Question

Using the information listed below, answer the following questions to get an idea about educational attainment, by percentage, of GSS respondents in 2008.

Highest Educational Degree	Men	Women
Less than high school	14.2%	10.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	45.2%
Junior college	13.6%	11.2%
Bachelor’s degree	15.7%	17.2%
Graduate degree	12.2%	16.1%
Total*	100.0%	100.0%

**Total maybe do not equal 100% due to rounding. Formula 4.1 on page 97 is very helpful to complete this problem set.

1. What is the value of K? (2 points)

b.Calculate the sum of the squared percentages, or ΣPct ², for both men and women. (4 points)

Highest Educational Degree	Male (%)	(%)2	Female (%)	(%)2
Less Than High School	12.2		10.3
High School Graduate	46.3		44.2
Junior College	13.6		11.2
Bachelor's Degree	16.7		18.2
Graduate Degree	11.2		16.1
Total	100.0		100.0

c. Use the values you calculated in (a) and (b) to calculate IQV for men and women. Is there more diversity by degree for men or women? (4 point)?

Answer 1