Why does voter turnout vary from election to election? For municipal elections in five different cities, information
Question:
a. Draw a scatter gram and a freehand regression line.
b. Compute the slope (b) and then find the Y intercept (a).
c. State the least-squares regression line and then predict the voter turnout for a city in which the unemployment rate was 12%a city in which the average years of schooling was 11, and a city that had an election in which 90% of the ads were negative.
d. Compute r and r2. (Hint: A computing table like Table 13.4 is highly recommended. If you constructed one for computing b, you already have most of the quantities you will need to solve for r.)
e. Describe the strength and direction of each relationship in a sentence or two. Which factor had the strongest effect on turnout?
Turnout and Unemployment
Turnout and Level of Education
Turnout and Negative Campaigning
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The Essentials Of Statistics A Tool For Social Research
ISBN: 9781111829568
3rd Edition
Authors: Joseph F. Healey