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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.480 (this correlation is weak)
Outliers:
Togo
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| Variable: |
Education > Students from households with more than 25 books > Age 9 |
Economy > Research and development spending |
| Plot Display: |
Logarithmic (base 10) |
Logarithmic (base 10) |
| Definition: |
Percentage of nine-year-old students who have more than 25 books at home. |
Research and development (R&D) expenditures for most recent year available between 1990 and 2000. |
| Source: |
"Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002 |
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank |
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