Question: Occupational prestige is a statistic developed by sociologists to measure the status of one’s occupation. Occupational prestige is also a component of what sociologists call socioeconomic status, a composite measure of one’s status in society. On average, people with more education tend to have higher occupational prestige than people with less education.

A. Construct the 90 percent confidence interval for occupational prestige for respondents with only a high school diploma (N=1,412).

B. Construct the 90 percent confidence interval for occupational prestige for respondents with a bachelor’s degree (N=437). State in words the meaning of the result.

C. Use these statistics to discuss differences in occupational prestige scores by educational attainment.