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M3: HOMEWORK #2 Due Friday by 11:59pm File Types doc and docx Start Assignment Points 10 Submitting a file upload Available May 29 at 12am - Jun 3 at 11:59pm IMPORTANT ON GRADING: assignments submitted before the deadline receive full credit, assignments submitted on the next day after the deadline receive half credit, no further extensions will be given. For further details, please, refer to the make up policy of the class. Complete the following assignment. GSS. Your variables are happy and postlife. Please, submit all commands and results (numbers NOT plots). Your hypothesis: In comparison of individuals, those who believe in life after death will be more likely to be very happy than will those who do not believe in life after death. 1. What type is your IV and what type is your DV (nominal ordinal, interval, ratio)? You need to run frequencies (submit the commands and results) to identify the types. (1 point) 2. What descriptive test do you need to run to test your hypothesis? Why? Run the correct descriptive test, please, make sure to include the correct command and results. (1 point) 3. Do you support or reject your hypothesis based on the descriptive test, please, explain by including the numbers (%) and strengths to support your decision. (1 point) 4. Run an appropriate test of significance you should use to determine if the relationship between your variables does not happen by chance (submit the command and results, do NOT cut the results)? Why did you chose this test? (1 point) 5. Say whether the relationship you see is significant or not, explain and provide the statistic that backs this up (1 point). 6. Your control variable is sex. Please, run frequency and identify the type of your control variable. 7. Now include your control, run the descriptive test with your control variable. The command is xtabC. (1 point) 8. Do you accept or reject your hypothesis after adding control? Explain. You must look at each category of your control separately. Please, review the material on p.108 if needed. (1 point). Assess the relationship between postlife and happy (VERY HAPPY) for males: tendency and strength, then for females: tendency and strength. Please, note that the information on strengths (and extra information on tendencies) can be found on p.77-78. (1 point) 9. Obtain significances for each category of your control variable. Please, don't forget to submit the commands and results. Please, remember that you can name your categories any name you want, boy and girl, for example. Please, feel free to choose any other names if you like (1 point). 10. Do you support or reject your working hypothesis after including the control variable? Explain. Make sure to include numbers (p-values for the results with control) from the test results to back up your explanation. (1 point) Please, always submit all commands and results, do NOT submit the entire desktop screenshot, only capture the commands and the results the commands produce. M3: HOMEWORK #2 Due Friday by 11:59pm File Types doc and docx Start Assignment Points 10 Submitting a file upload Available May 29 at 12am - Jun 3 at 11:59pm IMPORTANT ON GRADING: assignments submitted before the deadline receive full credit, assignments submitted on the next day after the deadline receive half credit, no further extensions will be given. For further details, please, refer to the make up policy of the class. Complete the following assignment. GSS. Your variables are happy and postlife. Please, submit all commands and results (numbers NOT plots). Your hypothesis: In comparison of individuals, those who believe in life after death will be more likely to be very happy than will those who do not believe in life after death. 1. What type is your IV and what type is your DV (nominal ordinal, interval, ratio)? You need to run frequencies (submit the commands and results) to identify the types. (1 point) 2. What descriptive test do you need to run to test your hypothesis? Why? Run the correct descriptive test, please, make sure to include the correct command and results. (1 point) 3. Do you support or reject your hypothesis based on the descriptive test, please, explain by including the numbers (%) and strengths to support your decision. (1 point) 4. Run an appropriate test of significance you should use to determine if the relationship between your variables does not happen by chance (submit the command and results, do NOT cut the results)? Why did you chose this test? (1 point) 5. Say whether the relationship you see is significant or not, explain and provide the statistic that backs this up (1 point). 6. Your control variable is sex. Please, run frequency and identify the type of your control variable. 7. Now include your control, run the descriptive test with your control variable. The command is xtabC. (1 point) 8. Do you accept or reject your hypothesis after adding control? Explain. You must look at each category of your control separately. Please, review the material on p.108 if needed. (1 point). Assess the relationship between postlife and happy (VERY HAPPY) for males: tendency and strength, then for females: tendency and strength. Please, note that the information on strengths (and extra information on tendencies) can be found on p.77-78. (1 point) 9. Obtain significances for each category of your control variable. Please, don't forget to submit the commands and results. Please, remember that you can name your categories any name you want, boy and girl, for example. Please, feel free to choose any other names if you like (1 point). 10. Do you support or reject your working hypothesis after including the control variable? Explain. Make sure to include numbers (p-values for the results with control) from the test results to back up your explanation. (1 point) Please, always submit all commands and results, do NOT submit the entire desktop screenshot, only capture the commands and the results the commands produce.