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Agresti Table 2.5: gender × party identification (2000 GSS)

ToolSurvey Analysis
SourceAgresti, A. (2007). An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis, 2nd ed. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Tables 2.5 and 2.6.
LevelUndergraduate

Problem

The 2000 General Social Survey gave females 762 Democrat, 327 Independent, 468 Republican and males 484, 239, 477. Test independence of gender and party identification and interpret the standardized residuals.

Inputs to Enter

  • Data layout 'Cross-tab of counts'
  • x, Democrat, Independent, Republican / Females, 762, 327, 468 / Males, 484, 239, 477
  • Row variable gender, column variable party
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Answers

  • X² = 30.0, G² = 30.0 on 2 df, P < 0.001 (tool 30.0701 / 30.0167)
  • Expected females–Democrat 703.7
  • Standardized residuals females: 4.50, 0.70, −5.32 (Table 2.6)

Notes

Switch the Data Layout select to the cross-tab form and paste the three lines; not the default case.

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