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REVIEW QUESTIONS--TEST THREE (6/28/14)

 

1.         Calculate the Chi Square Statistic:

 

 

 

 

 

Party

C

0

5

15

B

5

20

5

A

15

5

0

 

 

Low

Medium

High

 

 

Income

 

2.         Calculate the appropriate measures of association for all three of the following:

A.

 

Party ID 1996

 

 

 

Demo

Indep

GOP

2000 total

Party

Demo

279

81

18

378

ID

Indep

45

144

45

234

2000

GOP

0

45

243

288

 

 

 

 

 

 

1996 total

324

270

306

900

 

 

B.

 

Level of Education

 

 

<hi sch

hi sch

>hi sch

coll.

Attitude

favorable

90

80

108

88

Toward

in between

162

119

135

40

Integration

unfavorable

62

31

16

4

 

C.       

 

Avg. income, electoral districts

 

 

Low

Medium

high

% vote, Democratic, electoral districts

high

20

5

8

medium

3

16

10

low

4

13

21

 

D.        The following two variables (assume that both X and Y are interval level measures) with three cases:

Case

X

Y

I

1

7

II

2

5

III

3

3

 

3.         Calculate the regression equation (regression coefficient and constant for the following two variables (assume that both X and Y are interval level measures) with three cases:

Case

X

Y

I

1

3

II

2

5

III

3

7

 

4.         Explain the derivation/rationale for the equations for Chi Square, Lambda, Gamma, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, and the Regression Equation.

 

5.         Discuss the interpretation, appropriate levels of measurement, type of statistic, etc. of Chi Square, Lambda, Gamma, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient, and the Regression Coefficient.