The independent newspaper tabulated the gender of all

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The Independent newspaper tabulated the gender of all candidates running for election in the 1992 British general election (Table 2) (from Hand et al [2]).

Table 2: The gender of candidates in the 1992 British general election

(a) Plot the proportion of female candidates against the Party, and comment.

(b) Plot the proportion of female candidates against the Region, and comment.

(c) Clearly state a nal model that adequately models the gender of candidates. Use the AIC and the deviance to help you decide on a model.

(d) Is there evidence that the interaction term is necessary?

(e) Is there evidence of under- or over-dispersion?

(f) Which link function appears best, and why?

(g) Compute the odds ratio of having a female Labour candidate to a female Conservative raw data

Region	Party	Females	Males
SouthEast	Cons	8	101
SouthWest	Cons	3	45
GreaterLondon	Cons	8	76
EastAnglia	Cons	1	19
EastMidlands	Cons	3	39
Wales	Cons	2	36
Scotland	Cons	9	63
WestMidlands	Cons	8	50
YorksHumbers	Cons	3	51
NorthWest	Cons	8	65
North	Cons	4	32
SouthEast	Labour	25	84
SouthWest	Labour	12	36
GreaterLondon	Labour	27	57
EastAnglia	Labour	4	16
EastMidlands	Labour	7	35
Wales	Labour	4	34
Scotland	Labour	5	67
WestMidlands	Labour	15	43
YorksHumbers	Labour	9	45
NorthWest	Labour	16	57
North	Labour	2	34
SouthEast	LibDem	28	81
SouthWest	LibDem	13	35
GreaterLondon	LibDem	19	63
EastAnglia	LibDem	4	16
EastMidlands	LibDem	6	36
Wales	LibDem	8	30
Scotland	LibDem	21	51
WestMidlands	LibDem	9	49
YorksHumbers	LibDem	12	42
NorthWest	LibDem	12	61
North	LibDem	4	32
SouthEast	Green	15	42
SouthWest	Green	6	21
GreaterLondon	Green	13	37
EastAnglia	Green	4	6
EastMidlands	Green	3	8
Wales	Green	0	7
Scotland	Green	6	14
WestMidlands	Green	4	11
YorksHumbers	Green	3	22
NorthWest	Green	5	17
North	Green	1	7
SouthEast	Other	27	86
SouthWest	Other	11	61
GreaterLondon	Other	21	93
EastAnglia	Other	8	23
EastMidlands	Other	7	19
Wales	Other	10	44
Scotland	Other	17	87
WestMidlands	Other	5	30
YorksHumbers	Other	6	22
NorthWest	Other	20	75
North	Other	3	6

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