Assignment 2 DUE August 30

Again, you will be using the file GSS2002PFP.SAV on the CD-ROM that comes with your book.

Part 1.

Are women more or less supportive of women’s participation in politics then men?

Get the crosstabulation for the variables FEPOL (women are not suited for politics) and SEX (the respondent’s gender). Use Analyze --> Descriptive Statistics --> Crosstabs. Obtain the proper percentages and the proper measure of association.

What do you conclude about this sample?

Part 2.

Are women more concerned that children may suffer if the mother works?

Get the crosstabulation for the variables FECHLD and SEX. Obtain the proper percentages and the proper measure of association.

What do you conclude about this sample?

Part 3.

What is the relationship between education and family size?

Get the correlation between CHILDS (number of children one has) and EDUC (highest year of education one completed). Use Analyze -->  Correlate --> Bivariate.

What do you see? Is there a relationship?

Do a scattergram. Use Graph --> Scatter and choose Simple and click on Define. Your X is EDUC and your Y is CHILDS. What do you see?

Once you have the scattergram, click on it and in the new window choose Elements and click on Fit Line at Total. From the pop-up window choose Linear and click Close. You will see the regression line and R square.

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Run the regression of CHILDS on EDUC. Explain the slope and the intercept.

Hand in your answers and your output.

Please be sure to present your responses in an organized, clear, grammatically correct, paragraph format (i.e. no sentence fragments, bullets, etc.). Be sure to proof read, spell check, and make appropriate paragraph breaks when necessary.

All homework must be handed in typewritten. Please use an 11-12 point font, double-space and number each page.