Stats Analysis

AP Stats Project Sources Census Health and Human Services Election Results Poverty-Rate Compared to Republican Vote: R=.508 Predicted Republican Vote  = 1.38 × Poverty Rate+26 No pattern in residual plot. +1 percent poverty = +1.38 percent Republican vote Y-intercept is at 26.6 S value = 7.497 r²= .258 Non-Hispanic White Population Compared to Republican Vote R= .442 Predicted Republican Vote=.335 × Non-Hispanic White +26.7 +1 percent non-Hispanic whites =  +.335 percent Republican votes Y-intercept is not necessary. S=7.806 R²=.195 Poverty rate is a better indicator than non-Hispanic white percentage.