A Chi-Square Test Would Be Appropriate for Examining the Relationship

question 5

Multiple Choice

A chi-square test would be appropriate for examining the relationship between

• A)gender (male or female)and political orientation (measured on a 5-point Likert scale).
• B)gender (male or female)and political orientation (conservative,liberal,or other).
• C)education (in years)and political orientation (measured on a 5-point Likert scale).
• D)education (in years)and political orientation (conservative,liberal,or other).

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Definitions:

Categorical Variables

Categorical variables are types of variables in statistics that represent categories, possessing qualitative properties that differentiate one group from another.

One-sample Chi-square

A statistical test used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the observed frequencies and the expected frequencies in one categorical dataset.

Two-sample Chi-square

The Two-sample Chi-square test is a statistical method used to determine if there is a significant difference between the distributions of two categorical variables.

Expected Values

The predicted value of a variable, computed as a weighted average of all possible values.