Project 2: Constructing Tables 1 & 2

Country and Capital Place Names in the United States Caution: The following tables only provide suggestions on how to construct your own tables. Your numbers will be different from the ones cited here. Use your own numbers. Also use labels and table titles that express completely the data presented. Think about what you are doing!

Tables 1 and 2 (also see the instruction under Project 1)

include all the regions of the world (a country is NOT a region!)
create as many regions as appropriate for your data. For example, if you have no items from Africa, then list it as one region. If you have things from China and South Korea (East Asia) but not from India (South Asia), you must divide Asia into at least two regions! Don't worry about having many regions with only zeros.
use consistent classifications: don't use Pacific Rim (which includes all countries in Asia, North America, and Latin America touching the Pacific Ocean!) when you only mean East Asia.
include both absolute numbers and percentages in separate columns. Understand the difference between absolute vs. relative values.
indicate the source of the data at bottom of each table.

With Table 1 write: Forty and forty-five percent of Central America's country and capital names, respectively, appear in the United States (see Table 1). Don't include how you calculated the percentages, i.e., (8/20), in your table!

With Table 2 write: Central America's country and capital names accounted for 17 and 19 percent, respectively, of the total frequency of country and capital names found in the United States (see Table 2). Don't include how you calculated the percentages, i.e., (55/319), in your table!

Good luck on your project!

Congratulations on your achievement. Be sure to use your new skills in other courses and for the rest of your life!

Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 February 1996; last revised on 17 May 2007.