Select a good data analysis technique for the following variables, and explain your choice.

Briefly describe how you would do the analysis and what you might propose as a research hypothesis. Remember, for each set of variables, you are asked to determine three things: 1)

data analysis technique, 2) reason for choice of this technique, and 3) a research hypothesis.

a) IV: father’s income in dollars.

DV: respondent’s income in dollars.

b) IV: religious affiliation.
DV: political party preference.

c) IV: country’s literacy rate.
DV: country’s birth rate.

d) IVs: income, age, number of years of education, and race (“dummied”).
DV: whether or not the person votes.

e) IVs: income, age, years of education, and race (“dummied”).
DV: score on a multipoint scale measuring liberal/conservative orientation.

f) IV: country’s level of inequality – high, medium, low.
DV: country’s human rights record – good, medium, poor.
g) IV: city (or state or province) homicide rate.
DV: city (or state or province) suicide rate.
h) IV: exposure to a violent movie, i.e., yes or no on exposure to an experimental condition.
DV: score on an aggression scale.