The Essentials of Political Analysis 6th Edition Pollock Solution Manual
Solution Manual for The Essentials of Political Analysis 6th Edition by Philip H. Pollock, Barry C. Edwards, ISBN: 9781506379616, ISBN: 9781544389929, ISBN: 9781544391359, ISBN-10: 1506379613, ISBN-13: 9781506379616
Table Of Content
CHAPTER 1 The Definition and Measurement of Concepts
CHAPTER 2 Measuring and Describing Variables
CHAPTER 3 Proposing Explanations, Framing Hypotheses, and Making Comparisons
CHAPTER 4 Research Design, Research Ethics, and Evidence of Causation
CHAPTER 5 Making Controlled Comparisons
CHAPTER 6 Foundations of Statistical Inference
CHAPTER 7 Tests of Significance and Measures of Association
CHAPTER 8 Correlation and Linear Regression
CHAPTER 9 Logistic Regression
CHAPTER 10 Conducting Your Own Political Analysis
Chapter 2: Measuring and Describing Variables
1.
• Age: variable name / interval;
• Independent-leaner: value / ordinal;
• Abortion opinion: variable name / nominal or ordinal;
• Taxable income: variable name / interval;
• 57 years: value / interval;
• Millennial: value / nominal;
• Lenient: value / ordinal;
• Religious denomination: variable name / nominal.
2.
For each variable, students are asked to do the following: (i) Construct a frequency distribution including frequencies, percentages, and cumulative percentages. (ii) Sketch a bar chart. (iii) Identify the mode. (iv) Identify the median. (v) State whether the variable has high dispersion or low dispersion. (vi) Explain their answer regarding dispersion.
A. Egalitarianism
