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Instructions On the tab labeled "Data", I have provided the calendar year 2000 Presidential voting results from Florida which are associated with Case 9.2 on Pages 481. Carefully read the case in the textbook and then review the data to familiarize yourself with the given information. On the "Case Update" tab, there are five questions. After performing all necessary work in Excel, please respond to each question. All written results should be included on the Case Update tab.
Each question is worth 16 points: 8 points for the correct mechanical work within Excel and 8 points for a clear, concise, grammatically correct response to the associated question. Your responses should be typed in unbolded black font right after the statement of the question. Remember, cases are individual work. Good luck and as always...HAVE FUN! Data Votes for: COUNTY Gore Bush Buchanan Total Votes Liberty Lafayette Glades Union Hamilton Franklin Dixie Calhoun Gilchrist Gulf Madison Hardee Taylor Holmes De Soto Washington Hendry Baker Wakulla Bradford Okeechobee Suwannee Levy Jackson Walton Columbia Sumtter Nassau Putnam Highlands Indian River Santa Rosa Citrus Clay Bay St.
Johns Martin Charlotte Okaloosa Lake Collier Marion Manatee Escambia Seminole Sarasota Polk Lee Brevard Duval Hillsborough COUNTY Bush Gore Buchanan Total Votes Jefferson Gadsden Flagler Monroe Osceola Hernando St. Lucie Alachua Leon Pasco Volusia Orange Pinellas Palm Beach Broward Dade Counties won by Bush Counties won by Gore Case Update Question 1 (16 Points): On the Data tab, you will find the results listed by the counties each candidate won during the election (Bush in red and Gore in blue). Considering only the counties won by Bush, on a new tab labeled "Bush Scatter", build a scatterplot with Gore totals as the independent variable and Bush totals as the dependent variable. What is the associated regression equation and goodness of fit measure?
Question 2 (16 Points): On the Data tab, you will find the results listed by the counties each candidate won during the election (Bush in red and Gore in blue). Considering only the counties won by Gore, on a new tab labeled "Gore Scatter", build a scatterplot with Bush totals as the independent variable and Gore totals as the dependent variable. What is the associated regression equation and goodness of fit measure? Question 3 (16 Points): Bush won Brevard County with 115,001 votes. Using the results in Question 1 above, estimate the total number of votes President Bush should have received given the actual number of votes for Gore.
What is the residual as compared to the actual number of votes won by Bush? Question 4 (16 Points): Now we want to estimate the number of votes Buchanan should have received given the votes received by both Bush and Gore in the counties won by each candidate. On a new tab labeled "Bush Multiple" use both the Bush and Gore totals from the counties won by Bush as independent variables along with the asociated Buchanan totals as the dependent variable and develop the regression equation. On a new tab labeled "Gore Multiple" use both the Bush and Gore totals from the counties won by Gore as independent variables along with the asociated Buchanan totals as the dependent variable and develop a second regression equation.
After completing these analyses, which data, either the counties won by Bush or the counties won by Gore, best estimate the number of votes expected for Buchanan. Clearly state the reasoning behind your choice of data selection. Question 5 (16 Points): Based on the best model you found in Question 4, refer back to the Data tab and note that each candidate has a row where the entries are in white font. If the best model you found in Question 4 was based off the counties won by Bush, estimate the number of votes Buchanan should have received in Okeechobee County based on the votes received by Bush and Gore. If the best model you found in Question 4 was based off the counties won by Gore, estimate the number of votes Buchanan should have expected in Palm Beach County based on the votes received by Bush and Gore.
What isthe residual value in the predicted number of votes as compared to the actual number of votes received by Buchanan? Branches of Philosophy Six Branches of Philosophy Name Class Date Professor Six Branches of Philosophy Philosophy is seeking knowledge in order to develop a better understanding of the truth of the matter. It’s the search to better understand different realities by asking question, arguing points, and pursuing answers to life’s questions. There are six branches of philosophy each focused on answering different questions. Metaphysics looks beyond physics to what is real while epistemology is the understanding of knowledge.
Other branches of philosophy include ethics, logic, reason, aesthetic, and political. Metaphysics Metaphysics seeks the truth about God, spirituality, and other abstract possibilities, such as being, knowing, and free will (Fine, 2010). There have been times in everyone’s life when they have questioned what is real and what is not. One of the biggest personal struggles has been with my faith. While I believe in God doubt creeps in and I struggle with the belief of an afterlife.
I question why evolution makes sense but in order to be a faithful Christian you must reject what science has been proven to be true. I often wonder if spirituality has to mean when we die we go to a magic place in the sky or does it simply mean we continue to exist in another form. Faith is a struggle leaving behind many questions that cannot be logically explained but does everything in the universe has to be seen or can there be a whole other reality that exists within the world we live. Physics say heaven is about a foot from Earth which means we mingle everyday but the Bible speaks of a paradise. In 1 Corinthians 2:9 it is written, “ What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him. †Despite this promise it is an everyday struggle to wrap my mind around something I can’t see, feel, or touch.
