Select from each drop-down menu the option that completes the statement so that it is accurate based on the information...

Owning The Dataset

Table 1: Text Analysis

Table 2: Chart Analysis

Key Insights

1. France's immigrant population percentage was almost unchanged (\(10.9\% \text{ to } 10.8\%\)) from 1980 to 2005, representing a flat trend.
2. Ireland experienced the most dramatic increase, especially between 1995 and 2005 when its immigrant proportion nearly doubled from 7.1% to 14%.
3. While the United States and Sweden both saw steady increases in immigrant population percentages, Ireland's rate of increase outpaced both, especially in the final decade.

Step-by-Step Solution

Question 1: Does the Graph Affirm the Statement about France's Number of International Immigrants?

Complete Statement:

The information in the graph [BLANK] the statement that the number of international immigrants in France did not change significantly during the period from 1980 to 2005.

Breaking Down the Statement

• Statement Breakdown 1:
  • Key Phrase: the information in the graph
  • Meaning: Refers to the data shown, which is the percentage of international immigrants relative to total population.
  • Relation to Chart: The chart shows percentage values on the y-axis for each country, across several years.
  • Important Implications: The graph provides percentages, not the absolute number of immigrants.

• Statement Breakdown 2:
  • Key Phrase: the number of international immigrants
  • Meaning: This phrase refers to the absolute number of immigrants living in France.
  • Relation to Chart: The chart does NOT display absolute numbers, only percentages.
  • Important Implications: Without knowing the overall population, we cannot deduce the absolute number of immigrants from the graph.

What is needed: Does the graph give enough information to confirm or deny that France's number of immigrants stayed basically the same from 1980 to 2005?

Solution:

• Condensed Solution Implementation:
  Examine what the graph shows (percentages over time) and determine if this allows us to draw any conclusion about the absolute number of immigrants in France.
• Necessary Data points:
  France: 10.9% in 1980, 10.8% in 2005.
• Calculations Estimations:
  Although the percentages are almost the same, the actual number could have increased or decreased if the total population changed. Percentages do not give enough information on their own.
• Comparison to Answer Choices:
  The graph neither directly affirms nor directly contradicts the statement about the absolute number of immigrants.

FINAL ANSWER Blank 1: neither directly affirms nor directly contradicts

Question 2: When Was U.S. Growth Rate Less Than Another Country's?

Complete Statement:

During the interval [BLANK], the United States' rate of growth in international immigrants as a percent of total population was less than that of at least one of the other countries included in the graph.

Breaking Down the Statement

• Statement Breakdown 1:
  • Key Phrase: During the interval [BLANK]
  • Meaning: We check the three possible intervals stated in the answer choices.
  • Relation to Chart: Look at values from those periods for all countries.

• Statement Breakdown 2:
  • Key Phrase: United States' rate of growth in international immigrants as a percent of total population
  • Meaning: How much the U.S. immigrant % increased over the given interval.
  • Relation to Chart: Needed to calculate growth rate (not just percentage point difference) for U.S. for each interval.

What is needed: Which time span (from the choices) saw at least one country's growth rate surpass that of the U.S.?

Solution:

• Condensed Solution Implementation:
  Calculate and compare the percent growth for the U.S. and each other country (Ireland, France, Sweden) for each listed interval.
• Necessary Data points:
  U.S. values: 6.1% (1980), 7.5% (1985), 10.5% (1995), 13.0% (2005). Ireland: 6% (1980), 7.1% (1995), 14% (2005).
• Calculations Estimations:
  For 1995-2005: US growth = \(\frac{(13.0 - 10.5)}{10.5} \times 100\% \approx 23.8\%\). Ireland growth = \(\frac{(14 - 7.1)}{7.1} \times 100\% \approx 97.2\%\). No other interval among the answer choices has another country growing faster than the U.S.
• Comparison to Answer Choices:
  Only in 1995-2005 was another country's (Ireland's) growth rate clearly higher than the U.S.'s.

FINAL ANSWER Blank 2: 1995-2005

Summary

For Blank 1, the graph offers percentages and cannot comment on absolute numbers without total population data. For Blank 2, calculating actual growth rates (not just differences) shows only during 1995-2005 did a country (Ireland) have a higher rate than the U.S. Paying attention to what the graph shows versus what is being asked is crucial.

Question Independence Analysis

The two blanks are independent: one asks about interpreting data on France and absolute numbers, while the other asks about U.S. versus other countries' growth rates during specific intervals. The answer to one does not affect the answer to the other.