Exam 7: Crosstab Tables

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   Someone makes the claim that blacks are more likely than whites to believe in an afterlife. (POSTLIFE is belief in an afterlife.) A) Does the information in this table support the claim? (yes or no) B) Support your conclusion by citing relevant (and only relevant) information from the table.

You want to compare groups on a nominal variable (for example, preferred Presidential candidate of students at different colleges). Which SPSS procedure should you run?

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   Describe how, if at all, the relationship between sex and belief in life after death (POSTLIFE) differs between whites, blacks, and persons neither white nor black.

Why are column percents more useful than row percents for seeing if the column (independent) variable affects the row (dependent) variable?

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   A) What percent of persons from the South were living in a large city when they were 16 years of age? __________ B) What was the modal response of persons from the South regarding where they were living when they were 16 years of age? __________ C) What was the median response of persons from the South regarding where they were living when they were 16 years of age? __________ D) What is the total number of cases from the South in this crosstabs? __________

On the basis of the following Crosstabs, which group had the highest percentage that was liberal?  

In the following Crosstabs, a number has been replaced with xxx. What number should go there?  

What conclusions about the job satisfaction of never-married, currently-married, and previously-married persons can you draw from the following clustered bar chart?  

In a clustered bar chart, why should the cases be clustered by categories of the independent variable?

How can comparing percents indicate the independent variable's effect on the dependent variable?

The following clustered bar chart supports which conclusion about the cases in the data set?  

What is the difference between a column percent and a row percent?

In the CROSSTABS procedure, the lowest level of measurement that the row variable can be is

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   A) What percent of Catholics believe abortion should not be available if the pregnancy is a result of rape? [Hint: you must calculate the answer.] __________ B) What is the median response of Protestants to the question of whether abortion should be available if a pregnancy is a result of rape? __________ C) What is the total number of cases included in this crosstabs? __________ D) If you wanted to assess the effect of the independent variable (Religious Affiliation) on the dependent variable (Whether abortion should be available), should you use row percents, column percents, or total percents? _______________

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   A) What percent of Catholics approve of women working? [Hint: you must calculate the answer.] __________ B) What percentage of all the respondents represented in the table are Catholics who disapprove of women working? [Hint: you must calculate the answer.] __________ C) If you wanted to assess the effect of the independent variable (RELIG) on the dependent variable (FEWORK), should you use row percents, column percents, or total percents? _______________

A crosstab is created with the independent variable as the column variable and the dependent variable as the row variable. In order to determine the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable, should you use

In the following Crosstabs, what percent of 2010 GSS young adults are conservative?  

In the following Crosstabs, what is the median political orientation of males?  

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:   Someone makes the claim that women are happier than men with their marriage. (HAPPYMAR is happiness with one's marriage.) A) Does the information in this table support the claim? (yes or no) B) Support your conclusion by citing relevant (and only relevant) information from the table.

The following Crosstab supports which conclusion about the cases in the data set?