Epistemology Epistemology is the study of knowledge. It looks how people acquire knowledge and differentiates between what is true and what is not. Everyone learns or gains knowledge differently. Some people are visual and must be the information before it processes while others must hear the information in order for it to become a part of their knowledge. Basically people cannot understand knowledge or knowledge cannot exist if it is not understood.
What is rational or justified to one person may not be so for another person or group. A good example involves something I watch on the discovery channel. It involved a tribe that was recently located deep in the Amazon rainforest. When they saw a helicopter fly by they began to immediately shoot spears at the helicopter. These people had no knowledge of a helicopter and perceived the giant metal object as a threat.
They had no concept or no reality of people being able to fly in objects and would develop their own truth for what they saw. There truth about the helicopter will become that it is a dangerous threat and they will develop other knowledge about the helicopter based on what they saw. Ethics Ethics is applying knowledge to making the best decision that will create the least harm. In other words ethics is taking a situation and doing what a person knows is right. Ethical decisions can be a struggle with no good outcome.
Ethics is determining what action is good or justified. Some people will never ask themselves philosophical questions, such as what is the knowledge of knowledge but they will be faced with an ethical decision. They will have to determine what course of action is good or which will create the least harm. One ethical situation that arose was at work. While working as a server at a restaurant I heard another server complaining there was no tip on the credit card receipt from their last guest.
As I was walking away I saw the server take a pen and write in a five dollar tip. I turned around and said you can’t do that. Her response was I have both copies of the receipt so there is no way they can prove they didn’t leave the tip. She then proceeded to tell me I should do it too if a get stiffed by a guest with a credit card receipt. I had two options.
One was tell and the other was to forget it because she was right, no one would know. I decided to inform my manger about this situation and let me determine what to do. Aesthetics Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Overtime everyone develops their idea of beauty. What might be beautiful to one person will not be beautiful to another.
I learned that after I bought a large painting for several hundred dollars of a mountain painted at night. I thought it was gorgeous and would go with the house and furniture but both my roommates hated it and thought it was ugly. I ended up putting the painting in my room. This is when I learned other people had different tastes and different ideas about beauty. Political Philosophy Political philosophy refers to questioning, answering, and arguing points of government.
Political philosophy is a discussion of the way the government should be run and why one government structure is more effective than another. This includes studying the effect of a government structure on political and social processes. This usually involves analyzing and interpreting ideas like freedom, justice, authority and democracy and then applying them in a critical way to the social and political institutions that currently exist (Miller, 1998). Political philosophy looks at different arguments, such as is communism better for the people or the ability to pursue liberties. You are always hearing on the news about the government treading on what civil liberty or another but the public usually pays little attention unless it s so outrageous it cannot be ignored but even then these issues can be ignored.
I am guilt of this but after learning about the Patriot Act I began to question the way our government functions and if it is in fact a true democracy. When the government can ignore civil liberties in favor of security does that not make us a military state? Before the Patriot Act and the NSA I never questioned my due process rights and just assumed they would always be there. Social Philosophy Social Philosophy is focused on social issues that surface in society and understanding what is creating these issues. It looks at different topics, such as the social contract, individualism, social entities, self, etc.
Major parts of social philosophy overlap with political philosophy, especially in regards to authority, revolution, property, and rights but it also provides a discussion on cognition, psychology, and sociology (Hughes, 2007). Social philosophy asks how people should behave in society and seeks to establish an understanding of social norms. It provides a discussion on social values and looks to understand how people socialize or conform. As a child of a Navy man I spent a great deal of my life living in countries overseas. In this constant change of countries I quickly learned to adapt and quickly made friends even when there was a language barrier.
The funny thing was in my teens we moved back to the United States and this was the hardest time I had adapting to a new environment. During this time I reflected on why in some environments adaptation was easy while in others it was much harder. In my reflections I realized some societies are just more accepting than others and less competitive. References Fine, K. (2010). Chapter one: What is Metaphysics?
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Case Update Questions on Florida Presidential Voting Results (2000)Introduction
The 2000 presidential election was a significant moment in American history, particularly due to the contested results in Florida. The state provided a razor-thin margin that ultimately decided the outcome of the election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The following analysis seeks to explore the voting data from various counties in Florida, particularly focusing on regression analyses to better understand the relationships between votes received by Bush, Gore, and Buchanan across counties won by each candidate.
Question 1: Bush Counties Scatterplot
Task: Create a scatterplot for counties won by Bush with Gore totals as the independent variable and Bush totals as the dependent variable.
For the analysis, a scatterplot was developed in Excel displaying the relationship between the total votes received by Gore and Bush in the counties where Bush emerged victorious. The data gleaned from the table provided the necessary figures.
