Question

Explain how bivariate analysis can be used to distinguish the independent variable from the dependent variable when there is an ambiguous relationship.

A) Use frequency tables and Student's t-test for two-samples.

B) Use the percentage difference method in the direction of both the rows and columns to find which direction has the greatest difference.

C) Calculate row percentages for each cell and then use the percentage difference method in that direction.

D) Use the percentage difference method with cell percentages in the direction of the independent variable.

Answer 1

In Bivariate analysis, We convert the obsrervations in every cell by dividing that observation with specific column total

Then we compare the percentages across the rows (the dependent variable)

The columns represent independent variables and the rows represent dependent variables

So we look at the percentage differecne with the cell percentages in the direction of the independent variables ( in column) that is conveting the observations in every cell by dividing that observation with specific column total

So Answer is Option D