Individual assignment

For your individual assignment, please respond fully to the following two questions:. Be sure to cite in your separate bibliography page. Please paste the questions in the body of your paper and then respond. It is due on March 8 (11:59 p.m.).

1. What is a contingency table? Identify all the features of contingency tables: title, clear column and row headings, data cell frequencies, column percentages, marginal totals, and grand totals. [5 points]

2. Calculate column percentages for the table below. Also, you should provide the COLUMN PERCENTAGE TABLE after calculating them. Practice writing up the results for the table below. Identify the number of recipients, and how they differ by education and welfare outcome. Then discuss the relationships between these two variables. Use statements in the form of Whereas xx percent of recipients with no high school degree have high welfare outcomes, xx percent of recipients with some college have high welfare outcomes, and so on. [5 points]

Education

Welfare Outcome

No H.S. degree

H.S. degree

Some college

Total

Low

60

55

10

125

Medium

35

55

15

105

High

25

30

20

75

Total

120

140

45

305

* Format:

12pt. Times New Roman, Double-spaced

Either .doc or .pdf form is accepted.

** Useful resources for individual assignment 2

You may watch this video that shows how to set up a Contingency Table. It is available at this link (This link is also available in Module 5 folder titled “creating contingency table in excel”)

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpiI_HZfmIY

textbook: chapter 8-9