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Running head : LOW INCOME AND MARRIAGE

Descriptive Analysis of a Study of Low Income and Marriage

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Descriptive Analysis of a Study of Low Income and Marriage

This will be used to discuss the descriptive statistical analysis of a study based on marriages in low-income couples and families . Other aspects that require to be analyzed in this study include the demographic variables of location , age , education , and children in the marriage . Each of these variables can play a role in the success or failure of the marriage of

a low-income couple . Knowing this it is important to analyze each variable in relation to the income level of the married couple . The study evaluated ensures that these variables are recognized and explained in relation to the programs to help low-income couples succeed in their first marriages

Application of descriptive statistics in the article

Most of the information was given to the reader through frequency graphs including polygraphs and bar graphs . Frequency tables were also used on two occasions , as well as the tabulated means of each type of variables correlation to low-income and marriage . This type of descriptive statistic makes it easy to see exactly what the numbers are saying in regard to nominal and ordinal variables . The data from several studies from 1980 to March 2003 were used to get a sample population with the necessary information to provide a better understanding of the larger population

While the graphs are good , the frequency tabulations work a little...