Chapter 3, Problem 3.8P

SOC The accompanying table gives scores on four variables for 30 cases from the General Social Survey:

• “Age” is reported in years.

• “Happiness” consists of answers to the question “Taken all together, would you say that you are

1. Very happy

2. Pretty happy

3. Not too happy?”

• “Number of Partners” refers to sex partners over the past five years:

• A score of 0 to 4 is the actual number of partners.

• A score of 5 means 5–10 partners.

• A score of 6 means 11–20 partners.

• A score of 7 means 21–100 partners.

• A score of 8 means more than 100 partners.

• “Religion” is self-identified religious affiliation (Protestant, Catholic, Jew, Other, or None).

For each variable, find the appropriate measure of central tendency, and write a sentence reporting this statistical information as you would in a research report.

Respondent	Age	Happiness	Number of Partners	Religion
1	20	1	2	Protestant
2	32	1	1	Protestant
3	31	1	1	Catholic
4	34	2	5	Protestant
5	34	2	3	Protestant
6	31	3	0	Jew
7	35	1	4	None
8	42	1	3	Protestant
9	48	1	1	Catholic
10	27	2	1	None
11	41	1	1	Protestant
12	42	2	0	Other
13	29	1	8	None
14	28	1	1	Jew
15	47	2	1	Protestant
16	69	2	2	Catholic
17	44	1	4	Other
18	21	3	1	Protestant
19	33	2	1	None
20	56	1	2	Protestant
21	73	2	0	Catholic
22	31	1	1	Catholic
23	53	2	3	None
24	78	1	0	Protestant
25	47	2	3	Protestant
26	88	3	0	Catholic
27	43	1	2	Protestant
28	24	1	1	None
29	24	2	3	None
30	60	1	1	Protestant