Measures of development

HDI stands for

• Human Development Index

• Human Direct Indicator

• Holistic Development Indicator

• High Development Index

"The number of babies born (alive) per 1000 people per year" Which measure is being defined?

• Birth rate

• Death rate

• Natural increase

• Total fertility rate

Which of the following is NOT included in calculating HDI?

• Mean years in school

• Life expectancy

• GNI per capita

• Literacy rate

Which of the following is a composite measure of development?

• Life expectancy

• Death rate

• HDI

• Number of doctors per 1000 people

Infant mortality rate (IMR) is a good measure of a country's health care system and therefore how developed it is. But what is an infant?

• Person aged < 1

• Person aged < 3

• Person aged < 5

• Newborn

GNI per capita means the Gross National Income per _________

Which of the following are valid limitations of single measures of development?

• Data can be out of date or hard to collect in a country

• May not take into account other aspects of development such as environmental quality

• Government corruption may mean the data they provide is unreliable

• The data can be complex and confusing to analyse

The relationship between two different measures of development can be explored using which type of graph?

• Scattergraph

• Line graph

• Dot dispersion graph

• Pie chart

What type of correlation is being shown in this graph?

• Positive correlation

• Negative correlation

• No correlation

• Bi-pole correlation

If you needed a measure of development to help you understand whether a country has modern infrastructure, which of the following would you choose?

• Birth rate

• HDI

• Literacy rate

• Access to clean water