Statistics - Crosstabulation Projects

You have a "live" dataset of information on three safety net programs: Medicaid, educational benefits

You have a "live" dataset of information on three safety net programs: Medicaid, educational benefits (Stafford Student Loans) and TANF (welfare) participation. This data was derived from the Current Population Survey of the US, March 2011. Role you play is that you work for Maryland’s Department of Human Resources.

1.Please interpret the following tables for your boss. The rows are whether or not someone received Medicaid (the actual coding can be obtained by clicking on the red triangle in the dataset ) for the jurisdictions of Washington, DC; Maryland and Virginia.

Count of Medicaid	Column Labels
Row Labels	DC	MD	VA	Grand Total
1	17.19%	12.19%	7.58%	10.93%
2	82.81%	87.81%	92.42%	89.07%
Grand Total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Do the same for Social Security……

Count of Social Security	Column Labels
Row Labels	DC	MD	VA	Grand Total
1	5.47%	6.09%	8.16%	6.93%
2	94.53%	93.91%	91.84%	93.07%
Grand Total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

2.Your boss also wants to know about the ages of persons who receive Medicaid. Please interpret these data.

Count of Medicaid	Column Labels
Row Labels	15-34	35-54	55-74	75-94	Grand Total
1	60.98%	28.05%	9.76%	1.22%	100.00%
2	61.53%	27.84%	8.38%	2.25%	100.00%
Grand Total	61.47%	27.87%	8.53%	2.13%	100.00%

3.Finally, using the attached dataset, ascertain whether males or females are more likely to use educational benefits.

Write up your findings in a concise, well-written and proofed memo. Don’t be afraid to do some research on the programs at hand to be able to discuss them with your boss.

Price: $6.58

Solution: The downloadable solution consists of 3 pages, 358 words.
Deliverable: Word Document