Sex Race Age 2 2 1 NNN 25 78 70 33 60 78 72 Region Ancestors astrosci educ 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 2 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 4 3 Income 16 34.57 15 78.65 17 56.73 18 23.46 13 54.53 13 44.23 16 66.54 16 67.85 25.67 27.87 17 55.61 16 26.54 18 76.54 16 33.46 16 23.47 NN 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 37 44 50 Sex= Sex of the Respondent 1=Male 2=Femal Age Age of the Respondent Race=Race of the Respondent 1= White 2=Black 3-Other Region= Region of Respondent 1= Mid West 2=Mid Atlantic 3= New England Ancestor=Do you believe that your deceased ancestors have supernatural powers? 1= Yes, Definiity; 2= Yes, Probably 3=No, Probably not; 4=no definitely not Astrosci= Is Astrology Scientific; 1=Very Scientific 2=Sort of Scientific 3= Not Scientific at all Educ=Highest Year of School completed Income=Income in 1000s of Dollars
For the nominal variables race and region provide the mode and index of qualitative variation (IQV). Which variable has more variation? 2. For ordinal variables ancestor and astrosci provide the mode and median. Describe what each statistic tells you about the data. 3. For interval level variables age, education and income, provide the range, inter-quartile range, mean, median, variance, and standard deviation. Interpret each statistic. Answer the following questions: 4. Briefly explain the difference between measures of central tendency and measures of variability. Why do we need both? Can you think of a situation where central tendency might be misleading if you did not know the variability? 5. Why don't we use means for nominal level variables?