Using the information listed below, answer the following questions to get an idea about the educational attainment, by percentage, of GSS respondents in 2010.

a Totals do not equal 100% due to rounding.
a. What is the value of K?
b. Calculate the sum of the squared percentages, or ΣPct2, for both males and females.
c. Use the values you calculated in (a) and (b) to calculate the IQV for males and females. Is there more diversity by degree for males or for females?

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Highest Educational Degree Less than high school High school graduate Junior college Bachelor's degree Graduate degree Total Male 13.7 46.5 6.5 20.7 12.7 100.0 Female 13.8 51.8 8.2 16.8 9.4 100.0