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CJ 317 CJ Statistics

Chapter 6 – GSS Exercises

1. Using the General Social Survey, calculate 95% and 99% confidence intervals for the population mean for the number of hours per week that they spend on e-mails. (EMAILHR). Hint: ANALYZE, COMPARE MEANS, ONE-SAMPLE T-TEST, and set options to desired percentages.

2. Using the General Social Survey, calculate a 95% confidence interval for the population mean for individual income (RINCOM06) of Americans in 2006 dollars.

3. Using the General Social Survey, calculate a 95% confidence interval for the percentage of Americans in favor of allowing a police officer to hit a citizen if that citizen was hitting the police officer with his or her fists (POLATTAK).

4. Using the General Social Survey, calculate a 95% confidence interval for the percentage of Americans in favor of requiring gun permits (GUNLAW).