Scenarios
1. Results of your literature review conclude that trust in the police is an integral part of any democracy. You wish to test whether a relationship between trust in the police and presence of democracy (measured with dichotomous variable) exists in Africa. Using Afrobarometer 2015, please provide: a 1-2 APA style paragraph statement that furnishes an answer to this question, note the relevant statistics, comment on meaningfulness, and include your relevant SPSS output.
2. Following up on your previous analysis, you now wish to determine whether a relationship exists between citizen trust in police and whether respondents reside in rural, urban or semi-urban settings? Using Afrobarometer 2015, please provide: a 1-2 APA style paragraph statement that furnishes an answer to this question, note the relevant statistics, comment on meaningfulness, and include your relevant SPSS output. In addition, please comment on what could be influencing the results you obtained.
3. Is there a relationship between perceptions of current economic conditions and extent of a democracy? Using Afrobarometer 2015, please provide: a 1-2 APA style paragraph statement that furnishes an answer to this question, note the relevant statistics, comment on meaningfulness, and include your relevant SPSS output. In addition, please comment on what could be influencing the results you obtained.
Datasets
Document: Data Set 2014 General Social Survey (dataset file)
Use this dataset to complete this week's Discussion.
Note: You will need the SPSS software to open this dataset.
Document: Data Set Afrobarometer (dataset file)
Use this dataset to complete this week's Assignment.
Note: You will need the SPSS software to open this dataset.
Document: High School Longitudinal Study 2009 Dataset (dataset file)
Use this dataset to complete this week's Assignment.
Note: You will need the SPSS software to open this dataset.
Question
Part A
Categorical Data Analysis
Relating to bivariate categorical tests, create a research question using the General Social Survey dataset that can be answered using categorical analysis.
Use SPSS to answer the research question. Response to the following:
1. What is your research question?
2. What is the null hypothesis for your question?
3. What research design would align with this question?
4. What dependent variable was used and how is it measured?
5. What independent variable is used and how is it measured?
6. If you found significance, what is the strength of the effect?
7. Explain your results for a lay audience and further explain what the answer is to your research question.
Part B
Testing for Bivariate Categorical Analysis
Review the Frankfort-Nachmias& Leon-Guerrero text and the bivariate categorical tests.
Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset
Next, review the Chi Square Scenarios above and consider each research scenario for this Assignment.
Based on the dataset you chose and for each research scenario provided, using the SPSS software, choose a categorical data analysis and run a sample test. Copy and paste your output into your Word document.
Write a 1- to 2-paragraph analysis of your categorical data results for each research scenario. In the analysis, display the data for the output. Based on your results, provide an explanation of what the implications of social change might be.
Optional Resources
Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Leon-Guerrero, A. (2015). Social statistics for a diverse society (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 10, "Bivariate Tables" (pp. 303-346)
Chapter 11, "The Chi-Square Test and Measures of Association" (pp. 347-387)