On your own exercise 3: Contingency Table Analysis
Group
Tasks
Questions and Responses
RECODE
Ideology
Recode ideology to ideology3: 13=1; 4=2; 5-7=3. All others system
missing
Label variable view:
1= liberal; 2= moderate; 3=conservative
RECODE
Thermrush
Recode to thermrush to
thermrush3 where 0-15=1; 1650=2; 51-100=3 All others =system
missing
Label variable view: 1= cool; 2= moderate,
3=warm.
1
Test the
relationship
between warmth for
Rush Limbaugh
(thermrush3) and
its influence on
opinions about
reducing the deficit
by raising taxes
[taxes].
1. Both these variables are what level of measurement?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null hypothesis
that feelings toward Rush are randomly associated with views on
taxes?
3. What is the appropriate test of association?
4. What is the evidence regarding the association between these
variable?
5. Which relationship is stronger: feelings toward Rush as an
indicator of views on taxes OR views on taxes as an indicator of
feelings toward Rush? What is the evidence?
1A
Test the
relationship
between class
(middle or working)
by setting -9 to -1
and 7 = missing)
and its influence
on opinions
reducing the deficit
by raising taxes
[taxes].
1. What level of measurement is class?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association or strength for these
levels of measurement?
4. What evidence do you have of the association of the
independent variable on the dependent variable? What is the
factor that best explains opinions about raising taxes: feelings
toward Rush OR class? Why?
2
2A
3
Test the
relationship
between views
about Rush
Limbaugh
(thermrush3) and
its influence on
opinions regarding
reducing the deficit
by cutting military
spending
[milspend].
1. What level of measurement are these variables?
Test the
relationship
between gender
and its influence
on opinions
reducing the deficit
by cutting military
spending
[milspend].
1. What level of measurement is gender?
Test the
relationship
between feelings
toward Rush
(thermrush3) and
its influence on
opinions regarding
reducing the deficit
by cutting
nonmilitary
spending
[otherspend].
1. What is the level of measurement of these variables?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association? What is the evidence
regarding the association between these variable?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What evidence do you have that establishes an association
between gender and opinions regarding cutting military
spending?
4. Which factor has a greater impact on views regarding cutting
military spending: feelings toward Rush OR gender? Why?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association?
4. What is the evidence regarding the association between these
variable?
3A
4
4A
Test the
relationship
between gender
and its influence on
opinions about
reducing the deficit
by cutting
nonmilitary
spending
[otherspend]
1. What is gender’s level of measurement?
Test the
relationship
between feeling
toward Rush
Limbaugh
(thermrush3) and
its influence on
opinions regarding
the use of torture
[torture].
1. What is the level of measurement of these variables?
Test the
relationship
between political
party3 influence
on opinions
regarding the use
of torture [torture].
1. What level of measurement is political party?
What level of measurement is torture?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association?
4. What evidence do you have of the influence of this independent
variable on the dependent?
5. Which independent variable is more robust in determining a
respondent’s views about cutting non military spending? What is
the evidence?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association?
4. What is the evidence regarding the association between these
variable?
5. Why is this association negative [-]?
2. What evidence do you have to reject or retain the null
hypothesis?
3. Is the association strong between the independent and
dependent variables?
4. Which of the two independent variables has the greater influence
on the dependent variable and why?
5
5A
6
Test the
relationship
between self
reported ideology3
[assume it is
ordinal] and its
influence on
opinions regarding
reducing the deficit
by cutting military
spending
[milspend].
1. What level of measurement is military spending?
Test the
relationship
between a
respondent’s views
on the worth of the
Iraq war [Iraq] and
its influence on
opinions regarding
reducing the deficit
by cutting military
spending
[milspend].
1. What level of measurement is “Iraq”?
Test the
relationship
between self
reported ideology3
[assume ordinal]
and its influence
on opinions
regarding the use
of torture [torture].
1. What level of measurement are these variables?
2.
What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association?
4. What is the evidence regarding the association between these
variable?
5. Why is this association positive?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What influence does one’s view have on one’s opinion regarding
reducing the deficit by cutting military spending?
4. Which independent variable best helps you to anticipate a
respondent’s view on cutting military spending? Why?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association?
4. What is the evidence regarding the association between these
variable?
5. Why is this association negative?
6A
Test the
relationship
between a
respondent’s views
on the worth of the
Iraq war [Iraq] and
its influence on
opinions regarding
the use of torture
[torture].
1. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
2. What influence does one’s view hold on one’s opinions regarding
the use of torture?
3. Which independent variable best helps you to anticipate a
respondent’s view on torture? Why?
Assume “Iraqi” is
nominal
7
Test the
relationship
between self
reported ideology3
[assume ordinal]
and its influence
on opinions
regarding abortion
[abortion].
1. What level of measurement is “abortion”?
2. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
3. What is the appropriate test of association?
4. What is the evidence regarding the association between these
variable?
5. Why is this association negative [-]?
7a
Test the
relationship
between political
party3 (party
identification) and
its influence on
opinions regarding
abortion [abortion].
Assume that
partyid3 is nominal.
1. What evidence do you have to retain or reject the null
hypothesis?
2. What influence does one’s view hold on one’s opinions regarding
the use of torture?
3. Which independent variable best helps you to anticipate a
respondent’s view on torture? Why?