1.6. Go to the GSS Web site, sda.berkeley.edu/GSS/.

By entering TVHOURS as the Row variable, find a summary ofresponses to the question, "On a typical day, about how many hours do you personally watch television?"

(a) What was the most common response?

(b) Is your answer in

(a) a descriptive statistic, or an inferential statistic?

definitely not when asked whether they believed in heaven.

(a) Report the percentage who gave one of the yes responses.

(b) To obtain data for a particular year such as 1998, enter YEAR(1998) in the Selection filter option box before you click on Run the Table.

Do this for HEAVEN in 1998, and report the percentage who gave one ofthe yes responses.

(This question was asked only in 1991 and 1998.)

(c) Summarize opinions in 1998 about belief in hell (variable HELLin the GSS). Wasthe percentage ofyes responses higherfor HEAVEN or HELL?