Question 1

Launch SPSS and load the "ANES2016small.sav" data set. Run the code to produce the example output from Section 8.2 of the workbook.

a) Calculate the Chi-squared test for the output presented in Figure 8.4. Report the results of the test and write about what it tells you about the theory that voters in union households are more likely to support candidates from the left.

b) A commonly expressed theory of politics is that people who are dissatisfied with the performance of the legislature are more likely to vote for candidates who are political outsiders. Test the theory using the variables "StronglyDisapproveCongress" (coded 1 for respondent reporting they strongly disapprove of the way Congress is doing its job) and "V2Trump". Produce an appropriate table and report the results from a Chi-square test. Write about what the analysis tells you about the theory in question.

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Question 3

In SPSS open the "FairFPSR3.sav" data set.

a) Run the code to produce Figure 8.3 from the textbook. Copy and paste the figure into your word processing document.

b) Go through the steps to test the economic voting theory but replace "growth" with "inflation" as the independent variable. Produce an appropriate figure and a table to show what you have found and report the results from a t-test for the correlation. Write about what this analysis tells you about the theory of economic voting.