Lab Assignment 6
I.
Use the following table about the association
between number of children and opinions about gun law to answer the questions
below.
|
0-1 |
2-3 |
4+ |
Total |
|
|
Support |
203 |
113 |
66 |
382 |
|
Neutral |
189 |
165 |
193 |
547 |
|
Oppose |
78 |
179 |
246 |
503 |
|
Total |
470 |
457 |
505 |
1432 |
a.
Percentage the table.
b.
State which variable is dependent and which is
independent.
c.
State whether there is an association between
number of children and opinions about gun laws.
d.
What is the direction of the relationship
between number of children and support for gun laws?
e.
How strong is the relationship (weak, moderate,
strong)?
f.
What do you conclude about the relationship
between number of children and opinions about gun law?
II.
Use SPSS to explore the relationship between fear
to walk at night (“fear”) and attitudes toward gun laws
(“gunlaw”). Use “fear” as the independent variable and “gunlaw” as
the dependent. Please attach your SPSS output to your assginment.
a.
Examine the bivariate association between
“fear” and “gunlaw”. Describe the relationship between the
two variables.
b.
Now elaborate the relationship by controlling for
“sex”? How does controlling for sex change the analysis (how do the
partial tables compare to the full table?) What does this tell you about
“sex” as a control variable?
