Hands-On Session Questions Question 1 It is believed that caste plays an important role in Indian elections. Data is collected from 2019 elections from 37 parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu for the political party called AZZMK (A to Z Munnetra Kazhagam) and number of people belonging A to Z (AZZ) caste in each of the 37 constituencies. Note that, depending on the candidate, they also get large number of votes from people belonging to other castes. Data description is provided in Table 1.1 and Descriptive Statistics are shown in Table 1.2. Table 1.1 Data Description Variable Name Description NVP Votes polled for AZZMK in a constituency AZZ Number of voters belonging to AZZ caste in a constituency In (NVP) = In (NVP) In(A27) = In(AZZ) Table 1.2 Descriptive Statistics N Mean Std. Deviation AZZ 37 17536.000 11303.7003 NVP 37 94623.35 6924.458 LNAZZ 37 9.5855 .6298 LNNVP 37 11.4550 0733 Valid N (listwise) 37 A simple linear regression model was developed between the variable NVP as dependent variable and AZZ as independent variable. The regression outputs using SPSS are shown in Tables 1.3 and 1.4. Table 1.3 Model Summary Model R R Square Adjusted R Std. Error of the Square Estimate 4722.744 a. Predictors: (Constant), AZZ b. Dependent Variable: NVP Table 1.4 Coefficients' Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Sig. Coefficients B Sid. Error Beta (Constant) 86673.0292 1447 0391 59.897 A2Z 070 740 6.511 a. Dependent Variable: NVP 1Hands-On Session Questions Question 1 It is believed that caste plays an important role in Indian elections. Data is collected from 2019 elections from 37 parliamentary constituencies of Tamil Nadu for the political party called AZZMK (A to Z Munnetra Kazhagam) and number of people belonging A to Z (AZZ) caste in each of the 37 constituencies. Note that, depending on the candidate, they also get large number of votes from people belonging to other castes. Data description is provided in Table 1.1 and Descriptive Statistics are shown in Table 1.2. Table 1.1 Data Description Variable Name Description NVP Votes polled for AZZMK in a constituency AZZ Number of voters belonging to AZZ caste in a constituency In (NVP) = In (NVP) In(A27) = In(AZZ) Table 1.2 Descriptive Statistics N Mean Std. Deviation AZZ 37 17536.000 11303.7003 NVP 37 94623.35 6924.458 LNAZZ 37 9.5855 .6298 LNNVP 37 11.4550 0733 Valid N (listwise) 37 A simple linear regression model was developed between the variable NVP as dependent variable and AZZ as independent variable. The regression outputs using SPSS are shown in Tables 1.3 and 1.4. Table 1.3 Model Summary Model R R Square Adjusted R Std. Error of the Square Estimate 4722.744 a. Predictors: (Constant), AZZ b. Dependent Variable: NVP Table 1.4 Coefficients' Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized Sig. Coefficients B Sid. Error Beta (Constant) 86673.0292 1447 0391 59.897 A2Z 070 740 6.511 a. Dependent Variable: NVP 1