A child care organization commissioned a random survey to


A child care organization commissioned a random survey to identify attitudes toward child-raising. A topic of interest was the difference between the beliefs of mean and women regarding discipline. The following table reports data on men's and women's attitudes toward spanking. 

Attitudes toward spanking by Respondent Gender 

Favor Spanking  Male  Female

Strongly  115  107

Somewhat 212  221

Oppose  73  109

Strongly oppose 18  42

chi-square = 13.1 , degree of freedom = 3, significance = 0.004.

  • What is an alternative (research) hypothesis and the null hypothesis that could be tested with the data in this table?
  • What are the the independent and the dependent variables.
  • Calculate percentages and based on the calculation, what is the the relationship shown in the table? Do the data in the table support or contradict the hypothesis? Why?
  • Would you reject the null hypothesis?

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