A country's information technology use has been linked to economic and societal development. A nonprofit organization collects data that measure the use and impact of information technology in over 100 countries annually. The accompanying data file contains the data collected, with the following variables: country number (Country), hardware-industry (Hw), software industry (Sw), telecommunications industry (Tele), individual usage (IU), business usage (BU), government usage (GU), diffusion of e-business (EB), and diffusion of e-payment (EP). Each value in the table represents the score that a country has achieved for a given category. The range of the score is from 1 (lowest) to 7 (highest).
A country's information technology use has beenlinked to economic and societal developmer nonprofit organization collects data that measure the use and impact of information technology in over 100 countries annually.The accompanying data file contains the data collected,with the following variables:country number(Country),hardware-industry(Hw),software industry(Sw), telecommunications industry(Tele),individual usage(IU),business usage(BU),government usage (GU), diffusion of e-business (EB), and diffusion of e-payment (EP). Each value in the table represents the score that a country has achieved for a given category.The range of the score is from 1 (lowest) to 7(highest).