Exercise 14.2 Presented below are some hypothetical data representing 50 people:
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Exercise 14.2
Presented below are some hypothetical data representing 50 people: (1) gender (M=male, F=female) and (2) whether they attended church last week (Y=yes, N=no).
In the steps below you will be asked to construct the appropriate bivariate percentage table showing the relationship between gender and church attendance and to give your interpretation of that table.
M-N F-N F-Y M-N M-Y F-N F-Y F-Y M-N M-Y
M-Y F-Y M-N M-Y F-Y F-N M-N M-N F-N F-Y
M-N F-Y M-N M-Y F-Y F-Y M-N M-N F-Y M-N
F-Y M-N M-Y F-Y F-N F-Y M-Y F-Y M-N M-N
F-Y F-Y M-N F-N M-N F-Y M-N F-Y F-Y M-N
1. Construct the bivariate percentage table appropriate for examining the relationship between sex and church attendance. Be sure to follow Babbie's suggestions for setting up a table correctly.
2. Interpret the table. That is, compare the percentages on the independent variable in terms of the categories of the independent variable.
Explanation / Answer
Let Male be + , Female be *
For every Male response, add a + in the row corresponding Male
For every Female response, add a * in the row corresponding Female
Category
Statistics
Total Count
Male
+++++ +++++ ++++++ +++++ ++++
25
Female
***** ***** **** ***** ******
25
The Bivarite percentage table for showing relationship between gender and church attendance:
Yes
No
Stats
Count
Stats
Count
Male
++ ++ + ++
7
+++ +++ +++++ +++ ++++
18
Female
*** *** **** **** *****
19
** ** * *
6
Out of 25 Males, only 28% attended the church and 72% did not come
Out of 25 Females, 76% attended the church while 24% did not.
Category
Statistics
Total Count
Male
+++++ +++++ ++++++ +++++ ++++
25
Female
***** ***** **** ***** ******
25
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