A group of researchers conducted a research in order to assess their opinion on expected 20% increase in development tax with the expectation of commencement of a new rail road project. Each person being interviewed was asked whether they would vote for this new change or not. Possible responses were vote for, vote against, and no opinion. 295 respondents said they would vote for the law, 672 said they would vote against the law, and 51 said they had no opinion. a. Do the responses for this question provide categorical or quantitative data? What is the scale of measurement?  b. Draw a suitable graph and explain whether the results indicate general support for or against increasing the development tax to commence the new rail road project?

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A group of researchers conducted a research in order to assess their opinion on expected 20% increase in development tax with the expectation of commencement of a new rail road project. Each person being interviewed was asked whether they would vote for this new change or not. Possible responses were vote for, vote against, and no opinion. 295 respondents said they would vote for the law, 672 said they would vote against the law, and 51 said they had no opinion.
a. Do the responses for this question provide categorical or quantitative data? What is the scale of measurement? 
b. Draw a suitable graph and explain whether the results indicate general support for or against increasing the development tax to commence the new rail road project?

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