Chapter 2, Problem 50SE

One of the questions in a Financial Times/Harris Poll was, “How much do you favor or oppose a higher tax on higher carbon emission cars?” Possible responses were strongly favor, favor more than oppose, oppose more than favor, and strongly oppose. The following crosstabulation shows the responses obtained for 5372 adults surveyed in four countries in Europe and the United States (Harris Interactive website, February 27, 2008).

TABLE 2.17    DIVIDEND YIELD FOR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES

Company	Dividend Yield %	Company	Dividend Yield %
3M	3.6	IBM	2.1
Alcoa	1.3	Intel	3.4
American Express	2.9	J.P. Morgan Chase	0.5
AT&T	6.6	Johnson & Johnson	3.6
Bank of America	0.4	Kraft Foods	4.4
Boeing	3.8	McDonald’s	3.4
Caterpillar	4.7	Merck	5.5
Chevron	3.9	Microsoft	2.5
Cisco Systems	0.0	Pfizer	4.2
Coca-Cola	3.3	Procter & Gamble	3.4
DuPont	5.8	Travelers	3.0
ExxonMobil	2.4	United Technologies	2.9
General Electric	9.2	Verizon	6.3
Hewlett-Packard	0.9	Wal-Mart Stores	2.2
Home Depot	3.9	Walt Disney	1.5

	Country
Level of Support	Great Britain	Italy	Spain	Germany	United States	Total
Strongly favor	337	334	510	222	214	1617
Favor more than oppose	370	408	355	411	327	1871
Oppose more than favor	250	188	155	267	275	1135
Strongly oppose	130	115	89	211	204	749
Total	1087	1045	1109	1111	1020	5372

1. a. Construct a percent frequency distribution for the level of support variable. Do you think the results show support for a higher tax on higher carbon emission cars?
2. b. Construct a percent frequency distribution for the country variable.
3. c. Does the level of support among adults in the European countries appear to be different than the level of support among adults in the United States? Explain.