Re: [R] Way OT: Anyone know where to get data on relationship between education and salary

2011-04-19 Thread Gene Leynes
This is an amazing website which would definitely have what you want, probably in many ways. *http://www.gapminder.org/* There are a wealth of data sources, and the GUI is very intuitive and interesting. I encourage you to view a few samples to get an idea of what you can do with the

Re: [R] Way OT: Anyone know where to get data on relationship between education and salary

2011-04-19 Thread Thomas Lumley
I'm sorry for the way OT post, but here goes.  I'm an informatics specialist, and R user.  My wife is a secondary school maths teacher. The first place to look for this sort of information in the US is the Statistical Abstract of the United States [which is, sadly, scheduled to be a victim of

[R] Way OT: Anyone know where to get data on relationship between education and salary

2011-04-18 Thread Paul
I'm sorry for the way OT post, but here goes. I'm an informatics specialist, and R user. My wife is a secondary school maths teacher. My wife recently tried to explain to her class the link between education and potential salary, and I would love to be able to show this graphically,

Re: [R] Way OT: Anyone know where to get data on relationship between education and salary

2011-04-18 Thread Mark Dalphin
Hi Paul, I don't have a good answer to your request, but you might find something looking around the US Department of Labor's site: Overview of BLS Wage Data by Area and Occupation (BLS = Bureau of Labor Statistics). http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm A quick glance doesn't show me