Essay Questions

1. Discuss the key concepts of evidence based policy making and decision making. Why is it important to use data in both these areas?
2. Interpret the following table in a memo to me:

   Count of death penalty	Column Labels
   Row Labels	New England	Mid-Atlantic	South	Mid-West	West	Grand Total
   No	66.67%	0.00%	7.14%	41.67%	15.38%	24.00%
   Yes	33.33%	100.00%	92.86%	58.33%	84.62%	76.00%
   Grand Total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

3. High quality data is critical for any type of analysis. Discuss the notion of accuracy in data with its differing dimensions. Now got to the Gallup data that you used in your last assignment. Provide an evaluation of the accuracy of the data in that data set. The information on these data can be found at:

http://www.well-beingindex.com/methodology.asp .

Data Questions

1. Run simple frequency distributions for the nation as a whole (all 50 states together) for foreclosure rates, food stamp rates and budget gap. How are we faring? Analyze this in a written memo format. --note these need to be separate distributions for each variable. Please provide a memo describing your results.
2. Now run frequency distributions for foreclosure rates, food stamp rates and the budget gap by region (more complex frequency distributions). Are some regions of the country in worse shape than others? --Please provide a memo describing your results?

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