Question

Exercise 14.2

Presented below are some hypothetical data representing 50 people: (1) gender (M=male, F=female) and (2) whether they attended church last week (Y=yes, N=no).

In the steps below you will be asked to construct the appropriate bivariate percentage table showing the relationship between gender and church attendance and to give your interpretation of that table.

M-N F-N   F-Y      M-N   M-Y F-N   F-Y   F-Y   M-N   M-Y

M-Y F-Y   M-N M-Y F-Y   F-N   M-N   M-N F-N   F-Y

M-N F-Y   M-N M-Y F-Y   F-Y   M-N   M-N F-Y   M-N  

F-Y      M-N   M-Y F-Y   F-N   F-Y      M-Y F-Y   M-N   M-N  

F-Y      F-Y   M-N F-N   M-N F-Y       M-N F-Y   F-Y   M-N  

1. Construct the bivariate percentage table appropriate for examining the relationship between sex and church attendance. Be sure to follow Babbie's suggestions for setting up a table correctly.

2. Interpret the table. That is, compare the percentages on the independent variable in terms of the categories of the independent variable.

Answer 1

Let Male be + , Female be *

For every Male response, add a + in the row corresponding Male

For every Female response, add a * in the row corresponding Female

Category	Statistics	Total Count
Male	+++++ +++++ ++++++ +++++ ++++	25
Female	***** ***** **** ***** ******	25

The Bivarite percentage table for showing relationship between gender and church attendance:

	Yes		No
	Stats	Count	Stats	Count
Male	++ ++ + ++	7	+++ +++ +++++ +++ ++++	18
Female	*** *** **** **** *****	19	** ** * *	6

Out of 25 Males, only 28% attended the church and 72% did not come

Out of 25 Females, 76% attended the church while 24% did not.