Wednesday, September 21, 2011

portfolio topic 1

This bar chart indicates the films shown in Britain and Australia by origin in 2000, and for the line graph it shows the cinema attendances which are also Britain and Australia. For the first chart , Britain had the highest % in US films  while for Australia , British films was the least. For the second chart , in 1980 Britain had the highest attendance , and for Australia it had the lowest attendance in 1982.

                In the first chart, Britain had the highest % in US films which was approximately 78% , while for Australia , also it had the highest % which was around 69%. In Britain, British films had the 2nd highest % which was around 20% , and for Australia , it was dramatically less at 5% and it had the 4th highest % in British films. Finally, Britain had the 3rd highest % in other films which was nearly 2% and for Australia it had the 2nd highest % in other films which was approximately 17%.

                In the 2nd chart, Britain had approximately 100 million in 1980, and for Australia, it had one of the lowest numbers of people in 1980 which was around 40 million. In 1982, Britain was approximately 50 million, and for Australia, it was approximately 20 million. In 1984 and 1986, for Britain, it increased dramatically from 80 million to 119 million, while for Australia, it remained steady for 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1990. In 1986, 1988 and 1990, it decreased dramatically from 119 million to 80 million, and then it increased dramatically from 80 million to 119 million. For the last 5 years in Britain, it continued to increase and decrease slightly. Yet, for Australia from 1992 until 1994 it increased normally, and then in 1994 to 2000 it increased slightly.

                To conclude with, both charts had both dramatic and slight increases and decreases in films and cinema attendance.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

USA and EEC

This graph indicates the number of registered unemployed people in the USA and EEC from 1972 to 1981.
In 1972, the USA men and women had the highest number of registered unemployed and it was approximately 5 million. The second highest number of registered unemployed in 1972 was the EEC men and women which was approximately 2.8 million. The difference between these 2 levels is around 2.2 million. The USA men and EEC men didn’t show any inflation, so for the USA men it was approximately 2.1 million while for the EEC men it was about 1.7 million. Although USA men had a higher number of unemployment level than EEC men, they were almost the same. In 1973, the USA men and women had also the highest number of registered unemployed. It was EEC men and women with 2.6 million. The USA men and the EEC men didn’t have much difference between the 2 levels , although the USA men was a little bit higher than EEC men. In 1974 and 1975 , the USA men and women increased from 5 million to 7.9 million which was the largest rise. The USA men and EEC men and women had the same number of unemployed which was 3 million. Yet , EEC men didn’t change a lot during  the 3 years ; it was approximately 2 million. From 1975 to 1979 , the USA men and women decreased and then increased from 6 million to 9 million.
In summary,  levels for men and women in both the USA and EEC reached 9 million by 1981.