For 97 countries in the world, data are given for birth rates, death rates, infant death rates, life expectancies for males and females, and Gross National Product. This dataset provides a wealth of interesting information that will inspire students to ask their own questions and develop their own investigations. The data can be divided into groups of countries so that differences in wealth or life expectancies can be explored using multiple box plots. Population growth can be investigated in an exploratory way.
Students can look for relationships between variables using scatter diagrams.
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