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2. Using the data from Exercise 1, construct a frequency and percentage distribution for class. a. Which is the smallest perceived class group? b. Which two classes include the largest percentages of people? 3. Using the data from Exercise 1, construct a frequency distribution for trauma. a. What level of measurement is used for the trauma variable? b. Are people more likely to have experienced no traumas or only one trauma in the past year ? c. What proportion has experienced one or more traumas in the past year? 4. Using the data from Exercise 1, construct appropriate graphs showing percentage distri- butions for race, class, and trauma. non. 5. GSS 2014 respondents were asked to rate their agreement to the statement, Aper 'Immigrants were good for America." Results are provided in the table below for the percentage in each category by political party. Do these data support the statement that people's views on immigration are related to their political party affiliation? Why or why not? Strong Strong Democrat (%) Independent (%) Republican (%) Agree strongly 6.2 11.3 6.1 Agree 51.9 54.7 42.9 Neither agree nor 29.6 22.6 14.3 disagree Disagree 8.6 9.4 34.7 Strongly disagree 3.7 1.9 2.0 Total 100.0 99.9 100.0 6. How many hours per week do you spend on e-mail? Data are presented here for a GSS sample of 99 men and women, who each reported the number of hours they spent per week on e-mail. a. Compute the cumulative frequency and cumulative percentage distribution for the data. b. What proportion of the sample spent 3 hours or less per week on e-mail? c. What proportion of the sample spent 6 or more hours per week on e-mail? d. Construct a graph that best displays these data. Explain why the graph you selected is appropriate for these data