Use the information in the dataset women17.sav to answer the following questions

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Use the information in the dataset women17.sav to answer the following questions. You should use SPSS to calculate any sample statistics you will need to do this question, but for parts (b) and (d) you are required to do the rest of the calculations by hand, using a calculator.

According to the Namibian Bureau of Statistics, 9% of young women had no formal or up to year 10 educational qualifications before 2016. The researcher believes that the proportion of such qualifications of young women was no longer 9% at the beginning of 2016.

(a) (1 mark) What is the variable of interest to the researcher?

Explanation / Answer

The variable of interest in a statistical study are the items and quantities that the study seeks to measure.

Here, in this research study, the variable of interest is proportion.

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