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Plotting minimum wages over time

Let's look at the trends for the minimum wage in the United States. You have access to the dataset wages_stats, containing the minimum, maximum, and median minimum wage for each year:

53x4 DataFrame
Row | year   median   max      min
    | Int64  Float64  Float64  Float64
____|_________________________________
   1| 1968   8.55     15.61    8.55
... 

All wages are adjusted for inflation, so you are looking at the equivalent amount in the year 2020. Comparing the three lines corresponding to median, maximum, and minimum over time, can you spot any interesting trends?

The wages_stats and the DataFrames and Plots packages have been loaded for you with the using keyword.

This exercise is part of the course

Data Manipulation in Julia

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Exercise instructions

  • Create a line plot of the median minimum wage over the years represented in the dataset and label it median.
  • To the same plot, add lines for maximum and minimum wages, with labels max and min, respectively.
  • Add a title "Trends in minimum wages in the US" to your plot.
  • Label your x-axis "Year" and the y-axis "Inflation-adjusted Minimum Wage (USD)".

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Plot the median wage and label it 
____(____, ____, ____)

# Plot the maximum and label it 
____

# Plot the minimum and label it
____

# Add a title
____("Trends in minimum wages in the US")

# Add x and y labels
____("Year")
____("Inflation-adjusted Minimum Wage (USD)")
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