DEFINITION: A social entrepreneur is someone that sees a problem in the world
around him or her and tries to bring about change to solve the problem. For example
in education, politics, their workplace, their community, and or economy.
http://visualdata.dw.com/specials/bildung/en/literacy-global.html
Literacy percentages based on regions in the world:
Industrialized:
Europe and parts of Asia:
Latin America and the Caribbean:
Asia and the Pacific:
Middle East and North Africa:
Eastern and Southern Africa:
Western and Central Africa:
Males 99
Males 99
Males 89
Males 84
Males 81
Males 72
Males 68
Females 99
Females 95
Females 88
Females 69
Females 61
Females 57
Females 48
FIND THE MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY OR VARIABILITY:
1. Find the following for the FEMALES IN ALL 7 REGIONS:
A. Mean
B. Range
C. Median
2. Which measure of the data (mean, median, or range) most accurately represents
the data for FEMALES? WHY is it the best representation?
3. Find the following for the MALES IN ALL 7 REGIONS:
A. Mean
B. Range
C. Median
4. Which measure of the data (mean, median, or range) most accurately represents
the data for MALES? WHY is it the best representation?
REFLECTION
5. Does anything surprise you about this data? If you were to become a social
entrepreneur, what would be one way of increasing literacy in Western and Central
Africa?
Extra Credit: Find the MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation) of both sets of data –
FEMALES AND MALES.