Question

1 pts D Question 8 Americans often think of themselves as quite diverse in their political opinions, within the continuum of liberal to conservative. Let's use data from the 2006 GSS to investigate the diversity of political views. The percentage distribution shown displays respondents' self-rating of their political position. Political Views Percentage Extremely liberal Liberal Slightly liberal Moderate Slightly conservative 17 Conservative Extremely conservative 4 12 38 15 Total Calculate the sum ofthe squared percentages, or Σ

Answer 1

Sum of squared percentages

Sum of squared percentages = 3^2 + 12^2 + 11^2 + 38^2 + 17^2 + 15^2 + 4^2 = 2248 Hence, Sum of squared percentages = 2248

= 2248

Hence,

Sum of squared percentages = 2248