qualitative research methods 8

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

It is frequently presumed that as individuals get older, they become more politically conservative. A political science student wants to verify this postulate. Using secondary data, the student ran a chi-square analysis of the age-group (18–35, 36–55, 56–80) and self-described political affiliation (liberal, moderate, or conservative). The results of his analysis are provided in the tables below, but the student is having difficultly explaining the results. Address the following:

Describe the overall findings of the chi-square in the output, including the cell contributions, based on the standardized residuals.
What conclusions can the student make concerning this postulate?
Case Processing Summary

Cases

Valid

Missing

Total

Percent

Political leanings * Age category

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

Political leanings * Age category Crosstabulation

Age Category

Young Adult

Middle-Aged

Older Adult

Political Leanings

Conservative

Count

Expected Count

6.0

Standardized Residual

-.8

-1.2

2.0

Moderate

Count

Expected Count

6.0

Standardized Residual

-.8

1.2

-.4

Liberal

Count

Expected Count

8.0

Standardized Residual

1.4

-1.4

Total

Count

Expected Count

20.0

Chi-Square Tests

Value

Asymptotic Significance (2-sided)

Pearson Chi-Square

12.667a

.013

Likelihood Ratio

12.350

.015

Linear-by-Linear Association

8.016

.005

N of Valid Cases

a. 0 cells (0.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 6.00.

Directional Measures

Value

Asymptotic Standard Errora

Approximate Tb

Approximate Significance

Nominal by Nominal

Lambda

Symmetric

.263

.116

2.070

.038

Political leanings Dependent

.222

.139

1.438

.150

Age category Dependent

.300

.111

2.372

.018

Goodman and Kruskal tau

Political leanings Dependent

.106

.059

.014c

Age category Dependent

.106

.059

.014c

a. Not assuming the null hypothesis

b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis

c. Based on chi-square approximation

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 200 word reply about his or her Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

What did you learn from your classmate’s posting? What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Discussion Board Rubric

Expectation Points Possible Points Earned Comments
Application of Learning Material Content: Post demonstrates understanding of Learning Material content.
20

Application of Course Knowledge: Post contributes unique perspectives or insights gleaned from text/learning resources, or specified by assignment.
20

DB Responses: Responds substantively to two posts. Responses encourage interaction in the Discussion Board and classroom community.
20

Organization: Post presents information logically and is clearly relevant to discussion topic.
8

Professional Language: Posts contain accurate grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation with few or no errors. Any resources should be cited in APA format or style specified in the assignment.
7

Total Points

Total Points Earned

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