1. GSS 2014 respondents were asked their opinion on whether homosexuals should h
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1. GSS 2014 respondents were asked their opinion on whether homosexuals should have the right to marry. (The data were collected before the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision granting same-sex couples the right to marry.) Responses were measured on a five-point scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Homosexuals Should Frequency Have Right to Marry Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor74 disagree Disagree Gumulative Percentage Frequency 251 446 520 Cumulative Percentage 32.5 57.5 67.3 251 195 32.5 25.2 9.6 11.9 20.8 100.0 79.2 100.0 92 612 773 Strongly disagree 161 Total 773 a. What is the level of measurement for this variable b. What is the mode? Calculate the median for this variable. In general, how would you characterize the public's attitude about same-sex marriage c.Explanation / Answer
a. Its classification of data. Thus, level of measurement can be considered as Nominal
b. listing down the frequency values
251 195 74 92 161
There is no repeating value everything is present only once. Thus, multimodal
c. Arranging in ascending order
74 92 161 195 251
Thus median - 161 which corresponds to strongly disagree
In genera, as per median public's attitude about same-sex marriage is strongly disagree
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