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Gapminder: Unveiling the Beauty of Statistics for a Fact Based World View
Gapminder collects hundreds of statistics related to global economic, health, and social development and analyzes the relationships between them across different countries and time (a few indicators go back to 1800).
Robert Schenk, PhD
Cyber Economics: Measuring Income Distribution
E learning text offers information on measuring income distribution with the Lorenz Curve. Site presents charts and data for one to use in order to construct or analyze a Lorenz Curve.
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Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy Living Lab: Smart Solar
Students use real-world data to evaluate whether solar power is a viable energy alternative for several cities in different parts of the U.S. Working in small groups, they examine maps and make calculations using NREL/US DOE data from...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Chapter 5: How Well Gdp Measures the Well Being of Society
By the end of this section, you will be able to discuss how productivity influences the standard of living, explain the limitations of GDP as a measure of the standard of living, and analyze the relationship between GDP data and...