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Data Analysis Exercises on Confidence in Societal Institutions and Spending Priorities

There are four exercises that use data from the 2018 General Social Survey to explore confidence in societal institutions and spending priorities. These exercises could be used to help students learn the principles of quantitative analysis. Statistical topics covered include frequency distributions, crosstabs, two and three variable tables, percents, Chi Square, and measures of association. These exercises refer students to the relevant...

Keywords:: Chi Square, argument, crosstabs, three-variable tables, specification, elaboration, percents, independent variable, two-variable tables, dependent variable, frequency distributions, measures of association, spuriousness, SPSS, hypothesis, quantitative analysis

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Mathematics and Statistics / Statistics and Probability

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Material Type:: Assignment
Date Added to MERLOT:: June 17, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: November 12, 2021
Author:: Ed Nelson, California State University, Fresno
Submitter:: Ed Nelson

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Document (e.g. Word), Website
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Technical Requirements:: Requires SPSS (any version) and ability to read Microsoft Office (docx) files.
Language:: English
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