In this activity, you will use a scatterplot graph to perform basic data analysis.
While most quantitative sociological research uses sophisticated computational and statistical techniques, at their most basic level, such techniques originate in the scatterplot, a kind of graph that allows analysts to see the relationship between different variables, as in Figure 3.1 below.
Examine the figure below and respond to the following questions:
Looking at this graph, what do you think the relationship is:
-Between health care spending and life expectancy?
-Between visits to the doctor and health care spending?
-Between life expectancy and visits to the doctor?
In this graph, the United States is what we call an outlier, or a data point that is far away from the rest of the data points. Why do you think the United States is such an outlier here?
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