EDA for vocabulary score vs. social class

Before we conduct inference, we should take a look at the distributions of vocabulary scores across the levels of (self identified) social class.

This exercise is part of the course

Inference for Numerical Data in R

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Exercise instructions

  • Using gss, plot the distribution of vocabulary scores, wordsum.
  • Make this a histogram, using an appropriate binwidth.
  • Facet this histogram, wrapping by social class level.
  • Look at the plot! Compare the distributions of vocabulary scores across the levels of (self identified) social class.

Hands-on interactive exercise

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

# Using gss, plot wordsum
ggplot(___, mapping = ___) +
  # Add a histogram layer
  ___ +
  # Facet by class
  facet_wrap(___)