Wealth vs Internet
Dataset Selected I have chosen the Gapminder dataset (213 countries with social, health, economic, and environmental indicators). Research Question Is income per person associated with internet use across countries? Personal Codebook Variable Name Description Unit incomeperperson Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita US dollars per person internetuserate Percentage of population using the internet % of individuals (0–100 scale) Literature Review I searched Google Scholar using the terms like wealth vs internet and related terms. I found the below findings. 1. Chinn & Fairlie (2007) – Using data from 161 nations, they discovered that income per capita is the most important predictor of internet uptake, followed by infrastructure and regulatory quality. This lends credence to the notion that increasing levels of na...