Bipartisan Agenda for Change Case Study Part Ii

MANAGERIAL REPORT

Part II

“New York Reforms”

MBA Advanced Statistics

Fall 2014

Table of contents

Introduction. Given data ………………………………………………………………………………… 3

With regard to question 1, test for the independence of the response (yes and no) and party affiliation. Use α = 0.05 ………………………………………………………………..…………………….....….. 4

With regard to question 2, test for the independence of the response (yes and no) and party affiliation. Use α = 0.05 …………………………………………………………………………………..……...… 6

With regard to question 3, test for the independence of the response (yes and no) and party affiliation. Use α = 0.05 …………………………………………………………………………………..……..…. 8

Does it appear a broad support for change across all political lines? ………………………………….. 10

Do these results support the assumptions made in Part I of the project? ………………………………. 10

Teamwork evaluation …………………………………………………………………………...……… 11

Introduction

This task was devoted to the analysis of qualitative data using descriptive statistics methods.  In a study conducted by Zogby International for the Democrat and Chronicle in New York more than 700 New Yorkers were polled to determine whether the New York state government works. Respondents surveyed were asked questions involving pay cuts for state legislators, restrictions on lobbyists, terms limits for legislators, and whether state citizens should be able to put matters directly on the state ballots for a vote.

We were given the data of follow-up survey responses of 100 individuals who live in the western region of New York. They were asked three questions:

1. Should legislative pay be cut for every day the state budget is late?

2. Should there be more restrictions on lobbyists?

3. Should there be term limits requiring that legislators serve a fixed number of years?

The responses are coded using 1 for a yes response and 2 for a no response. Also the party affiliation (Democrat, Independent and Republican) of each individual surveyed was...