Practical Data Analysis with JMP®

Application

Now that you have completed all of the activities in this chapter, use the concepts and techniques you've learned to respond to these questions.

1. Scenario: We'll continue to examine the World Development Indicators data in BirthRate 2005. We'll broaden our analysis to work with other variables in that file:

   • Provider: Source of maternity leave benefits (public, private or a combination of both).

   • Fertil: Average number of births per woman during child-bearing years.

   • MortUnder5: Deaths, children under 5 years per 1,000 live births.

   • Mortlnfant: Deaths, infants per 1,000 live births.

   1. Create a mosaic plot and contingency table for the Provider and Region columns. Report on what you find.

   2. Use appropriate methods to investigate how fertility rates ...