STAT 503X Assignment 1: Abortion restrictions and rates
Due: in class Feb 7
There has been a lot of news this week
about abortion rights in the USA, due
most likely to the 30th anniversary of the
Supreme Court decision known as Roe vs
Wade. For example, in Monday’s New
York Times (Jan 20, 2003) there was
a plot describing information from each
state on restrictions to abortions and the
rates. This assignment takes the data
from this plot and requests that you write
a report on the data.
This assignment requires you to construct
your own report on this data. Specifically,
I need you to write down two or more
questions that might be addressed by this
data. You should try to do this ahead
of time before, doing any plots or summaries. You should search for additional
information for yourselves on the web: eg
what were the rates in previous years.
You will need to present your results in
tabular and graphical form, and concisely
summarize the major findings.
The grade for the assignment will depend
on neatness of the report, how comprehensive is the analysis (are your questions
answered), clarity of results presentation,
and preciseness of final conclusions.
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