Assignment:
• Research Hypothesis: Those who oppose capital punishment also oppose abortion for any reason.
• Alternative Hypothesis: Those who oppose capital punishment are in favor of abortion for any reason
Using the 2004gss_revised.sav data file (found in "2004 GSS Files" folder), conduct bivariate analyses to determine which hypothesis is more accurate. Remember to request column percentages.
1. State the independent and dependent variables. Only the variable name would suffice.
a. Independent variable:
b. Dependent variable:
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2. What percentage of those who oppose capital punishment report supporting abortion?
3. What percentage of those who are in favor of capital punishment report supporting abortion?
4. Which hypothesis is more accurate?
a. Why?
5. Create two (2) additional crosstabulations with CAPPUN as the independent (column) variable and ABDEFECT and ABSINGLE as the dependent (row) variables. Paste those 2 tables here:
6. What is the epsilon value of supporting abortion in the case of a birth defect between those who favor and those who oppose capital punishment?
7. What is the epsilon value of supporting abortion in the case where the mother is single between those who favor and those who oppose capital punishment?
a. Is this bigger or smaller than the above epsilon (for birth defect)?
b. What does this mean?