Use the following GSS data on fear, race, and home ownership for this exercise. Variables measure respondents race, whether the respondent fears walking alone at night, and his or her home ownership.

Race: B = black, W = white; Fear: Y= yes, N = no; Rent/Own: R = rent, 0 = own.
a. Construct a bivariate table of frequencies for race and fear of walking alone at night. Which is the independent variable?
b. Calculate percentages for the table based on the independent variable. Describe the relationship between race and fear of walking alone using the table. What sampling issues are involved here?
c. Use the data to construct a bivariate table to compare fear of walking alone at night between people who own their homes and those who rent. Use percentages to show whether there is a difference between homeowners and renters in fear of walking alone.

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