Number of persons in the household 2 3 4 7 8 10 Freq. 850 1,069 436 278 139 58 19 7 percent 29.65 37.29 15.21 9.70 4.85 2.02 0.66 0.31 0.24 0.03 Cum. 29.65 66.93 82.14 91.84 96.69 98.71 99.37 99.69 99.93 99.97

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Number of
persons in the
household
1
2
A. Below is a distribution of the variable "hompop" from the 2016 General Social Survey
dataset. This variable is a measure of the number of people in each respondent's household. Use
the table to answer the following questions.
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
Total
www
Freq.
850
1,069
436
278
139
58
19
2,867
percent
29.65
37.29
15.21
9.70
4.85
2.02
0.66
0.31
0.24
0.03
0.03
100.00
Cum.
29.65
66.93
82.14
91.84
96.69
98.71
99.37
99.69
99.93
99.97
100.00
1
Transcribed Image Text:Number of persons in the household 1 2 A. Below is a distribution of the variable "hompop" from the 2016 General Social Survey dataset. This variable is a measure of the number of people in each respondent's household. Use the table to answer the following questions. 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 Total www Freq. 850 1,069 436 278 139 58 19 2,867 percent 29.65 37.29 15.21 9.70 4.85 2.02 0.66 0.31 0.24 0.03 0.03 100.00 Cum. 29.65 66.93 82.14 91.84 96.69 98.71 99.37 99.69 99.93 99.97 100.00 1
a.
b.
What percentage of respondents live in a household that contains two adults?
How many respondents does that represent?
What percentage of respondents live in a household of 5 or less people?
The value of the 75th percentile is 3. Substantively, what does this mean?
Describe the shape of this data's distribution, and explain how you know it takes that
C.
d.
e.
shape.
Transcribed Image Text:a. b. What percentage of respondents live in a household that contains two adults? How many respondents does that represent? What percentage of respondents live in a household of 5 or less people? The value of the 75th percentile is 3. Substantively, what does this mean? Describe the shape of this data's distribution, and explain how you know it takes that C. d. e. shape.
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