SOCY 4156

Whitmeyer

MW 2:00 - 3:15

HOMEWORK

Due 1/14: pp. 18-20: 1.4, 1.8

Due 1/16: pp. 58-59: 2.2a-e, 2.4 (but NO paragraphs!)

Due 1/23: p. 60: 2.9a-d

Due 1/30: p. 86-87: 3.3 AND do a graph of the frequency for number of children and say how it is skewed.

Due 2/6: pp. 115-6: 4.5. Do NOT write a paragraph. But answer: Do the provinces become more or less variable?

Due 2/13: pp. 139-140: 5.1, 5.4

Due 3/17: pp. 187-8: 7.6, 7.10, 7.12, 7.14

Due 3/24: pp. 219-220: 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.13, 8.16

Due 4/7: pp. 243-245: 9.6, 9.8, 9.12

Due 4/14: pp. 273-4: 10.8a,b,e

Due 4/21:

1. Mort thinks favorite sports are different in different parts of the country. Test his hypothesis.

Sport	State
	N.C.	N.Y.	TX
Football	15	20	15
Basketball	20	10	10
Baseball	5	20	5

2. Edna hypothesizes that where you grow up affects your likelihood of being a vegetarian. Do the data support her hypothesis?

Vegetarian?	Where Grew Up
	Rural	Suburb	City
Yes	10	20	10
No	30	40	40

Due 4/28: p. 419, 15.2. a, c, d, e, f. For daughter’s prestige, b = 1.041, a = -6.992; for son’s prestige, b = 1.173, a = -13.119.