A Survey on the Most Preferred Newspaper in the USA

question 51

Essay

A survey on the most preferred newspaper in the USA listed The New York Times(TNYT), Washington Post(WP), Daily News(DN), New York Post(NYP), and Los Angeles Times (LAT) as the top five most preferred newspapers. The table below shows the preferences of 50 citizens. $$\begin{array} { l l l l l } \text { TNYT } & \text { WP } & \text { NYP } & \text { WP } & \text { TNYT } \\\text { DN } & \text { TNYT } & \text { LAT } & \text { WP } & \text { WP } \\\text { DN } & \text { LAT } & \text { TNYT } & \text { TNYT } & \text { NYP } \\\text { NYP } & \text { TNYT } & \text { WP } & \text { LAT } & \text { NYP } \\\text { LAT } & \text { WP } & \text { DN } & \text { WP } & \text { LAT } \\\text { WP } & \text { DN } & \text { TNYT } & \text { DN } & \text { DN } \\\text { TNYT } & \text { THYT } & \text { LAT } & \text { TNYT } & \text { NYP } \\\text { LAT } & \text { LAT } & \text { NY } & \text { WP } & \text { DN } \\\text { WP } & \text { WP } & \text { TNYT } & \text { DN } & \text { TNYT } \\\text { TNYT } & \text { DN } & \text { NYP } & \text { TNYT } & \text { WP }\end{array}$$
a. Are these data categorical or quantitative?
b. Provide frequency and percent frequency distributions.
c. On the basis of the sample, which newspaper is preferred the most?

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