Sociology 280.003, Fall 2006

Homework #8: Introductory Statistics

Due Wednesday December 6

 

 

For the "grouped" data in Exhibit 14.10 on Schutt p. 454:

 

  1. What measure(s) of central tendency would be most appropriate, and why?

 

  1. What is the median value?

 

  1. The mode?

 

 

Read South and Spitze's "Data and Methods" and "Results" (Schutt pp. C-14 to C-25).

 

  1. Regarding the authors' sample, what is its size and from where is it drawn?

 

  1. What is the dependent variable?

 

  1. What is the key independent (or "explanatory") variable?

 

Look at the descriptive statistics in Table 1 on p. C-17.

 

  1. What is the measure of central tendency reported for the dependent variable, and what is its value for women and men? What does the difference in these values suggest?

 

  1. How many of the women in the sample were married? How many men were married? (Give your answers in terms of the number of cases.)

 

Look at the regression results in Table 2 on p. C-19.

 

  1. Many of the coefficients in the table are marked with a double asterisk (**), indicating that p < .01. What does this mean?

 

Based on the bar charts (Figures 2 and 3) on pp. C-23 and C-24:

 

  1. briefly summarize the authors' findings on gender differences in performance of gender-typed housework tasks.