Kelly Shaffer - Final R Project
Wages and Hours Worked
Data collected from 1979-1988
Meaningful question for analysis: Does hourly wage increase as age increases?
Snapshot of data pre-wrangling:
## V1 lnhr lnwg kids age disab id year
## 1 1 7.58 1.91 2 27 0 1 1979
## 2 2 7.75 1.89 2 28 0 1 1980
## 3 3 7.65 1.91 2 29 0 1 1981
## 4 4 7.47 1.89 2 30 0 1 1982
## 5 5 7.50 1.94 2 31 0 1 1983
## 6 6 7.50 1.93 2 32 0 1 1984Snapshot of data post-wrangling:
## Average_Hours_Worked Average_Hourly_Wage Number_Of_Children Age
## 1 7.58 1.91 2 27
## 2 7.75 1.89 2 28
## 3 7.65 1.91 2 29
## 4 7.47 1.89 2 30
## 5 7.50 1.94 2 31
## 6 7.50 1.93 2 32
## Bad_Health ID Year
## 1 No 1 1979
## 2 No 1 1980
## 3 No 1 1981
## 4 No 1 1982
## 5 No 1 1983
## 6 No 1 1984Summary Statistics:
## Average_Hours_Worked Average_Hourly_Wage Number_Of_Children
## Min. :2.770 Min. :-0.260 Min. :0.000
## 1st Qu.:7.580 1st Qu.: 2.370 1st Qu.:1.000
## Median :7.650 Median : 2.640 Median :2.000
## Mean :7.657 Mean : 2.609 Mean :1.556
## 3rd Qu.:7.780 3rd Qu.: 2.860 3rd Qu.:2.000
## Max. :8.560 Max. : 4.690 Max. :6.000
## Age Bad_Health ID Year
## Min. :22.00 Length:5320 Min. : 1.0 Min. :1979
## 1st Qu.:32.00 Class :character 1st Qu.:133.8 1st Qu.:1981
## Median :38.00 Mode :character Median :266.5 Median :1984
## Mean :38.92 Mean :266.5 Mean :1984
## 3rd Qu.:45.00 3rd Qu.:399.2 3rd Qu.:1986
## Max. :60.00 Max. :532.0 Max. :1988The youngest participant in this study is 22, while the oldest participant in this study is 60. The number of children the participants have range from 0 to 6. The average hourly wage during the time of this study was $2.609, with the average hours worked being 7.657 hours.
Graphics
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