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Activity Guide - Filtering Data: Data Set: Female State Legislators

This document provides instructions for filtering and analyzing two datasets: [1] Female State Legislators, and [2] US Women Running for Elected Office in 2020. For the first dataset, the user is asked to filter the data by year, create histograms of female representation, and answer questions comparing representation between 2019 and another year. For the second dataset, the user is asked to filter the data to answer questions about which states had women run for governor and win primary elections. Charts are to be included with the answers.

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Activity Guide - Filtering Data: Data Set: Female State Legislators

This document provides instructions for filtering and analyzing two datasets: [1] Female State Legislators, and [2] US Women Running for Elected Office in 2020. For the first dataset, the user is asked to filter the data by year, create histograms of female representation, and answer questions comparing representation between 2019 and another year. For the second dataset, the user is asked to filter the data to answer questions about which states had women run for governor and win primary elections. Charts are to be included with the answers.

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Filtering Data

Name(s) Michelle Pham Period 1 Date 1/25/2021

Activity Guide - Filtering Data

Data Set: Female State Legislators

Do This:
● Filter the Female State Legislators dataset for Year by the year you were born.
● Create a histogram for Percentage of Females in Legislature. Choose a bucket size of 5.
● Copy/paste the chart below.

Chart 1

● Filter the Female State Legislators dataset for Year by the year 2019.
● Copy/paste the chart below.
● Answer the questions.

Chart 2

Questions

1. In the year you were born, how many states had between 25 and 30 percent of their legislatures made up of
female legislators?
7 states

2. In 2019, how many states had between 25 and 30 percent of their legislatures made up of female legislators?
11 states

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3. What does this data show?
This data shows that in the year 2019, there was a higher percentage of females in legislature than
there would have been in the year 2015

4. Why might that be the case?


This could be the case due to women having more rights and greater opportunities for education

Data Set: US Women Running for Elected Office in 2020

Do This:
● Filter the US Women Running for Elected Office in 2020 dataset to answer the following questions. The chart
type is up to you. Paste the chart below each answer.

Question: Which states had at least one woman run for Governor?

Answer: DE, MO, MT, NC, ND, NH, UT, VT, WV

Chart:

Question: Which states had more than 10 women win their primary race?

Answer: CA, FL, GA, IL, MO, NC, NY, OH, PA, TX, WA

Chart:

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