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Created: November 3, 2003
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Midterm Model for Statistics

Site Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individual Authors, November 2003.
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Do the interpretation step by step.

For sanctioned plagiarism: (explanations for how I chose the wording are in green. jeanne)

Figure 1 shows (I changed it to "gives" because I used "shows" again in the 23d paragraph.) the region of residence for selected groups in the United States Population. (I got "region of residence" from the figure title, and US Population from the report title.) The data were taken (Don't forget plural for data; singular is datum.) from the U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey. (I just cut and pasted that right from the pdf file. Saves time.) The regions of residence are divided into Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. A careful look at the histogram shows that those regions seem to be fairly evenly divided, with a slightly larger group in the West. For purupose of this report it would have been nice to have Northwest separated from West, but the figures may not warrant such a change in the population survey on which this histogram is based. (With this sentence I've actually started making an interpretation - a wish you had done it differently, folks, but I quickly point out that the U.S. Census Bureau might not want to comply with my needs on a single study.)

The selected groups of the population included are Asian Pacific Islander and Non-Hispanic White. (Now those aren't racial or ethnic groups we're used to seeing, so we'll need to explain that.) Hispanic is a designation for people form Central and South America, whether they are of native or colonial origin. (This comes from fn 3 of the report; I cheated and went outside the table. A table footnote would have prevented that. You'd get a B for missing that, but what can I do to the census bureau. The exact quote from p. 1 of the report is: "Because Hispanics or Latinos may be of anyrace, data in this report for Asians and PacificIslanders overlap slightly with data for Hispanics.Data for Asians and Pacific Islanders include Hispanic Asians and Pacific Islanders, who made up approximately 2.4 percent of the Asian and Pacific Islander population." ) and "Footnotes:1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin is Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Hispanic/Latinoorigin, regardless of race.SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.Internet Release date: May 28, 2003." That means that Hispanics who are not Asian Pacific Islanders are not included in the Non-Hispanic Whites and not included in the Asian Pacific Islanders. Hispanics are simply not included in these tables unless they are also of Asia Pacific Islander origin.

Figure 1 shows that the largest group (51%) of Asian Pacific Islanders is in the West, compared to only 19.1% of the Non-Hispanic White population. The largest group of the Non-Hispanic White population is in the South (33.3%) as compared to 18.9% of Asian Pacific Islanders in the South. The smallest group of Asian Pacific Islanders is in the Midwest (11.5%), as compared to 27.0% of the Non-Hispanic White group. In the Northeast the percentage of Non-Hispanic Whites (20.5%) is only slightly higher than that of the Asian Pacific Islanders' 18.6%. One might have expected the percentages to be more nearly alike on the West Coast than on the East.

The Non-Hispanic White population is more evenly balanced across the country, with slightly higher percentages in the South and Midwest. On the other hand, there is a much more skewed distribution of the Asian Pacific Islander population, with the larger percentages on each coast, and with a notably higher percentage of Asian Pacific Islanders on the West Coast. (This can be grasped visually from the graph.)The report does not offer an explanation for this pattern, but it would seem that the high percentage of Asian Pacific Islanders who entered the country from the West might account for more of them staying there than moving to the East, the next most metropolitan area of the country. (As you conclude, permission to go into the report itself.)

And here it is without remarks to give you a sense of how it will look:

Figure 1 gives the region of residence for selected groups in the United States Population. The data were taken from the U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey. The regions of residence are divided into Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. A careful look at the histogram shows that those regions seem to be fairly evenly divided, with a slightly larger group in the West. For purupose of this report it would have been nice to have Northwest separated from West, but the figures may not warrant such a change in the population survey on which this histogram is based.

The selected groups of the population included are Asian Pacific Islander and Non-Hispanic White. Hispanic is a designation for people form Central and South America, whether they are of native or colonial origin.That means that Hispanics who are not Asian Pacific Islanders are not included in the Non-Hispanic Whites and not included in the Asian Pacific Islanders. Hispanics are simply not included in these tables unless they are also of Asia Pacific Islander origin.

Figure 1 shows that the largest group (51%) of Asian Pacific Islanders is in the West, compared to only 19.1% of the Non-Hispanic White population. The largest group of the Non-Hispanic White population is in the South (33.3%) as compared to 18.9% of Asian Pacific Islanders in the South. The smallest group of Asian Pacific Islanders is in the Midwest (11.5%), as compared to 27.0% of the Non-Hispanic White group. In the Northeast the percentage of Non-Hispanic Whites (20.5%) is only slightly higher than that of the Asian Pacific Islanders' 18.6%. One might have expected the percentages to be more nearly alike on the West Coast than on the East.

The Non-Hispanic White population is more evenly balanced across the country, with slightly higher percentages in the South and Midwest. On the other hand, there is a much more skewed distribution of the Asian Pacific Islander population, with the larger percentages on each coast, and with a notably higher percentage of Asian Pacific Islanders on the West Coast. The report does not offer an explanation for this pattern, but it would seem that the high percentage of Asian Pacific Islanders who entered the country from the West might account for more of them staying there than moving to the East, the next most metropolitan area of the country.