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In a gallup telephone survey conducted on April 9-10, 2013, the person being interviewed was asked if he would vote for a law in his state that would increase the gas tax up to 20 cents a gallon, with the new gas tax money going to improve roads and bridges and build more mass transportation in his state. Possible responses were vote for, vote against, and no opinion. Two hundred ninety five respondents said they would vote for the law, 672 said they would vote against the law, and 51 said they had no opinion A) Do the responses for this question provide Categorical or Quantitative data? B) What was the sample size for this gallup poll? C) What percentage of respondents would vote for a law increasing the gas tax( to the nearest whole number)? D) Do the results indicate general support For or Against increasing the gas tax to improve roads and bridges and build more mass transportation?

1) The data collected as responses to the survey is Categorical Data since the data can be divided into groups/categories. Categorical data are descriptions of groups or things
2) The sample size for this Gallup poll was 1018
Vote for
295
Vote against
672
No opinion
51
Total
1018
3) The percentage of respondents who would vote for a law increasing the gas tax is
295/1018*100 = 29%
4) The results indicate ‘Against’ increasing the gas tax as only 29% respondents voted in the favor of increasing the gas tax compared to 66% who voted against the increase in gas tax.
 
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