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C12. Based on the 2018 GSS, we compare church attendance (ATTEND) between lower-
and upper-class respondents. ATTEND is an ordinal measure: 0 = never, 1 = less than
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once a year, 2 = once a year, 3 = several times a year, 4 = once a month, 5 = 2-3 times a
month, and 6 = nearly every week. A lower score indicates lower church attendance.
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Group Statistics
Subjective class
identification
Std.
Deviation
Std. Error
Mean
Mean
How often R attends
religious services
LOWER CLASS
137
2.99
2.949
.252
UPPER CLASS
53
3.51
2.946
.405
Independent Samples Test
Levene's Test for Equality of
Variances
Sig. (2-
tailed)
Sig.
df
How often R attends
religious services
Equal variances
assumed
.161
.689
-1.083
188
.280
Equal variances not
assumed
-1.084
94.704
.281
Transcribed Image Text:C12. Based on the 2018 GSS, we compare church attendance (ATTEND) between lower- and upper-class respondents. ATTEND is an ordinal measure: 0 = never, 1 = less than %3D %3D once a year, 2 = once a year, 3 = several times a year, 4 = once a month, 5 = 2-3 times a month, and 6 = nearly every week. A lower score indicates lower church attendance. %3D %3D Group Statistics Subjective class identification Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean Mean How often R attends religious services LOWER CLASS 137 2.99 2.949 .252 UPPER CLASS 53 3.51 2.946 .405 Independent Samples Test Levene's Test for Equality of Variances Sig. (2- tailed) Sig. df How often R attends religious services Equal variances assumed .161 .689 -1.083 188 .280 Equal variances not assumed -1.084 94.704 .281
a. Interpret the group means for lower- and upper-class
attends church more often?
respondents. Which group
b. Assume alpha = .05 for a two-tailed test. What can you conclude about the difference
in church attendance between the two groups?
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c. If alpha were changed to .01, would your Step 5 decision change? Explain.
Transcribed Image Text:a. Interpret the group means for lower- and upper-class attends church more often? respondents. Which group b. Assume alpha = .05 for a two-tailed test. What can you conclude about the difference in church attendance between the two groups? %3D c. If alpha were changed to .01, would your Step 5 decision change? Explain.
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