com/prod, downloads/press/co/04/Education.Pays2004.pdb. (The graph appeared on page 10)