Thanks to Google docs now it is easy to visualize the data and display it on the web. The user can make comparisons by choosing the necessary variables by clicking on the axis. The following is a tool which helps you to understand the performance of various Indian states as a function of time.
The data is retrieved from National planning commission data tables
http://planningcommission.nic.in/data/datatable/index.php?data=datatab
Defintions
Only two parameters are included in the plots at the moment. This is a work in progress. There is more to come. It would be quite revealing to know how the GSDP correlates with hunger index and other poverty indicators.
If you want to play with it, I will give you some guidelines.
http://planningcommission.nic.in/data/datatable/index.php?data=datatab
Defintions
- GSDP: Gross State Domestic Product
Only two parameters are included in the plots at the moment. This is a work in progress. There is more to come. It would be quite revealing to know how the GSDP correlates with hunger index and other poverty indicators.
What you should do
Click on the play button of the interactive plotter. You can see how the parameters vary or correlate as a function of time.
When more data are available, the user can play find out how the correlations of two indicators vary as a function of time.. and a lot more..
When more data are available, the user can play find out how the correlations of two indicators vary as a function of time.. and a lot more..
If anybody can supply a python code to extract tables from pdf files, please support me. Drop me an email at rohin<DOT>tn<at>gmail.com
If you want to play with it, I will give you some guidelines.
On right panel
- Click on the color menu and change "same color" to "unique color"
- Next click on the size and change it to whatever you want. For instance if you click on the GSDP growth rate the blob would increase in size as the GSDP growth rate increase.
- Next you can select the states that you are interested in. The blobs corresponding them will be highlighted
- Uncheck the trail button if you don't want to see the trail of the blob (recommended)
- Alternatively you can click on the tabs on the top right hand corner to see a bar chart. It's very nice feature check it out.
The axes
- On the x and y axes you may select the variables that you want to study as a function of time
- For example if you want to know if the GDSP growth of a state affect the hunger index or infant mortality rate, you may choose GDSP growth rate on x-axis and the other variable on the y-axis. Click on the play icon (>) and you can see how these variables affect the other as function of time
- Now sit back and do your research :)
