Question: Consider various characteristics of the U.S. civilian labor force provided in the file P03_60.xls. In particular, examine the given unemployment rates across the united state to answer the following questions.

a. Characterize the distribution of total unemployment rates. What is the most typical value? How are the other total unemployment rates distributed about the typical rate?

b. Compare the distribution of total unemployment rate to those of the male unemployment rate and the female unemployment rate. How are these distributions similar? How are they different?

c. Which is more strongly associated with the total unemployment rate in the US: the male unemployment rate or the female unemployment rate?