Assignment 3: Data Analysis and Visualization
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EducationandLifeExpectancypowerpointexample.pptxEDUCATION AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
In this graph, you can see that a much larger percentage of black Americans died before age 60, than white Americans (between 30-35% of blacks, and only 15-20% of whites). If, however, you look at these figures by education level, you can see the difference is much less.
You can see that:
More participants died who had a lower education level (high school or less).
Participants who had a college degree had the lowest percentage of deaths.
The difference between the black and white participants is much smaller when you look at each group by education level.
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Percentage of Study Participants Who Died Before Age 60
White Participants Total (outside factors not controlled) High school education or less (outside factors controlled) Some college (outside factors controlled) College degree (outside factors controlled) 17.649999999999999 13.5 6.7 4.3 Black Participants Total (outside factors not controlled) High school education or less (outside factors controlled) Some college (outside factors controlled) College degree (outside factors controlled) 31.4 13.2 9 5.9
TAKEAWAYS
Life expectancy has a strong positive correlation with level of education.
Racial disparities in life expectancy are greatly reduced when researchers controlled for factors that affect longevity.
This data suggests, but does not conclude, that racial disparities in life expectancy may be reduced by addressing educational equity.
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PROPOSED SOLUTIONS
Determine the greatest obstacles in educational equity.
Address these obstacles through changes to educational policies and systems.
Complete additional studies to determine if level of education and life expectancy has a causal relationship.
Proposed audience: professionals who work in public policy. This audience was chosen because the issues that are presented (racial discrepancy in life expectancy) may be addressed through policies in educational equity. Policy workers can further study these issues and create potential solutions. The information in this presentation is appropriate because it provides background information on the issue. Additionally, the proposed solutions are actions that can be taken by this audience.
The visual included is a simple comparative bar chart that shows the overall life expectancy as a comparison between White & Black Americans (to show the stark difference) that is then broken down by education level. It allows the message to be communicated in a simple way for anyone in the public policy field.
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