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Group Exercise: More Descriptive Statistics

Pose a sociological question regarding group differences, and select appropriate variables in ANES 2016 to test for the causal effect. Interpret the results. You may need to recode. Paste your R code below your interpretation.

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> describeBy(V162098,V161309)

Descriptive statistics by group
group: 1
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min max range
X1 1 367 64.13 53.94 60 62.43 14.83 0 999 999
skew kurtosis se
X1 14.14 243.06 2.82
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group: 2
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min max range
X1 1 3236 59.37 60.03 58 57.22 20.76 0 999 999
skew kurtosis se
X1 12.96 200.57 1.06
There is no difference.

DV: V162096
IV: V161342

*What accounts for measures of favorability in feminist within gender?

>describeBy(V162096,V161342)

Descriptive statistics by group
group: 1
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis se
X1 1 1675 57.92 80.59 50 52.61 25.2 0 999 999 10.41 118.91 1.97
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group: 2
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis se
X1 1 1890 67.91 89.78 60 61.62 28.17 0 999 999 9.4 94.71 2.07
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group: 3
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis se
X1 1 9 65.67 32.77 70 65.67 29.65 0 100 100 -0.54 -0.79 10.92
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Group 1 (male)
mean: 57.92
median: 50
sd: 80.59

Group 2 (female)
mean: 67.91
median: 60
sd: 89.78

Group 3 (other)
mean:65.67
median: 70
sd: 32.77

Men are less favorable to feminists.
Individuals who identify as non-binary genders are more alike in terms of favorability within feminism.

> describeBy(V162098,V161310d)

Descriptive statistics by group
group: 0
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min
X1 1 3436 59.32 56.28 60 57.62 17.79 0
max range skew kurtosis se
X1 999 999 13.47 222.65 0.96
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group: 1
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min
X1 1 131 71.04 118.04 56 58.2 10.38 0
max range skew kurtosis se
X1 999 999 7.39 55.19 10.31

Non-Asian people are more alike in terms of favorability to unions.

Does gender influence how people think the Republican presidental candidate treats women?

> describeBy(V162188, V161002)

Descriptive statistics by group
group: 1
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis se
X1 1 492 1.75 0.85 1 1.69 0 1 3 2 0.49 -1.44 0.04
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group: 2
vars n mean sd median trimmed mad min max range skew kurtosis se
X1 1 552 1.65 0.84 1 1.57 0 1 3 2 0.72 -1.2 0.04

Both men and women based on the median think the Rep. Pres. Candidate treats women poorly, probably because he was accused of sexual assault multiple times and has stated he has "grabbed women by the p*ssy". However, according to the mean, women feel more strongly that the candidate treats women poorly, probably because women can relate more to assault and harassment in the patriarchal society we live in

ALSO BRANDON WAS IN THIS GROUP