01:920:311 Lecture 16: Quantitative Analysis
7 Nov 2018
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Typically, data recorded via spreadsheet: not necessary an excel document lots of statistical software. If you want to learn more about this that 312: rows = units, columns = variables, newly posted on sakai --> focused coding document and spreadsheet. For nominal/ordinal variables, categories often assigned numeric values, so they can be recorded quantitatively. Index: want to go through your questions and figures out which end of scale represent. Whether agreeing or disagreeing with the statement was more liberal. Question 1: 5 strongly agree (more liberal) and 1 --- strongly disagree (least liberal) Question 3: 5 strongly agree (least liberal) and 1 --- strongly disagree (most liberal) Your study - group people into generational categories: consolidate categories . Original format - political identity are you conservative, moderate or liberal that has nine categories to it. Strong conservative conservative- slight conservative same for liberal and moderates. Difficult to tell what moderate actually means reaction to what you think other people think.
