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Group Exercise: Visualizing relationships

Imagine that we are doing research to investigate gender differences. Identify a variable (from a survey question) that measures the following concept and then construct a 2x2 percentage table (crosstabulation) to demonstrate what result would show a gender difference, or, in other words, a causal relationship between gender and that concept.

  1. political affiliation
  2. presidential vote in 2016
  3. religiosity
  4. educational attainment
  5. employment status
  6. home ownership

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Enees, Negla, Anna, Brandon (me)

Gender Difference
Employment Attainment

 
Male
Female
Have jobs
80
20
Have no jobs
20
80
 
 
No Gender Difference
Employment Attainment
 
Male
Female
Have jobs
51
49
Have no jobs
49
51

Candidates M F - Gender
Hilary 15% 35%

Trump 35% 15%
50% 50%

Gender
M F
Bachelor's 20 40
Master's 30 10
50 50

Gender
M F
Bachelor 25 30
Masters 25 20
50 50
Question: Is there a significant gender difference in individuals who pursue Master’s degrees?

Educational
Attainment

50 50

Religiosity
Table one
M F
High 150 350
Low 350 150

Table #2
M F
High 250 250
Low 250 250

Elisa Nunez & Samir Fathalla

Table Exemplifying Difference:
Male & Democrat - 15
Male & Republican - 35
50 Sample Size
Female & Democrat - 40
Female & Republican - 10
100 Sample Size

Table exemplifying NO difference
Male Democrat - 25
Male Republican - 35
Female Democrat- 30
Female Republican - 20
50 Sample Size