Unions and their Correlation to the Economy

Inspiration

We were inspired by recent news stories regarding working conditions, specifically at Amazon and similarities if that to the situation of factory workers during the turn of the 19th century. A major part of the solution to those labor problems was labor unions so we wanted to use data to see exactly how effective unions were to see if they might be a solution today.

What it does

It is a categorization of correlations of Union Density and other economic factors. We just created several data plots to demonstrate the correlations.

How we built it

We used r studio and coded linear regressions, plotted them, and did correlation tests. Then aggregated the data in a PowerPoint with video.

Challenges we ran into

Finding a comprehensive dataset with all of our desired variables was our greatest challenge.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Being able to make useable graphs in r studio

What we learned

How to use r studio and its language,

What's next for Unions and their Correlation to the Economy

Expanding our sample data, possibly looking at other countries, and adding more specific legislation as a variable to research

Built With

• r-studio