Cairo University

Faculty of Economics and Political Science Credit Hours System (2018-2019)

Department of Statistics Course: Public Opinion Analysis

Sheet (8)
1.) The Nielsen Media Research television rating measures the percentage of television owners
who are watching a particular television program. The highest-rated television program in
television history was the M*A*S*H Last Episode Special shown on February 28, 1983.
A 60.2 rating indicated that 60.2% of all television owners were watching this program.
Nielsen Media Research provided the list of the 50 top-rated single shows in television
history (The New York Times Almanac, 2006). The following data show the television
network that produced each of these 50 top-rated shows.

ABC ABC ABC NBC CBS ABC CBS ABC ABC NBC NBC NBC CBS ABC NBC CBS
ABC CBS NBC ABC CBS NBC NBC CBS NBC CBS CBS CBS NBC NBC FOX CBS
CBS ABC NBC ABC ABC CBS NBC NBC NBC CBS NBC CBS CBS ABC CBS ABC
NBC ABC

A. Construct a frequency distribution, percent frequency distribution, and bar chart for the
data.

Production Network Frequency Percentage

ABC 15 30%
NBC 17 34%
CBS 17 34%
Fox 1 2%
Total 50 100%

Bar Chart of Production Networks of the top 50 rated shows

20 17 17
15
Frequency

15
10
5 1
0
ABC NBC CBS Fox
Production Network
 B. Does there exist any other graphical representation we could have used?

Pie Chart of Production Networks of the top 50

rated shows

ABC
NBC
Fox, 1 CBS
ABC, 15 Fox
CBS, 17

NBC, 17

C. Which network or networks have done the best in terms of presenting top-rated
television shows- Compare the performance of ABC, CBS, and NBC.

NBC and CBS have the highest performance

2.) The following 10 observations are for two quantitative variables, x and y.
Observation X Y
1 -22 22
2 -33 49
3 2 8
4 29 -16
5 -13 10
6 21 -28
7 -13 27
8 -23 35
9 14 -5
10 3 -3
 A. Develop a scatter diagram for the relationship between x and y.

60
-33, 49
50
-23, 35 40
-13, 27
-22, 22 30

-13, 10 20
2, 8
10
0
-40 -30 -20 -10 -10 0 3, -3 10 20 30 40
14, -5
-20 29, -16
-30
21, -28
-40

B. What is the relationship, if any, between x and y?

There is a negative relationship between x and y

3.) One of the questions in a Financial Times/Harris Poll was, “How much do you favor or
oppose a higher tax on higher carbon emission cars?” Possible responses were strongly
favor, favor more than oppose, oppose more than favor, and strongly oppose. The following
cross-tabulation shows the responses obtained for 5372 adults surveyed in four countries
in Europe and the United States (Harris Interactive website, February 27, 2008).

A. Construct a percent frequency distribution for the level of support variable. Do you
think the results show support for a higher tax on higher carbon emission cars?
Level of Support Frequency Percentage
Strongly in Favor 1617 30.1%
Favor more than oppose 1871 34.8%
Oppose more than in favor 1135 21.1%
Strongly oppose 749 14%
Total 5372 100%

In favor is the first two categories together which is 64.9% so the results support higher
tax on higher carbon emission cars
 B. Construct a percent frequency distribution for the country variable.

Country Frequency Percentage

Great Britain 1087 20.23%
Italy 1045 19.45%
Spain 1109 20.64%
Germany 1111 20.68%
United States 1020 19%
Total 5372 100%

4.) Consider a sample with data values of 27, 25, 20, 15, 30, 34, 28, and 25. Draw the box-plot
for the data.

Ordered data:

Min: 15
Max: 34
Median: 26
Q1: 22.5
Q3: 29
Lower Fence: 12.75
Upper Fence: 38.75
5.) Considering the following figure,

A. What age has the highest frequency?

15 – 20 has the highest frequency
B. What other type of descriptive analysis we could have used?
Frequency table (for age categories)
C. What is the age’s mode?
15-20 is where the mode exists