This week I will call in a dataset and run frequency distributions for my chosen variables. I will also demonstrate how to create a subset of the data rows (i.e. observations). During the course I use Gapminder dataset, which contains quantitative variables.

After studying the the list of indicators in Gapminder World, I have decided to make cross-country comparisons in regards to the mortality of children under the age of 5. As the indicators are in different data files I will have to merge the relevant data into one dataset and modify some of the original variable names.