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Astrological Sign and Life Chances

• By Ted Goertzel
• Rutgers University, Camden NJ
• Spring, 2002

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My Research Question

• Does astrological sign effect life chances?
• Variables in my study are astrological sign,
  happiness, health and income
• Data on these variables can be found in the
  General Social Survey at http//www.icpsr.umich.ed
  u/GSS

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Three Hypotheses

• Astrological sign will be significantly related
  to happiness
• Astrological sign will be significantly related
  to health
• Astrological sign will be significantly related
  to income

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Astrological Sign and Health
Health Excellent Good Fair Poor
Aires 31.8 46.2 16.9 5.1
Taurus 30.5 46.1 17.1 6.3
Gemini 30.6 44.7 18.9 5.8
Cancer 31.2 44.8 18.7 5.3
Leo 29.2 46.7 18.6 5.5
Virgo 31.2 44.9 17.5 6.5
Libra 32.9 42.7 18.1 6.2
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Astrological Sign and Health
Health Excellent Good Fair Poor
Scorpio 31.3 46.5 17.3 4.9
Saggitarius 33.4 44.7 17.4 4.9
Capricorn 30.2 46.3 18.3 5.1
Aquarius 32.1 44.1 18.1 5.8
Pisces 32.2 43.8 18.8 5.2
Total 31.4 45.1 18.0 5.5
Chi square 39.34 df 33 p .21 N 25,412
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Astrological Sign and Health

• Most respondents are in Excellent or Good health
• There is no significant relationship between
  Astrological Sign and Health

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The next two hypothesis testsare left as an
exercise

• Note that this assignment will be easier if you
  choose a variable with fewer than 12 values, or
  one that can be recoded into fewer categories.

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Astrological Sign and Happiness
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Astrological Sign and Income
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Conclusions

• Astrological Sign is not significantly related to
  health, happiness or income