This piece in the /Guardian/ about a new books on the social effects of income inequality will be interesting to most anyone, but especially to those of you who are teaching statistics and want to have "relevant" examples to use. The article is here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/mar/13/inequality
But perhaps more interesting is the graphic that the Guardian has produced here: http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2009/03/13/inequality.pdf Of particular interest to me are the four scatterplots to the center-right of the graphic. They show quite marked correlations between income inequality in a number of countries that are "highly developed" (as we say) and (1) mental illness rates, (2) rates of obesity, (3) rates of imprisonment (note it is on a log scale), and (4) rates of teen pregnancy. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
