based on the following scenario.
In a third world country, 100 randomly selected people were surveyed about their socioeconomic class and religious affiliation. The results and an excerpt from this fictitious study follow:

Excerpt: "Based on a chi-square test for independence, the working class differed from the middle class in the distribution of religious identification, χ 2 (4, N = 100) = 11.73, p

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based on the following scenario.
In a third world country, 100 randomly selected people were surveyed about their socioeconomic class and religious affiliation. The results and an excerpt from this fictitious study follow:

Excerpt: "Based on a chi-square test for independence, the working class differed from the middle class in the distribution of religious identification, χ 2 (4, N = 100) = 11.73, p < .05."
-One finding of the study was that
A)being working class caused subjects to be Catholic. 
B)working class subjects tended to be Protestant,Catholic,or other,whereas middle class subjects were most likely to be Protestant. 
C)middle class subjects valued religion more than working class subjects. 
D)being Catholic caused subjects to be working class.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The excerpt states that there was a significant difference in religious identification between working class and middle-class subjects. Working class subjects tended to identify as Protestant, Catholic, or other, while middle-class subjects were most likely to identify as Protestant. This does not suggest causation between socioeconomic class and religious affiliation, only a correlation between the two. Therefore, option A and D can be eliminated. The study does not provide information about the value of religion for the two classes, so option C is incorrect.

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