2.7. A poll conducted by YouGov for the British news- paper The Daily Telegraph in June 2006...
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2.7. A poll conducted by YouGov for the British news-
paper The Daily Telegraph in June 2006 asked a random sample of 1962 British adults several ques-
tions about their image of the U.S. One question asked, "How would you rate George W. Bush as a world leader?" The possible choices were (great leader, reasonably satisfactory leader, pretty poor leader, terrible leader).
(a) Is this four-category variable nominal, or ordi-
nal? Why?
(b) Is this variable continuous, or discrete? Why?
(c) Of the 93% of the sample who responded, the percentages in the four categories were 1% (great leader), 16%, 37%, 46% (terrible leader). Are these values statistics, or param-
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Statistical Methods For The Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780130272959
4th Edition
Authors: Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay