Graph Analysis

Now just for fun let’s try to analyze this graph a little bit.

Let’s take the trends that we can see and talk about what they might mean.

The most obvious thing is that there is that sharp decline and also the fact that in poor countries with a very low GDP the fertility rate is extremely high much much higher than in countries that tend to have a higher GDP per capita.

That’s quite shocking it’s not a small difference almost nine over here and only one or two on the other side.

Why is that.

That’s the interesting thing that I would want to analyze.

So this is just an example.

And notice that I’m going to put phrases in here that make it clear that it’s my opinion or I’m just guessing that it’s not extra research I’m doing I’m just kind of thinking about it and wondering why and I’m using some language in here that lets you know that I am just doing my own analysis and giving my own opinion since many people in poor countries are Farmers having more children means having more workers to do manual labor manual laborers often work with your hands like farm work which means the farm can be more successful.

That means I’m guessing I’m guessing that in countries that are poor maybe people want to have more children because if they have more children those children can work and if they can all work then the farm can be more successful just guessing.

I think the fertility rate is also high due to poor living conditions and insufficient insufficient means not good enough not sufficient sufficient means it’s enough it’s enough sometimes if something is enough we say well that’s sufficient although that’s quite formal insufficient not enough due to insufficient basic health care and nutrition in third world countries third world countries we’re usually talking about countries that are quite poor.

So I know that in many third world countries in some places not all places there are poor conditions living conditions.

And in fact maybe people are hungry sometimes starving sometimes there is disease and because maybe Babies can’t eat enough or there’s no basic health care you have high mortality which is very sad.

But again I’m just guessing here.

I’m just guessing that because because high mortality is caused by the poor living conditions maybe women need to have more children to compensate.

So if you have high mortality then maybe you need to have more babies to meet to that and balance it.

We can say compensate to compensate for something is if you have too much of this you need to do more of this just to make it balanced.

OK.

I think the fertility rate is also high due to poor living conditions and insufficient basic health care and nutrition in third world countries.

It tells me again this is a phrase that lets you know it’s my opinion.

It tells me that infant mortality is high.

So I’m just saying in many cases young babies infants die because they don’t have enough nutrition.

Tells me that infant mortality is high.

Women need to have more children just to compensate.

It’s really tragic tragic means.

It’s very sad it’s a terrible thing.

Perhaps in developed countries developed countries are countries that maybe have a higher standard of living or maybe a higher GDP per capita perhaps in developed countries like Canada or the UK.

The average number of children per woman is low due to the high cost of raising and educating children.

Now that one I can say more confidently.

I mean I can still use the word perhaps perhaps lets you know that it is a guess and that’s just my opinion.

Notice I’m using things like I think and perhaps and it tells me to give you a feeling of yeah this is just my view my opinion.

But still I can be a little more confident about that end thing because I can see it around me right.

I know how expensive it is to have kids here.

You have to send them to school and it’s cost a lot of money.

OK.

So the average number of children per woman is low due to because of the high cost of raising and educating children.

OK so that’s just one way to analyze when you’re doing the analysis.

I would recommend using those phrases to show that it is subjective and don’t just state your opinion.

Make sure you’re referencing the data you’re referencing the graph you’re talking about countries with a low GDP.

Countries with a higher GDP you’re talking about what you’ve just described and having that link is very important because if there is no link or connection between your analysis and the original data and the graph then people might begin to feel confused.

So maybe this is a little bit difficult but I encourage you to try this out a few times.

And if you get used to it I think you’ll find that it’s actually interesting to try to analyze graphs and see why is it this way.

Why is this data like this.

Also if you can describe this clearly you will be the hero at meetings.

You’ll be able to clearly communicate things that might not be that easy for some other people to communicate and that will make you a very powerful speaker as always of course it’s very important to practice and practice makes perfect.

Good also say perfect practice makes perfect.

What I’d like you to do is find a graph or some sort of data visualization based on your interest or based on your career perhaps and then describe it describe the data points.

Talk about what the whole thing looks like.

And again imagine that you’re talking to someone who cannot see it then give a simple analysis.

Make sure to use subjective phrases to show that it’s your opinion but also make sure to reference things from the graph or the chart or whatever it is you’re looking at.

Practice this record it and then go back and listen to it and see if you can correct yourself.

Good luck.

I’ll see you in the next lesson.