social statistic
mr.zChapter 2 General Exercise
1. Here is a set of variables with their categories adapted from the CIRCLE survey of 18 to-25 year olds. Classify each of the variables as categorical or numerical . Then decide whether the categorical variables are nominal or ordinal
A. How often do you attend church or other place of worship?
1. more than once a week
2. once or twice a month
3. several times a year
4. almost never
B. Are you…
1. Married
2. Unmarried with partner
3. Single
4. Separated or divorced
5. Widowed
C. What is the highest level of schooling you expect to complete?
1. 11th grade or less
2. high school degree or equivalent
3. a non-college post-high school degree (e.g., technical school)
4. Some college
5. An associate’s degree (2-year college)
6. A bachelor’s degree (4-year college)
7. A post-graduate degree
D. From what you remember while you were growing up, would you say that your parents voted
1. Every election
2. Most elections
3. Only in important elections
4. Rarely
5. Not at all
E. In what month and year were you born?-------------
F. Do you agree or disagree that the government addresses the needs and concerns of young people like you?
1. Strong agree
2. Not so strongly agree
3. Not so strongly disagree
4. Strongly disagree
G. How many paid jobs do you have?____________
H. How many children do you have?_____________
I. Generally speaking, do you consider yourself as a Republican, Democrat, an Independent, or something else?
1. Republican
2. Independent
3. Democrat
4. Other
J. When you were growing up, did either of your parents take you with them when they went to vote?
1. Yes
2. No
4. Classify each of the variables in Appendix E as an nominal, ordinal, interval and Scale.