5.3 The federal government created the Pell Grant in 1972 to assist low-income c
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5.3 The federal government created the Pell Grant in 1972 to assist low-income college students. This table provides information on Pell Grant recipients for the academic year 2001-2002 at schools of various types in a certain state. Number of Recipients 434 365 2,195 353 893 2,050 2,566 4627 273 604 7,047 761 329 School Type Private State Private Private State State State State-related State-related Private Private State State-related Private State-related Private 2,338 5,369 409 4,296 340 380 a. Is the data set formatted with a column for values of quantitative responses and a column for values of a categorical explanatory variable, or is it formatted with columns of quantitative responses for various categorical groupsExplanation / Answer
Part (a)
Data set is presented with
a column for values of quantitative responses (number of recipients) and
a column for values of a categorical explanatory variable (school type). ANSWER
Part (b)
Data set presented in opposite way
School Type
Number of
Recipients
(in ascending order)
Private
273
Private
329
Private
340
Private
353
Private
365
Private
380
Private
409
Private
434
Private
761
Private
893
State
2050
State
2195
State
2338
State
2566
State
4627
State-related
604
State-related
4296
State-related
5369
State-related
7047
Part (c)
Most helpful additional variable would be ‘Number enrolled’. ANSWER
School Type
Number of
Recipients
(in ascending order)
Private
273
Private
329
Private
340
Private
353
Private
365
Private
380
Private
409
Private
434
Private
761
Private
893
State
2050
State
2195
State
2338
State
2566
State
4627
State-related
604
State-related
4296
State-related
5369
State-related
7047
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