Question

The question is which measure of central tendency would be appropriate to use to describe the center of the distribution and what the values of those statistics mean.

POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION Percent Valid Percent Cumulas 15.7 16.4 13.8 21.2 10.7 12.2 10.0 100.0 15.7 32.0 45.8 67.1 IND, NEAR DEM 521 77.8 INDEPENDENT IND, NEAR REP NOT STR REPUBLICAN 90.0 11.8 299 100.0 STRONG REPUBLICAN 96.7 2453 Total ssing OTHER PARTY DK Total 2538 100.0 Total PERCEIVED STRENGTH O F RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION Cumulative Percent Frequency Percent Valid Percent 901 186 894 520 2503 35.5 7.3 35.2 20.5 98.6 .2 36.0 7.4 35.7 36.0 43.5 79.2 100.0 alid STRONG SOMEWHAT STRONG NOT VERY STRONG NO RELIGION Total 20.8 100.0 sing IAP DK 19 .8 1.4

Answer 1

Since both the variables under consideration, political party affiliation and perceived strength of religious affiliation, are categorical variables.

The measure of central tendency to be used is mode - the category occuring occuring with maximum frequently among all the categories.

For political party affiliation, the mode is - independent.

For perceived strength of religious affiliation, the mode is - strong.