[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > >
> > > NUMBER WORDS CORRECT IN VOCABULARY TEST
> > > POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION Mean N Std Dev Grouped Median Std.
> Error of Mean
> > > STRONG DEMOCRAT 5.83 263 2.22 5.81
> .14
> > > NOT STR DEMOCRAT 6.02 365 2.01 6.00
> .11
> > > IND,NEAR DEM 6.17 231 2.22
> 6.14 .15
> > > INDEPENDENT 5.71 284 2.08
> 5.72 .12
> > > IND,NEAR REP 6.41 163 1.99
> 6.47 .16
> > >
> > > NOT STR REPUBLICAN 6.05 337 1.98 6.08
> .11
> > > STRONG REPUBLICAN 6.23 206 2.12 6.38
> .15
> > > Total 6.03 1849
> 2.09
> > > 6.05 .05
> > >
> > > I apologize for the sloppy formatting, but I'm sure readers of this
> non-political
> > > newsgroup are numerate enough to figure out what is going on. Oh
> yes, P = .008.
> >
> > This evidence hardly supports the contention that Bush voters are MORE
> > likely to be LITERATE. What it apparently supports (although I'm sure
> > readers of these NGs are sufficiently sophisticated to know the
> > differences between liars and statisticians ;-) ) is that they are
> > likely to be MORE LITERATE. BTW Iowa, which has the highest literacy
> > rate in the nation (the last I heard) voted slightly in favor of Gore.
> > In any case, the right to vote does not depend on literacy. Of course
> > I know Virginians are nostalgic for the old days when only the landed
> > gentry were allowed to vote. ;-)
> >
>
> you can also combine the Florida exit polling data with the following
> summarized data from a recent conference on illiteracy:
>
> In general, a clearer view of why so many U.S. adults demonstrated
> limited English literacy skills was
> presented including the following profile of those
> with lower literacy skills:
>
> 25% who performed at the lowest level were
> immigrants
> nearly 2/3rds of those at the lowest level did
> not complete high school
> 1/3 of those at the lowest level were over the
> age of 65
>
> http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/122-139e.htm
>
> exit polling makes it clear that Gore handily has the 2nd group....
See the other responses to your post for the validity of your
statistical and sociological thesis. I'll just say so what, they
have a right to vote, and a lot of them voted for Bush.
Regards,
Russell
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