Refer to the dataset “gapminder” from package “gapminder”. The questions for this project are:
Summarize and plot the median life expectancy (MLE) in 1952 for each of the 5 countries with the top MLE’s and for each of the 5 countries with the bottom MLE’s.
Summarize and plot the median life expectancy (MLE) in 2007 for each of the 5 countries with the top MLE’s and for each of the 5 countries with the bottom MLE’s.
Summarize and plot the median life expectancy in each year for the largest 5 countries in terms of 2007 population.
Summarize and plot the median life expectancy in each year for each continent.
(a)
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Summary
In 1952, Europe, with 5 countries, Africa, with 4 countries, and Asia, with 1 country, were the continents with the highest Median Life Expectancy, specifically all three were over 60 years.
country continent year lifeExp pop
Afghanistan:1 Africa :4 Min. :1952 Min. :28.80 Min. : 147962
Angola :1 Americas:0 1st Qu.:1952 1st Qu.:30.09 1st Qu.: 2439369
Denmark :1 Asia :1 Median :1952 Median :51.03 Median : 4283048
Gambia :1 Europe :5 Mean :1952 Mean :51.04 Mean : 4684766
Iceland :1 Oceania :0 3rd Qu.:1952 3rd Qu.:72.06 3rd Qu.: 6955084
Mozambique :1 Max. :1952 Max. :72.67 Max. :10381988
(Other) :4
gdpPercap
Min. : 468.5
1st Qu.: 804.5
Median : 5394.1
Mean : 5065.9
3rd Qu.: 8838.1
Max. :10095.4
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(b)
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Summary
In 2007, Africa, with 5 countries, Europe, with 2 countries, Asia, with 2 countries, and Oceania, with 1 country, were the continents with the highest Median Life Expectancy, specifically all three were over 80 years.
country continent year lifeExp
Australia :1 Africa :5 Min. :2007 Min. :39.61
Hong Kong, China:1 Americas:0 1st Qu.:2007 1st Qu.:42.43
Iceland :1 Asia :2 Median :2007 Median :61.91
Japan :1 Europe :2 Mean :2007 Mean :61.87
Lesotho :1 Oceania :1 3rd Qu.:2007 3rd Qu.:81.74
Mozambique :1 Max. :2007 Max. :82.60
(Other) :4
pop gdpPercap
Min. : 301931 Min. : 823.7
1st Qu.: 3045627 1st Qu.: 1345.7
Median : 7267536 Median :18084.8
Mean : 20372712 Mean :18854.4
3rd Qu.: 17900251 3rd Qu.:35744.4
Max. :127467972 Max. :39725.0
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(c)
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Summary
Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and United States are the countries with the largest population in 2007, which may positively correlate with their MLE for each year.
country continent year lifeExp
Brazil :1 Africa :0 Min. :2007 Min. :64.70
China :1 Americas:2 1st Qu.:2007 1st Qu.:70.65
India :1 Asia :3 Median :2007 Median :72.39
Indonesia :1 Europe :0 Mean :2007 Mean :71.79
United States:1 Oceania :0 3rd Qu.:2007 3rd Qu.:72.96
Afghanistan :0 Max. :2007 Max. :78.24
(Other) :0
pop gdpPercap
Min. :1.900e+08 Min. : 2452
1st Qu.:2.235e+08 1st Qu.: 3541
Median :3.011e+08 Median : 4959
Mean :6.288e+08 Mean :12594
3rd Qu.:1.110e+09 3rd Qu.: 9066
Max. :1.319e+09 Max. :42952
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I feel as if I was close to the correct plot, so I anticipate learning from my mistakes after reading your feedback. (d)
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Summary
From what I can tell in the summary, the continents’ MLE has increased throughout the years.
# A tibble: 60 × 3
# Groups: year [12]
year continent Mean
<int> <fct> <dbl>
1 1952 Africa 39.1
2 1952 Americas 53.3
3 1952 Asia 46.3
4 1952 Europe 64.4
5 1952 Oceania 69.3
6 1957 Africa 41.3
7 1957 Americas 56.0
8 1957 Asia 49.3
9 1957 Europe 66.7
10 1957 Oceania 70.3
# … with 50 more rowsPlot
I am a bit stuck, so I also anticipate learning how you accomplished this plot after reading your feedback.