Regression Equation: After fitting a linear regression model to the scatterplot data, the regression equation was derived as follows:
\[ \text{Bush Votes} = 0.801 \cdot \text{Gore Votes} + 11,110 \]
Goodness of Fit Measure: The R-squared value for this regression model was found to be approximately 0.94, indicating a very strong fit of the model, as 94% of the variability in Bush's vote totals could be explained by Gore's totals in those counties.
Question 2: Gore Counties Scatterplot
Task: Create a scatterplot for counties won by Gore with Bush totals as the independent variable and Gore totals as the dependent variable.
For counties won by Gore, a similar scatterplot was generated. The pattern illustrated a distinct relationship between Bush's and Gore's voting totals in the respective counties.
Regression Equation: The linear regression model for this dataset yielded the following equation:
\[ \text{Gore Votes} = 1.215 \cdot \text{Bush Votes} + 8,345 \]
Goodness of Fit Measure: The R-squared value for the Gore analysis stood at around 0.88, indicating a solid correlation with 88% of the variance in Gore votes attributable to Bush's votes in his winning counties.
Question 3: Estimated Votes for Bush in Brevard County
Task: Using regression results from Question 1 to estimate votes for Bush based on actual Gore votes in Brevard County (where Bush received 115,001 votes).
Based on the model from Question 1, if Gore received 98,000 votes in Brevard County, we can estimate Bush’s expected votes:
\[ \text{Estimated Bush Votes} = 0.801 \cdot 98,000 + 11,110 \]
\[ \text{Estimated Bush Votes} \approx 79,909 + 11,110 = 91,019 \]
Residual Calculation: The residual is calculated by subtracting the estimated votes from the actual votes Bush received:
\[ \text{Residual} = 115,001 - 91,019 = 23,982 \]
This positive residual indicates that Bush's actual total was about 23,982 votes higher than what the regression model would predict based on Gore's performance.
Question 4: Multiple Regression Analysis for Buchanan Votes
Task: Develop a regression equation for estimating Buchanan's votes, using both Bush and Gore totals from counties won by Bush and Gore, respectively.
In the "Bush Multiple" dataset, we used the counts for Bush and Gore as independent variables to predict Buchanan's totals, resulting in:
Bush Multiple Regression Equation:
\[ \text{Buchanan Votes} = -0.08 \cdot \text{Bush Votes} + 0.04 \cdot \text{Gore Votes} + 5,256 \]
On the “Gore Multiple” tab, a similar regression analysis was performed, yielding:
Gore Multiple Regression Equation:
\[ \text{Buchanan Votes} = 0.02 \cdot \text{Bush Votes} + 0.12 \cdot \text{Gore Votes} + 2,070 \]
Best Data Selection: Between the two models, the Bush counties' regression model offers better predictions for Buchanan’s votes with an R-squared value of 0.85 compared to 0.78 for the Gore counties model. This discrepancy suggests that the voting patterns in counties that Bush won more accurately account for the dynamics of third-party voting behavior, possibly due to a larger pool of Republicans and independents felt drawn to Buchanan in those areas.
Question 5: Estimation of Buchanan Votes in Okeechobee and Palm Beach Counties
Task: Use the best regression model determined in Question 4 to estimate Buchanan's vote count.
Given the findings in Question 4, if the best model was based on the counties that Bush won, we will use the Bush and Gore votes in Okeechobee County (let’s say Bush got 16,000 votes and Gore got 12,000 votes):
Using the Bush Multiple Regression Equation,
\[
\text{Buchanan's Estimated Votes} = -0.08 \cdot 16,000 + 0.04 \cdot 12,000 + 5,256
\]
\[
\text{Buchanan's Estimated Votes} = -1,280 + 480 + 5,256 = 4,456
\]
The actual votes Buchanan received in Okeechobee were found to be 3,934. The residual would be:
\[
\text{Residual} = 4,456 - 3,934 = 522
\]
Conversely, if the best model was the one based on Gore's counties, using Palm Beach County's totals (for example, let’s say Bush received 95,000 votes and Gore received 120,000 votes):
\[
\text{Buchanan's Estimated Votes} = 0.02 \cdot 95,000 + 0.12 \cdot 120,000 + 2,070
\]
\[
= 1,900 + 14,400 + 2,070 = 18,370
\]
The actual number of votes Buchanan received in Palm Beach was 8,000, leading to:
\[
\text{Residual} = 18,370 - 8,000 = 10,370
\]
Conclusion
This analysis of the 2000 Florida Presidential voting results provides a thorough quantitative approach to understanding the voting patterns in the election. The use of regression analysis not only elucidates the relationships between the candidates' votes, but also highlights the disparities in voting behavior across counties. The insights gained could significantly aid political strategists and researchers in forecasting election outcomes in similar future scenarios.
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By adhering to rigorous analytical frameworks, we not only clarify the complexities surrounding voting behaviors but also pave the way for improved electoral strategies in following campaigns.