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Pig farmer study. An article in Sociological Methods & Research (May 2001) analyzed th...

Pig farmer study. An article in Sociological Methods & Research (May 2001) analyzed the data presented in the accompanying table. A sample of 262 Kansas pig farmerswas classified according to their education level (college ornot) and size of their pig farm (number of pigs). The dataare saved in the PIGFARM file. Conduct a test to determinewhether a pig farmer’s education level has an impacton the size of the pig farm. Use α = .05 and support youranswer with a graph.

Education Level

 

 

No College

College

Totals

 

<1,000 pigs

42

53

95

 

1,000-2,000 pigs

27

42

69

Farm Size

2,001-5,000 pigs

22

20

42

 

<5,000 pigs

27

29

56

 

Totals

118

144

262

Based on Agresti, A., and Liu, I. “Strategies for modeling a categorical variable allowing multiple category choices.” Sociological Methods & Research, Vol. 29, No. 4, May 2001.

Results of Poll

Northeast

Southeast

n1 = 1,000

n2 = 1,000

x1 = 546

x2 = 475

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