Discussion:
Q. A political science professor is interested in finding out whether there is a relation between political affiliation and attitude towards a recent Supreme Court ruling about challenges to federal affirmative-action programs. He samples a group of registered voters at random and organizes the data collated in the contingency table provided below. According to the information, what can be concluded about the relationship he is interested in studying? Use the 8-step hypothesis testing procedure and include a computer printout of your analysis.
Table
Voter Attitudes
|
Political Affiliation
|
Approve
|
Do Not Approve
|
Not Sure
|
TOTAL
|
|
Democrats
|
10
|
15
|
5
|
30
|
|
Republicans
|
15
|
15
|
10
|
40
|
|
Independents
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
45
|
|
TOTAL
|
31
|
34
|
20
|
85
|