Suppose you were to ask a large number of U.S. citizens what sort of economic system they believe to be the best: capitalism, communism, or socialism.
What would be the modal response, or the economic system preferred by most people? Capitalism.
Would there be a great deal of dispersion, with large numbers of people choosing the alternatives, communism or socialism?
Select one Nominal level variable and answer the following questions
1. What is the name of the variable?_____________
2. Using the codebook, give a brief description of the variable beyond what is listed in the variable label.
3. What is the mode of the Variable?______________
4. What does this measure of central tendency tell you?
5. Copy and paste a bar chart of the frequency distribution into a word document and label the chart: Figure 1: Nominal Level Variable.
Select one Ordinal level variable and answer the following questions
1. What is the name of the variable?_____________
2. Using the codebook, give a brief description of the variable beyond what is listed in the variable label.
3. What is the mode of the Variable?______________
4. What is the median of the Variable?______________
5. What do these measure of central tendency tell you? Which one is more informative?
6. Copy and paste a bar chart of the frequency distribution into a word document and label the chart: Figure 2: Ordinal Level Variable.
Select one Interval/Ratio level variable and answer the following questions
1. What is the name of the variable?_____________
2. Using the codebook, give a brief description of the variable beyond what is listed in the variable label.
3. What is the mode of the Variable?______________
4. What is the median of the Variable?______________
5. What is the mean of the Variable?______________
6. What do these measure of central tendency tell you? Which one is more informative?
7. Copy and paste a bar chart of the frequency distribution into a word document and label the chart: Figure 3: Interval Level Variable.
