To further study the relationship between GDP and indicators of development, use cia.gov to compare our six countries: Russia, China, United Kingdom, Iran, Mexico, and Nigeria.

Go to the site where you can create your own graph here. Open each CIA Factbook in a different tab.

Choose to create an XY graph. Make a bubble graph. Create a graph with the per capita GDP represented in the X axis and any other significant statistic represented in the Y axis. Examples of significant statistics could be birth rate, death rate, or literacy rate, but there are many others.

In "size," enter the country's population. In "Line Width," choose "No line." Email me your graph, then respond to these questions in a blog comment:

1. Is there a positive or negative correlation between per capita income and your other significant statistic?
2. Is country population relevant or important in this graph? If so, how?
3. Think about your answer to question one. What conclusions can you draw about this?
4. According to this graph, which of our countries is the most developed? Explain.
5. According to this graph, which of our countries is least developed? Explain.
6. Do you think your graph is a fair and reasonable assessment of levels of development? Explain.