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Soc 210 | Assignment 2 | 10 pointsFor full credit, you MUST show some work. I have included both a PDF and MS Word version of this assignment on Canvas. Please follow the instructionsfor submitting assignments which are on Canvas. The dataset below contains information about the weekly work hours and happiness of a sample of 7 randomly selected residents of Fort Collins (note that “very happy” is happier than “pretty happy”). Use this data to answer the questions below. In this assignment we’ll look at each variable separately, and in a future assignment we’ll look at how they are related.Happiness Weekly WorkHourspretty happy 40very happy 50pretty happy 40very happy 60pretty happy 20not too happy 40not too happy 30a. Construct a simple descriptive table for Happiness with columns for thefrequency, proportion, and percentage.b. What proportion of the sample is “very happy”?  c. What is the mode of Happiness? The median of Happiness?d. Why can’t you calculate the mean of Happiness?e. What is the range of work hours?f. What is the mean of work hours?g. What is the variance and the standard deviation of work hours? (Must show work; creating a table like in my notes is highly recommended.)h. Suppose one of the people working 40 hours/week takes on more hours and starts working 60 hours/week. Without doing any new calculations, would that increase or decrease the standard deviation of work hours? How do you


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