IX. Multivariate Analysis
Here is a multivariate table from SPSS.
Crosstabulation of Presidential Vote by Race and Political Views
for American Adults in 1996
- Which SPSS command would have produced this table?
- Which variable is the independent variable for the table?
- Which variable is the dependent variable for the table?
- Which variable is the control variable in this case?
- How many partial tables are there in the "big" table?
- Write in words what you conclude from each partial table in the
"big" table?
- Are the relationships in question statistically significant? How do
you know this?
- Draw a picture of the multivariate model that we have been testing
with the "big" table.
- Is this table an example of explanation, interpretation, specification,
or replication? Why do you say this?