1.11. The Student survey data file at definitely yes, probably yes, probably not, and www.siat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.hlml showsresponses of...
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1.11. The "Student survey" data file at definitely yes, probably yes, probably not, and www.siat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.hlml showsresponses of a class ofsocialscience graduate students at the University of Florida to a questionnaire that asked about GE = gender, AG - age in years, H! — high school CPA (on a fourpoint scale), CO = college GPA, DH = distance
(in miles) of the campus from your home town, DR = distance (in miles) of the classroom from your current residence, NE = number of times a week you read a newspaper, TV = average number of hours per week that you watch TV, SP - average number of hours per week that you participate in sports or have other physical exercise, VE = whether you arc a vegetarian
(yes, no), AB = opinion about whether abortion should be legal in the first three months of pregnancy (yes, no), PI = political ideology (1 = very liberal, 2 = liberal, 3 = slightly liberal, 4 = moderate, 5 = slightly conservative, 6 = conservative, 7 = very conservative), PA = political affiliation (D = Democrat, R =
Republican, I = independent), RE = how often you attend religious services (never, occasionally, most weeks, every week), LD = belief in life after death (yes, no), AA - support affirmative action
(yes, no), AH - number of people you know who have died from AIDS or who arc HIV-K You will use this data file for exercises in future chapters.
(a) Practice accessing a data file for statistical analysis with your software by going to this Web site and copying this data file. Print a copy of the data file. How many observations
(rows) arc in the data file?
(b) Give an example of a question that could be addressed using these data with (i) descriptive statistics, (ii) inferential statistics.
Step by Step Answer:
Statistical Methods For The Social Sciences
ISBN: 9781292021669
4th Edition
Authors: Barbara Finlay, Alan Agresti