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O UR S OCIAL I NDICATORS Airports A country having the ability for import/export by plane Tourism as an industry (GDP) Freedom to travel Education (average # of years spent in school, per person) Fundamental of Democracy (according to Woodruff) More career opportunities Education leads to greater economic success Educated people=Happy people
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DOES DEMOCRACY
MATTER?Nicole Bailey, Lindsay Hummel, Alex Hacking,
Claire Irving, Jessie Rainwater
HYPOTHESIS & COUNTRIES CHOSEN
Hypothesis:Democracy is the best kind of government that leads to
the greatest good for the greatest number.
Searched an alphabetical list of countries, chose first and last of each letter. Substituted when needed.
OUR SOCIAL INDICATORS
Airports• A country having the ability for import/export by
plane• Tourism as an industry (GDP) • Freedom to travel
Education (average # of years spent in school, per person) Fundamental of Democracy (according to Woodruff) More career opportunities Education leads to greater economic success Educated people=Happy people
OUR SOCIAL INDICATORS Physicians per 1,000
Basic access to healthcare More physicians=healthier people
Improved Drinking Water Coverage Ability for citizens to access clean water Country’s ability to IMPROVE drinking water
conditions
AIRPORTS
0.00 5000.00 10000.00 15000.00 20000.00 25000.00 30000.00
AirportsPerCountry
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
Dem
oRank
Correlations
1 .526**.000
50 50.526** 1.000
50 50
Pearson CorrelationSig. (2-tailed)NPearson CorrelationSig. (2-tailed)N
AirportsPerCountry
DemoRank
AirportsPerCountry DemoRank
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).**.
• The correlation between Airports per Country and GDP is NOT significant
• The correlation between Airports per Country and Democratic Ranking IS significant
AIRPORTSCorrelations
1 -.292*.040
50 50-.292* 1.040
50 50
Pearson CorrelationSig. (2-tailed)NPearson CorrelationSig. (2-tailed)N
AirportsPerCountry
GDP
AirportsPerCountry GDP
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).*.
EDUCATION IN YEARS
Correlations
1.000 -.568. .0000 47
-.568 1.000.000 .
47 0
CorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)dfCorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)df
Education
DemoRank
Control VariablesGDP
Education DemoRank
EDUCATION IN YEARS
Correlations
1.000 .397. .0050 47
.397 1.000
.005 .47 0
CorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)dfCorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)df
GDP
Education
Control VariablesDemoRank
GDP Education
• Both GDP and Democratic Ranking has statistical significance in relation with the average number of years a person spends in school.
OUTLIERS
Luxembourg Financial sector accounts for 22% of
Luxembourg’s GDP. Most banks are foreign-owned and have extensive foreign dealings.
Qatar Consistently posted trade surpluses largely
because of high oil priced and natural gas exports, becoming one of the world’s fastest growing and highest per-capita income countries.
Burundi Ten years of conflict, war ended in 2003. War
impeded development.
Physicians per 1,000
0.00 20000.00 40000.00 60000.00 80000.00 100000.00
GDP
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
Physicians/1000
Correlations
1.000 .405. .0040 47
.405 1.000
.004 .47 0
CorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)dfCorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)df
Physicians/1000
GDP
Control VariablesDemoRank
Physicians/1000 GDP
Physicians per 1,000
2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00
DemoRank
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
Physicians/1000
Correlations
1.000 -.243. .0920 47
-.243 1.000.092 .
47 0
CorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)dfCorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)df
DemoRank
Physicians/1000
Control VariablesGDP
DemoRankPhysician
s/1000
Correlations
1.000 .366. .0100 47
.366 1.000
.010 .47 0
CorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)dfCorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)df
GDP
DrinkingWaterPercentage
Control VariablesDemoRank
GDP
DrinkingWater
Percentage
Drinking Water
• The correlation between GDP and drinking water is NOT significant
• The graph does show that most of our countries have at least 55% access to clean drinking water.
2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00
DemoRank
20.00
40.00
60.00
80.00
100.00
DrinkingW
aterPercentag
eDRINKING WATER
Correlations
1.000 -.337. .0180 47
-.337 1.000.018 .
47 0
CorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)dfCorrelationSignificance (2-tailed)df
DrinkingWaterPercentage
DemoRank
Control VariablesGDP
DrinkingWater
Percentage DemoRank
• The correlation between Democratic Ranking and Drinking water is also INSIGFICIANT.
CONCLUSION
Does Democracy Matter? GDP and Democratic Ranking had 2 significant
correlations and 2 insignificant correlations each. GDP matters in Education and Physicians per
1,000 Democratic Ranking matters in Education and
Number of Airports
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