Youhave had plenty of practice with data analysis in the Discussions andhopefully you have received helpful and encouraging feedback from yourcolleagues. Now, for the last time in the course, it is time once againto put all of that good practice to use and answer a social researchquestion using categorical statistical tools. As you begin theAssignment, be sure and pay close attention to the assumptions of thetest. Specifically, make sure the variables are categorical levelvariables.

Forthis Assignment, you will consider three different scenarios. Each ofthese scenarios include a research question. You will examine eachscenario, choose a categorical data analysis and run a sample test.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• ReviewChapters 10 and 11 of the Frankfort-Nachmias & Leon-Guerrero coursetext and the media program found in this week’s Learning Resourcesrelated to bivariate categorical tests.
• Using the SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset found in this week’s Learning Resources.
• Next,review the Chi Square Scenarios found in this week’s Learning Resourcesand consider each research scenario for this Assignment.
• Basedon the dataset you chose and for each research scenario provided, usingthe SPSS software, choose a categorical data analysis and run a sampletest.
• Onceyou perform your categorical data analysis, review Chapter 11 of theWagner text to understand how to copy and paste your output into yourWord document.

For this Assignment:

Writea 1- to 2-paragraph analysis of your categorical data results for eachresearch scenario. In your analysis, display the data for the output.Based on your results, provide an explanation of what the implicationsof social change might be.

References

Week 11

Scenarios

1.Results of your literature review conclude that trust in the police isan integral part of any democracy. You wish to test whether arelationship between trust in the police and presence of democracy(measured with dichotomous variable) exists in Africa. UsingAfrobarometer 2015, please provide: a 1–2 APA style paragraph statementthat furnishes an answer to this question, note the relevant statistics,comment on meaningfulness, and include your relevant SPSS output.
2.Following up on your previous analysis, you now wish to determinewhether a relationship exists between citizen trust in police andwhether respondents reside in rural, urban or semi-urban settings? UsingAfrobarometer 2015, please provide: a 1–2 APA style paragraph statementthat furnishes an answer to this question, note the relevantstatistics, comment on meaningfulness, and include your relevant SPSSoutput. In addition, please comment on what could be influencing theresults you obtained.
3. Is there a relationship between perceptionsof current economic conditions and extent of a democracy? UsingAfrobarometer 2015, please provide: a 1–2 APA style paragraph statementthat furnishes an answer to this question, note the relevant statistics,comment on meaningfulness, and include your relevant SPSS output. Inaddition, please comment on what could be influencing the results youobtained.