Question

Americans often think of themselves as quite diverse in their political opinions, within the continuum of liberal to conservative. Let’s use data from the 2006 GSS to investigate the diversity of political views. The percentage distribution shown displays respondents’ self-rating of their political position.

Political Views		Percentage
Extremely liberal	3
Liberal	12
Slightly liberal	11
Moderate	38
Slightly conservative	17
Conservative	15
Extremely conservative	4
Total		100.0

What is the IQV for this variable?

Answer 1

Americans often think of themselves as quite diverse in their political opinions, within the continuum of liberal to conservative.

Let’s use data from the 2006 GSS to investigate the diversity of political views.

The percentage distribution shown displays respondents’ self-rating of their political position.

Political Views		Percentage
Extremely liberal	3
Liberal	12
Slightly liberal	11
Moderate	38
Slightly conservative	17
Conservative	15
Extremely conservative	4
Total		100.0

To calculate : The IQV

Now,

Therefore the IQV is 0.9044