Week 6 Forum Psychology Coursework Tests of Significance

Tests of Significance
Name of Student
Institution Affiliation
Tests of Significance
Hypothesis
Research hypothesis:
H1: The relationship between a person’s race and their attitude towards gun permits (favor, oppose) is insignificant.
H1: The relationship between a person’s income and their attitude towards gun permits (favor, oppose) is insignificant.
Null hypothesis:
H0: There is a strong relationship between a person’s race and their attitude towards gun permits (favor, oppose).
H0: There is a strong relationship between a person’s income and their attitude towards gun permits (favor, oppose).
Data Analysis
The study involves one dependent variable (FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS) and two independent variables (Race and Income of the respondents). Being nominal variables, we use Chi-square as a level of measurement of the variables to determine the test of significance.
FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS * RACE OF RESPONDENT
Chi-Square Tests


Value

df

Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)

Pearson Chi-Square

14.041a

2

.001

Likelihood Ratio

15.035

2

.001

Linear-by-Linear Association

8.082

1

.004

N of Valid Cases

1283



a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 34.08.

From the table above, the sig. (2-sided) is 0.001. The sig. Value of .001 is less than the p=0.05.
A Chi-Square value of 14.041 with 2 degrees of freedom indicates that there is statistically significant difference between races of the respondents when it comes to preference on gun permits at p=0.001.
We, therefore, reject the null hypothesis since the sig. value (0.001) is less than the p value (p=0.05) and accept the research/ alternative hypothesis.
From the above analysis, we can conclude that, as predicted by the alternative hypothesis, the relationship between a person’s race and their attitude towards gun permits (favor, oppose) is insignificant.
Directional Measures


Value

Asymp. Std. Errora

Approx. T

Approx. Sig.

Nominal by Nominal

Lambda

Symmetric

.000

.000

.b

.b



FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS Dependent

.000

.000

.b

.b



RACE OF RESPONDENT Dependent

.000

.000

.b

.b


Goodman and Kruskal tau

FAVOR OR OPPOSE GUN PERMITS Dependent

.011

.005


.001c



RACE OF RESPONDENT Dependent

.008

.004


.000c

a. Not assuming the null hypothesis.

b. Cannot be computed because the asymptotic standard error equals zero.

c. Based o...