Chose three to five variables from the 2018 GSS data provided in your course shell to use for this project.

Midterm Project

Objective: Demonstrate competency in using data to tell a story and describe the

distributions of variables

Instructions: Chose three to five variables from the 2018 GSS data provided in your

course shell to use for this project. Be able to tell why these variables relate in some

way to each other. For example, you could use the confidence in different types of

government to gauge how the typical American felt about government in 2018

(conarmy, concong, concourt, or confed). You could include some demographic

characteristics (age, race, gender, or class) to see if subpopulations differ in their

confidence about government. After choosing your variables create a sort text box

explaining why you chose these variables.

The following items are required on your project:

➢ Title,

➢ Header with your name, date, and the course,

➢ A text box explaining your variable selection,

➢ A table reporting the variable names, what they measure and their level of

measurement,

➢ The appropriate graph which describes the frequency distribution for each

variable,

➢ A test box which summarized the information reported in the graphs for

frequency distributions,

➢ A table reporting each measure of central tendency for your selected variables

(be sure to report all the measures that are valid for each variable),

➢ A text box using words to summarize the measures of central tendency),

➢ A table reporting the dispersion if you have any variables measured at the ordinal

or interval ratio level,

➢ A chart with box charts if appropriate,

➢ A text box interpreting the dispersion in your variables,

➢ A textbox making summary comments.