NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS
Data analysis by:Beth Lokkesmoe

Did the implementation of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer Space And Under Water cause a decrease in the amount of nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water??

ANALYSIS AND GRAPH

IV: state of the implementation of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer Space And Under Water	Predicted DV: state of the amount of nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water?	Case Period	Actual DV: Average Annual Level	Actual DV: Average Rate of Change
Not Exist	higher	1950 through 1963	45.25 / in ten year increments	3.33 / in ten year increments per year
Exist	lower	1970 through 1985	17.57 / in ten year increments	-0.17 / in ten year increments per year

ORIGINAL DATA

Year	Policy change	Number of tests (in / in ten year increments)
1950		19
1960		35
1962		98
1963	In Outer Space And Under Water	29
1970		17
1980		17
1981		17
1982		19
1983		18
1984		19
1985		16

This graph and data were produced using Simple Graph & Data Software designed by Ronald B. Mitchell © 1998 rmitchel@uoregon.edu based on the PGPLOT Perl module designed by Karl Glazebrook kgb@aaoepp.aao.gov.au