Problem Set 5:

Research Scenario: A community psychologist is studying how people consume news in her area. In particular, she is interested in news consumption among Americans with different political ideologies. She surveys 120 adults and asks about their political ideology (consistently conservative (n = 40), consistently liberal (n = 40), or mixed (n = 40)) and their main source of news. (For the purposes of this exercise, only two are included here: CNN and Fox News). The data are presented in the table below (note: data are based on research conducted by the Pew Research Center: http://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-1-media-sources-distinct-favorites-emerge-on-the-left-and-right/). The results are listed in the table below. Is news source preference independent of political ideology?

Using this table, enter the data into a new SPSS data file. Use the appropriate test to analyze the question and create the appropriate graph.

CNN

Fox News

Consistently Conservative

8

32

Mixed

23

17

Consistently

Liberal

36

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