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1. Find the variable: CPS11_11 Party voting for
a. What was the total number of people who answered this
question? The totalnumber of people who are answered are 4308What
percentage of people said they were voting for the Liberals? 15.6%
said
they were voting for liberalsHow many missing cases were there
for this variable? 348 cases were missing.
GETFILE='C:\Users\MB026\Desktop\CES2011_CPS&PES&MBS&WBS_FINAL.sav'.
DATASET NAME DataSet1 WINDOW=FRONT.FREQUENCIES
VARIABLES=CPS11_11/STATISTICS=MEAN MEDIAN MODE/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
Statistics
Party voting for
NValid 3960
Missing 348
Mean 32.98
Median 3.00
Mode 2
Party voting for
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
other (specify) 24 .6 .6 .6
Liberal 670 15.6 16.9 17.5
Conservatives 1117 25.9 28.2 45.7
NDP 538 12.5 13.6 59.3
Bloc Quebecois 206 4.8 5.2 64.5
Green Party 108 2.5 2.7 67.2
will not vote 1 .0 .0 67.3
none of these 6 .1 .2 67.4
will spoil ballot 23 .5 .6 68.0
don't know\undecided 994 23.1 25.1 93.1
refused 273 6.3 6.9 100.0
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Total 3960 91.9 100.0
Missing System 348 8.1
Total 4308 100.0
2. When we examine the attitudes that people hold, we often find
that demographicinformation can help explain those attitudes. One
such demographic variable that is listedin the Canada election
study is Gender. Find the variable in the main part of the
survey
(CES portion) that relates to gender.
a. Provide the name of the variable. The name of the variable is
Respondent Gender.b. Give the frequency of the variable
Statistics
Respondent's Gender
NValid 4308
Missing 0
Mean 3.22
Median 5.00
Mode 5
Respondent's Gender
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative
Percent
Valid
Male 1915 44.5 44.5 44.5
Female 2393 55.5 55.5 100.0
Total 4308 100.0 100.0
c. What percentage of the respondents is male? 44.5% of the
respondents were male.
3. Find three other demographic variables and list them
here:
SPSS Code name Question wording
Variable 1: CPS 11_79 Education
Variable 2: CPS 11_80 Religion
Variable 3: CPS11_87 Ethnic or Cultural group
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4. Scroll through the variable descriptions in the CES file and
find a variable thatcorresponds to each of the concepts listed
below. Write the variable name and the level of
measurement. Note: the level of measurement is not what it says
on SPSS, you need to
figure it out based on the response set.
a. Perception of the front runner:
Variable Name: (CPS11_23) Feelings about Stephen Harper. The
level ofmeasurement is ORDINAL.
b. Political knowledge of Canadian institutions:Variable Name :(
CPS_int_assess1) Interviewer: respondent's general level of
information about politics and public affairs seemed...The level
of measurement is
ORDINAL.c. Minorities and immigration issues:Variable Name. (PES
11_28): Do you think Canada should admit: more immigrants,
fewer immigrants, or about the same as now? The level of
measurement is
ORDINAL.
5. For each of the following pairs of variables, which is the
independent variable and whichis the dependent variable? Justify
your answers.
a. Prevalence of lung canceris Dependent Variable/Number of
cigarettes smokedis Independent Variable: This is because the
number of cigarette smokeincreases the chances of one getting
cancer therefore prevalence of cancer is
dependent on number of cigarettes smoked
b. Number ofhours studies is Independent Variable / final grade
in 45-275 isDependent Variable. The final grade in 45-275 is
dependent on the number of
hours studied because studying longer can change the overall
final grade in 45-
275.
c. Immigrant status is Independent Variable /support for
Aboriginal issues isIndependent Variable. Both can be independent
or dependent since dont have
any effect on each other
The assignment is due in hard copy at the end of the lab. If you
are unable to make that
time, you can hand it in to me during class at the end of the
day. Please note, that the
Political Science department has a policy that states only the
Instructor or GA can acceptassignments. Please DO NOT attempt to
give the assignment to the department secretary
as they are prohibited from accepting your assignments.
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