1 A political scientist believes that there is a gender gap

1. A political scientist believes that there is a “gender gap” in American voting with women more likely to vote for the Democratic candidate. She therefore interviews a random sample of voters and records the gender of the respondents and the political party of the candidates for whom they voted in the last presidential election. Identify the following variables:

a.   Quantitative:

Number of votes

b.   Categorical:

Gender, political party

Explanatory:

Gender

d:   Response:

Political party that voted for

Answer only if you know all 4. Let me know if my answers are correct.

Solution

a.   Quantitative: the number of votes made to each party by each gender

b.   Categorical: Gender, Political party

c. Explanatory: Gender

d:   Response: Political party voted

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