Figure 42 Examines the Relationship Between Respondents' Racial-Ethnic Group and Their

Multiple Choice

Figure 4.2 examines the relationship between respondents' racial-ethnic group and their confidence in education, controlling for respondents' gender. RACEHISP is a nominal-level variable that indicates respondents' self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. CONEDUC is the variable corresponding to the question, "I am going to name some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them? … Education."
The top portion of the figure shows the variables used to construct the analysis and indicates that SEX was used as a control variable and YEAR was used as a filter.
Figure 4.2

-Which of the following statements is correct, according to Figure 4.2?

A) The percentage of men who have "a great deal" of confidence in education as a social institution is higher than the percentage of women who have "a great deal" of confidence in education as a social institution
B) Across all racial-ethnic and gender groups the mean response is 3.
C) The majority of respondents have a great deal of confidence in education as a social institution.
D) Across all racial-ethnic and gender groups, the modal category is having "only some" confidence in education as a social institution