Is there a relationship between salary levels and unionization for public employees? The following data represent this relationship for fire departments in a random sample of 100 cities of roughly the same size. Salary data have been dichotomized at the median. Summarize your findings.

PA Gender Party Preference Male Female Totals Democrat 10 15 25 Republican 15 10 25 Totals 25 25 50 Race Received Services? Black White Totals Yes 6 7 13 No 4 9 13 Totals 10 16 26 Homicide Rate Volume of Gun Sales Low High Totals High 8 5 13 Low 4 8 12 Totals 12 13 25 Status Salary Union Nonunion Totals High 21 29 50 Low 14 36 50 Totals 35 65 100 Status NonRecidivist? Participants participants Totals Yes 60 123 183 No 55 108 163 Totals 115 231 346 Per Capita Income Quality Low High Totals Low 16 8 24 High 9 17 26 Totals 25 25 50

a. Is there a statistically significant relationship between gender and party preference?

b. Compute column percents for the table to determine the pattern of the relationship. Which gender is more likely to prefer the Democrats?