Analyzing Education and Birth Rate Correlation Using Stata
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Fordham University**We aren't endorsed by this school
Course
ECON 2142
Subject
Sociology
Date
Dec 12, 2024
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1
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Name (First Last): ID: e. Tom doesn’t think that this method accurately predicts how well he did on the final exam. Calculate the R2, and in two sentences, use the value you get to argue that his actual score could have been much higher or much lower than the predicted value. R2= 2. There is often thought to be a relationship between a person’s educational attainment and the number of children he or she has. The hypothesis is that as one’s education level increases, he or she has fewer children. Investigate this conjecture with 30 cases drawn from the 2022 General Social Survey, which surveys Americans on their opinions, attitudes, and behaviors. The data on educational attainment (in years) and number of children have been entered into Stata for you already. Download the gss_2022.dta file from the “Data” folder. a. Calculate the mean and standard deviation for education and number of children. You can use the Stata command to do these computations (you do not need to do it by hand). education Seducation children Bkilibean b. Calculate the correlation between education and number of children. Use the Stata command for this. c. Does the value of the correlation support the hypothesized relationship between the two variables? Simply write “yes” or “no”.
