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Chapter 10, Problem 8 CRE

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Problem 8 CRE

Congress and Religion. Based on data from the Pew Forum on Religion and Political Life, the members of Congress have these religious affiliations: Catholic (156), Jewish (39), Protestant (304), Mormon (15), other (15). There were six members of Congress who did not specify a religious affiliation, and the data are current at the time of this writing. Ignore the six unspecified religious affiliations and use these data for Exercises.

Congress and Religion

a. What is the level of measurement of the religious affiliations (Catholic, Jewish, and so on)?

b. What is the level of measurement of the frequency counts (156, 39, and so on)?

c. Are the frequency counts data that are discrete or continuous?

d. What proportion of the members of Congress are Protestant?

e. Given that the data describe the population of members of Congress, is the result from part (c) a statistic or a parameter?

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QUESTION:

Problem 8 CRE

Congress and Religion. Based on data from the Pew Forum on Religion and Political Life, the members of Congress have these religious affiliations: Catholic (156), Jewish (39), Protestant (304), Mormon (15), other (15). There were six members of Congress who did not specify a religious affiliation, and the data are current at the time of this writing. Ignore the six unspecified religious affiliations and use these data for Exercises.

Congress and Religion

a. What is the level of measurement of the religious affiliations (Catholic, Jewish, and so on)?

b. What is the level of measurement of the frequency counts (156, 39, and so on)?

c. Are the frequency counts data that are discrete or continuous?

d. What proportion of the members of Congress are Protestant?

e. Given that the data describe the population of members of Congress, is the result from part (c) a statistic or a parameter?

ANSWER:

Solution  8 CRE

(a)

The measurement scale used for measuring the religious affiliation is nominal. Nominal scale as the name denotes is a data is analyzed and placed under the categories and it does not have any order.

 

(b)

The frequency counts are based on the ratio measurement level. It uses the counts.

 

(c)

The frequency counts are mere numbers and are discrete measurement.

 

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