Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Gapminder / Food Security Index

Is there a link between Democracy and development?

Rank the (6) core countries from least to most democratic
Rank the (6) core countries from least to most economically developed

Go the following website: Gapminder

For each chart, record the results and describe the correlation between variables

1.  Plot democracy (extension of society tab) on vertical axis
     Time on Horizontal axis (the scale is 1 (undemocratic) -10 (democratic)

2.  Plot GDP per capita ( GDP divided by population) on vertical axis (income tab)
     Time on horizontal axis

3.  Keep the vertical GDP per capita axis and change the horizontal axis to Democracy score

4.  Lastly change the horizontal axis to HDI (Human Development Index)

Answer the following question and provide a basis fro your decision

True or False: All democracies are highly developed economically

Link: Food Security Index

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