Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 1, Problem 9SE
College-Educated Workers. Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, a Pew Research study showed that the percentage of employed individuals ages 25–29 who are college educated is at an all-time high. The study showed that the percentage of employed individuals aged 25–29 with at least a bachelor’s degree in 2016 was 40%. In the year 2000, this percentage was 32%, in 1985 it was 25%, and in 1964 it was only 16% (Pew Research website).
- a. What is the population being studied in each of the four years in which Pew has data?
- b. What question was posed to each respondent?
- c. Do responses to the question provide categorical or quantitative data?
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