Deck 7: Crosstab Tables

Question 1

In the following Crosstabs, what is the modal class of persons currently married?

A) lower class
B) working class
C) 48.7%
D) 45.5%

Answer 1

working class

Question 2

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

A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval/ratio

Answer 2

nominal

Question 3

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

A) moderate
B) liberal
C) 38.3%
D) 55.1%

Answer 3

moderate

Question 4

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

A) column percentages
B) row percentages
C) total percentages
D) it doesn't matter which percentages you use

Question 5

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

A) 92
B) 23.8%
C) 27.9%
D) 7.5%

Question 6

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

A) 8.5
B) 17.3
C) 46.2
D) 80.6

Question 7

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

A) moderate
B) conservative
C) 38.3%
D) 44.9%

Question 8

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

A) Of those who have no religion, 3.6% are liberals.
B) The median level of attachment to a religion for moderates is strong.
C) Of the three political orientations, conservatives are the most likely to report a strong attachment to a religion.
D) The most common level of attachment to a religion for conservatives was strong.

Question 9

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

A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval/ratio

Question 10

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

A) 19.7
B) 38.3
C) 42.7
D) 50.4

Question 11

In the following Crosstabs, the percents labeled "% within POLVIEWS" are
 

A) cell counts
B) column percents
C) row percents
D) table percents

Question 12

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

A) There were more persons who believed in life after death than persons who did not.
B) There are more very happy persons who do not believe in life after death than very happy persons who do believe in life after death.
C) The median level of happiness for persons who believe in life after death is very happy.
D) The most common level of happiness for both those who do believe in life after death and those who don't is very happy.

Question 13

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

A) 9
B) 52
C) 68
D) 85

Question 14

In a Crosstab table, a row percentage tells you

A) the percent of cases in that cell that are in that cell
B) the percent of cases in that column that are in that cell
C) the percent of cases in that row that are in that cell
D) the percent of cases in the entire table that are in that cell

Question 15

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

A) Liberals made up the largest share of those who were not too happy.
B) The median response of moderates was not too happy.
C) The median response of moderates was very happy.
D) The median response of conservatives was pretty happy.

Question 16

Which is the layering variable in the following crosstab??

A) POSTLIFE
B) RACE
C) SEX
D) There is no layering variable.
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Question 17

If you combine all four groups together in the following Crosstabs, which political orientation is the largest?
 

A) liberals
B) moderates
C) conservatives
D) all three are equally large

Question 18

If you create a Crosstab with GENDER as the column variable, RACE as the row variable, and REGION as the layer variable, you will get separate crosstab tables for each

A) gender
B) race
C) region
D) gender by race by region combination

Question 19

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

A) 1980 GSS young adults
B) 1980 GSS middle-age adults
C) 2010 GSS young adults
D) 2010 GSS middle-age adults

Question 20

In the following Crosstabs, what is the median attachment to a religion of never-married persons? (RELINTEN is strength of attachment to a religion.)
 

A) no religion
B) not very strong
C) strong
D) total

Question 21

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? _______________

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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?

A) Crosstabs
B) Display Data File Information
C) Frequencies
D) Means

Question 25

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.

Question 26

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:

A) What percentage of those who have guns at home are white? [Hint: you must calculate the answer.] __________
B) What percentage of all the respondents represented in the table are blacks who have guns at home? [Hint: you must calculate the answer.] __________
C) If you wanted to assess the effect of the independent variable (race) on the dependent variable (do you have a gun at home?), should you use row percents, column percents, or total percents? _______________

Question 27

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

Question 28

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? __________

Question 29

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.

Question 30

What kinds of questions can you answer using a crosstab table?

Question 31

How can you use column percents to identify the median?

Question 32

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? _______________

Question 33

Answer the questions that follow this SPSS output:

A) What percent of Hispanics are Catholic? __________
B) What is the total number of cases included in this crosstabs? __________
C) What is the modal religious affiliation of Blacks? _______________
D) What is the total number of Catholics in this crosstabs? __________

Question 34

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

Question 35

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.

Question 36

How can layering reveal if the relationship between the original two variables was spurious or not?

Question 37

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