Title: Gapminder2 Additional Info
Course: Statistics: Exploring Data (9th-12th)

Gapminder2 Additional Info

Here is a link to a Gapminder chart set for the Egypt, Botswana, Moldova question.

Statistics only tell part of the story. A responsible consumer of information is always thinking about how the data might be interpreted differently. Here is additional information from Gapminder that you might find interesting. Ask yourself if you agree with the importance of this additional information and its relevance to the animated chart you just created.

Egypt has made continuous improvements in health. Fairly good economic growth is part of the explanation. Furthermore, more and more people have clean water to drink and foreign aid has helped to fund vaccination and healthcare throughout the country. They have also eradicated malaria.
Moldova started off quite well, but has only made slow progress during recent years due to many economic and social problems. The economic collapse after independence in 1991 is a major explanation for this.
Botswana initially made good progress in health, based on good economic growth and a well functioning government. In the 1980s, however, the HIV/AIDS epidemics hit the country hard. Treatment for AIDS has become available, but the country still has high transmission of HIV