In the 2008 General Social Survey, religious preference and opinion about when premarital sex might be wrong were among the measured variables. The contingency table of counts for these variables is as follows:
|
Religious Preference and opinion about Premarital Sex
|
|
Religion
|
Always
|
Almost Always
|
Sometimes
|
Never
|
Total
|
|
Protestant
|
221
|
54
|
98
|
288
|
661
|
|
Catholic
|
45
|
17
|
54
|
179
|
295
|
|
Jewish
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
18
|
29
|
|
None
|
15
|
10
|
32
|
164
|
221
|
|
Other
|
20
|
7
|
12
|
41
|
80
|
|
Total
|
303
|
89
|
204
|
690
|
1286
|
a. For each religious preference category, determine the percentage of respondents who think premarital sex is always wrong.
b. Do the percentages computed in part (a) indicate that there is a relationship between the two variables? Briefly explain why or why not.