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Chapter 4: Analyzing Race and Ethnicity With the GSS
A researcher is interested to know whether people of different racial-ethnic groups tend to hold different ideas about American cultural diversity. She creates Figure 4.1, where RACEHISP is a variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. IMMCULT is a variable corresponding to the question “How much do you agree of disagree with the following statements? ‘American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.’
Figure 4.1
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1. The researcher is most likely using which variable as the dependent variable in this analysis?
a. YEAR
b. RACEHISP
c. IMMCULT
d. DEGREE
2. Of the racial/ethnic groups analyzed in this figure, which group has the highest number of respondents?
a. non-Hispanic whites
b. Blacks
c. non-Black Hispanics
d. other racial/ethnic groups
3. Taking all respondents together, what is the modal category of the variable IMMCULT?
a. Agree Strongly
b. Agree
c. Disagree
d. Disagree Strongly
4. Looking at the first cross-tab in Figure 4.1, the 3.4 in the upper left corner tells us that:
a. Of those who strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants” 3.4 identified as non-Hispanic whites.
b. 3.4% of non-Hispanic white respondents strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.”
c. Approximately 3 white respondents strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.”
d. Of all of the respondents surveyed, 3.4 % were non-Hispanic whites who strongly agree with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants”
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to Figure 4.1?
a. Within every racial-ethnic group considered in Figure 4.1, fewer than 10% of respondents strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.
b. Overall, most respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.”
c. Within every racial-ethnic group considered in Figure 4.1, the modal category of the variable IMMCULT is the same.
d. Non-Hispanic white respondents were the most likely racial-ethnic group to strongly agree with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.”
Figure 4.2 examines the relationship between respondents’ racial-ethnic group and their confidence in education, controlling for respondents’ gender. RACEHISP is a nominal-level variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. CONEDUC is the variable corresponding to the question, ”I am going to name some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them? … Education.”
The top portion of the figure shows the variables used to construct the analysis and indicates that SEX was used as a control variable and YEAR was used as a filter.
Figure 4.2
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Statistics for SEX = 2(FEMALE) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cells contain: | RACEHISP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ROW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONEDUC | 1: A GREAT DEAL | 21.9 | 35.5 | 40.6 | 30.6 | 27.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2: ONLY SOME | 60.1 | 52.6 | 47.6 | 58.4 | 57.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3: HARDLY ANY | 18.1 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 15.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COL TOTAL | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6. Among men respondents, which group was the most likely to report having a great deal of confidence in educational institutions?
a. White men
b. Black men
c. Non-Black Hispanic men
d. Other men
7. Among women respondents, which group was the most likely to report having a great deal of confidence in educational institutions?
a. White women
b. Black women
c. Non-Black Hispanic women
d. Other women
8. Approximately how many non-Hispanic, white women respondents reported that they had a great deal of confidence in educational institutions?
a. 243
b. 501
c. 340
d. 642
9. Which of the following statements is correct, according to Figure 4.2?
a. The percentage of men who have “a great deal” of confidence in education as a social institution is higher than the percentage of women who have “a great deal” of confidence in education as a social institution
b. Across all racial-ethnic and gender groups the mean response is 3.
c. The majority of respondents have a great deal of confidence in education as a social institution.
d. Across all racial-ethnic and gender groups, the modal category is having “only some” confidence in education as a social institution
10. The results presented in Figure 4.2 include data from:
a. 1972 - 2014
b. 2000 - 2014
c. 2010-2014
d. All years in which both RACEHISP and CONEDUC are included in the survey.
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