Your Name: Kelly Brinkmoeller

Quantitative Analysis Assignment

POLS 1100: Worksheet #1
Use the table below to answer questions 1, 2 and 3.
State Median Household n!ome Median Pri!e o" House
Utah $ 55,220.00 $ 146,100.00
olorado $ 55,51!.00 $ 166,600.00
"#omin$ $ 52,433.00 $ %6,600.00
&daho $ 46,136.00 $ 106,300.00
'ontana $ 43,000.00 $ %%,500.00
(uestion 1: "hat do we mean b# terms li)e *median household in+ome, and *median house
-ri+e,.
When we take the median value in a set of data, we are arranging the values in an
ascending order and taking the value that lies directly in the middle of that set. The
number we get should have the same number of values above as it has below it.
(uestion 2: "hi+h state has the hi$hest median household in+ome, and whi+h state has the
lowest.
Colorado has the highest median household income and Montana has the lowest.
(uestion 3: "hat is 'ontana/s household in+ome as a -er+enta$e o0 Utah/s. 12-lain how
#ou arri3ed at #our answer.
7!. "#,$$$.$$%&&,''$.$$ ( )$$*77.7
(uestion 4: "hi+h state has the hi$hest median 0amil# in+ome as a -er+enta$e o0 the
median house -ri+e in that state. 12-lain how #ou arri3ed at #our answer.
Wyoming. + divided each value of the median family income by the median house
,rice and calculated the following ,ercentages-
.tah- #7.7/*#!
Colorado- ##.#'*##!
Wyoming- &".'7*&"!
+daho- "#."$ *"#!
Montana- "#.')*"#!
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Use the table below to answer questions 5 and 6.
#andidate $um%er o" &onors Money 'aised
'r. 7alin$er 8%5 $180,000
'rs. 7helle# 1,562 $200,000
'r. 9onne$ut 36! $1%0,000
's. :twood 505 $140,000
(uestion 5: 53erall, whi+h +andidate raised the most mone# -er donor. 12-lain how #ou
arri3ed at #our answer.
Mr. Kurt 0onnegut with an average of 1&)7.$$ ,er donor. + took the value of the
money raised and divided it by the number of donors.
2alinger*1'$)
2helley*1)'
0onnegut*1&)7
3twood*1'77
(uestion 6: al+ulate 's. :twood/s number o0 donors as a -er+enta$e o0 'rs. 7hell#/s.
12-lain how #ou arri3ed at #our answer.
#'!. &$&%)&4' ( )$$*#'.##
(uestion !: ;etween the 0our +andidates, what is the mean amount o0 mone# raised. 12-lain
how #ou arri3ed at #our answer.
1)77,&$$. 3dded together, the values amount to 17)$,$$$. + then divided by " to
reach the amount of 1)77,&$$.$$
(uestion 8: ;etween the 0our +andidates, what is the mean number o0 donors. 12-lain how
#ou arri3ed at #our answer.
#'.'&. + added together all of the donors and divided by " to reach the amount of
#'.'&.
(uestion %: al+ulate 'r. 7alin$er/s mone# raised as a -er+enta$e o0 that raised b# 'r.
9onne$ut. 12-lain how #ou arri3ed at #our answer.
/&!. )$,$$$%)/$,$$$*./"7 ( )$$*/&!
(uestion 10: om-arin$ 'r. 7alin$er and 's. :twood, whi+h +andidate raised the most
mone# -er donor. 12-lain how #ou arri3ed at #our answer.
Ms. 3twood at an average of 1'77 ,er donor. + used my ,revious calculations 5on
6uestion 7&8 and saw that Mr. 2alinger had raised an average of 1'$) ,er donor and
Ms. 3twood raised an average of 1'77 ,er donor.