The article Positive Aspects of Caregiving (Research on Aging (2004) 26: 429 453) describes a study that

The article €œPositive Aspects of Caregiving€ (Research on Aging (2004) 26: 429€“ 453) describes a study that assessed how caregiving to Alzheimer€™s patients impacted the caregivers. Most people would generally think that family members who provide daily care to parents and spouses with Alzheimer€™s disease would tend to be negatively impacted by their role as caregiver. The study asked 1,229 caregivers to respond to the following statement: €œCaregiving enabled me to develop a more positive attitude toward life.€ The following responses were reported:

a. Provide a graphical display of the data that illustrates potential differences in the ­percentages in the five cells.
b. Is there significant evidence that the proportions are not equally dispersed over the five possible responses? Use a = .05.

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Response Disagree a Lot Agee Agree 166 13.5 a Little No Opinion a Litde aLot Total 542 1.229 100 116 9.4 Number % of total 234 19.2 13.9 44.1