Most people in the United States work in either trade or service jobs. “Trade” is defined as businesses such as retail stores, car dealers, and restaurants—places where goods are sold. The

“service” area includes jobs such as those in health care, the hotel industry, and cleaning services—

jobs where people perform services rather than selling items. The following table shows nine job classifications comparing Lee County, Florida, with all of Florida and the United States.

a. Construct a new table ranking the percentages for Lee County, Florida, and the United States separately.

b. Using the Spearman rank correlation and a 0.05 level of significance, determine whether there is a relationship between Lee County and all of Florida.

c. Using the Spearman rank correlation and a 0.05 level of significance, determine whether there is a relationship between Lee County and all of the United States.

d. Using the Spearman rank correlation and a 0.05 level of significance, determine whether there is a relationship between all of Florida and all of the United States.

e. Review the results of parts b–d and comment on your combined findings.

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Job Category Lee Co. Florida U.S. Agriculture 2.0% 2.0% 2.6% Construction 8.0% 5.0% 6.5% Manufacturing 5.0% 8.0% 16.0% Trans., comm., and pub. util. 5.0% 5.0% 7.1% Retail trade 25.0% 21.0% 16.8%