Question: Use the “NES2004” dataset and SPSS for the following question. (30 points)

The 2004 National Election Study (NES2004) was conducted by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. The study included a random sample of 1,212 U.S. citizens of voting age. The variables identify the person’s political party, ideology, and feelings toward political candidates and topics. Most of the variables are nominal and ordinal. The level of measure for each variable is not accurately identified in the data – make your own determination about a variable’s level of measure.

A “Feeling Thermometer” is a quantitative variable ranging from 0 to 100, which indicates the respondent’s feelings toward a topic or person. For example, the Bush_thermometer is the respondent’s feelings toward George Bush. 0 is extremely bad feelings (cold) and 100 is extremely good feelings (warm).

After looking at the variables (labeled in SPSS and also in Table A-4 of Pollock), choose a question that you can address by using NES2004 data in an ANOVA, Chi-Square, or independent samples t-test.

a. On no more than one page (NOT single spaced), provide a summary of your question, method, and findings. Your grade will be based on your analysis, use of appropriate variables, and the overall clarity and organization of your answer.

Note: Please make sure that you adequately identify (in SPSS) missing values for your chosen variables.

b. State the assumptions of your method of analysis and whether these assumptions are met.

c. Provide all of the SPSS syntax and output.