Exercise 14.1: Constructing a Percentage Table from Raw Numbers

Now you are going to practice constructing and reading a table to test the relationship between Social Class and Political Efficacy. Consider the following table of raw numbers.





Assuming that Social Class is the independent variable and Political Efficacy is the dependent variable, construct a bivariate percentage table below using the same format as Table 14.2. You may want to use a calculator for this.





Examine the figures you have placed in Table 14.2E and answer the following questions.

1. What is the independent variable in the table?
2. What is the dependent variable in the table?
3. Identify the values of the independent and dependent variables.
4. State the hypothesis that seems to be tested in the table.
5. Compare the percentages of the members of each social class that have low political efficacy.
6. What do you conclude from these figures?

1. What is the independent variable in the table? 2. What is the dependent variable in the table? 3. Identify the values of the independent and dependent variables. 4. State the hypothesis that seems to be tested in the table. 5. Compare the percentages of the members of each social class that have low political efficacy. 6. What do you conclude from these figures?