Each city has a local government In 2004 there were 106 citi

Each city has a local government. In 2004 there were 106 cities in Washinton with a population over 5,000. The 106 observations are summarized by classifying the cities according to form of government and counting the numbers of cities in each category.

Absolute Frequency

(Number of Observations)

Relative Frequency

(Percentage)

Note: The numerical values 1,2, and 3 represent one form of government respectively.
Source: Municipal research and services center of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1) What is the level of measurement for the variable form of governemt?

2) Fill in the blank in Table 2. And answer the question \"How prevalent is the Mayor-council form of government\"?

Solution

answer of part (1)

ordinal is the level of measurement for the variable form of governemt

answer of part(2)

Absolute Frequency

(Number of Observations)

Relative Frequency

(Percentage)

prevalency of the Mayor-council form of government is nothing but reliative frequency of Mayor-council and it is given by 60/106=56.6%