1 Overview

The plots below depict the total sum of health care degrees conferred over time, specifically from 2004 to 2022, with linear trend lines fitted for the years 2013, 2015, and 2017. This analysis originates from data sourced from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

To generate the plots below, I followed the following steps:

  • Retrieved and preprocessed IPEDS data containing information on health care degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions over 2004-2022.

  • Calculated the total sum of health care degrees conferred for each year.

  • Conducted linear regression analyses to identify and visualize linear trends for specific years (2013, 2015, and 2017) within the dataset.

  • Used ggplot2 package in R to create a line plot that visualizes the total sum of health care degrees conferred over time, with separate lines representing the base data and the linear trends for the specified years.

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