Consider the Following Table from the 2018 GSS, Which Shows

question 18

Multiple Choice

Consider the following table from the 2018 GSS, which shows the relationship between race and whether someone favors or opposes "a law which would require a person to obtain a police permit before he or she could buy a gun."
The data in this table suggest that (the answer may require some calculation)

• A) there is a near-zero association between race and support for gun control.
• B) whites are more likely to favor gun control than Blacks.
• C) Blacks are more likely to favor gun control than whites.
• D) neither whites or Blacks are likely to favor gun control.

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