24 7 The Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure (NIMDM) is used by the Northern Ireland Government to compare levels of social deprivation in different geographical areas of Northern Ireland. The NIMDM combines ratings of several factors affecting deprivation including Education, Income and Employment. Eoin is a sociologist. He is comparing rural (countryside) and urban (city) areas of Northern Ireland. He is interested in the associations between Educational deprivation and other kinds of deprivation. He calculates the measures in Figure 8 from the NIMDM ratings for 2017. A lower NIMDM value indicates greater deprivation. Rural Urban Median measure of deprivation for Education 554 328.5 IQR of the measure of deprivation for Education 252 469.25 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (SRCC) between the measures of deprivation for Education and Income 0.490 0.745 Education and Employment 0.779 0.863 (Data source: https://www.nisra.gov.uk) Figure 8 Using the information in Figure 8, write a short report comparing levels of deprivation in rural and urban areas of Northern Ireland, with a focus on Educational deprivation. You are expected to do the following. ● Write three distinct comments that each make a comparison between rural and urban areas. ● Include comments relating to all three types of measure in Figure 8 (median, IQR and SRCC). ● Write your comments in context. ● Draw a conclusion that summarises your findings. ● Write the report in a style appropriate for Eoin to read out in a public meeting. (6) _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________