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A description of workers. Each year, the Census Bureau selects adifferent and random sample of more than 3 million of households tobe interviewed in American Community Survey (ACS). The dataset thathave been assigned to you contains infor mation of a small randomsample of workers of a particular state interviewed in the ACS2016. I

Notes In your answers use up to one decimal place when thenumber is not an integer If the number is close to zero (i.e0.0006) use up to four decimal places e Show your work to get fullcredit. When it corresponds, indicate what statistic unction ofExcel you used to compute the estimate. Use the dataset that wasassigned. If you use a different dataset, your homework will not begraded

(a) Describe the structure of the data set. In your answerinclude the population egorical (nominal/ordinal) or quantitative(discrete ,continuous), type of data (1.e., cross of interest,sample size, number of variables, type of variables (i.e. catsectional, time series, or longitudinal data). (10 points)

(b) If each year the Census Bureau inter viewed the same sampleof households, what would be the type of dataset generated by theACS in this case? (3 pts). Explain.

(c) Use the earnings (WAGP) of the first ten workers tocalculate the ? and (-) (i.e. the sum of the squared deviations) ofthe workers earnings. Use to compute the sample mean and the samplestandard deviation of these sums these workers' earnings. (10pts)