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BIVARIATE & MULTIVARIATE TABLES

Exercise #6

Bivariate & Multivariate Tables

Clint Ferguson

SOWK 300

Tuskegee University

February 18, 2010

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Relationship Between Like Rap and Age

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Relationship Between Like Rap and AgeControlling for Race

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Variables for Exercise #6

Dependent Variable: RAPRs liking for rap

Independent Variable: AGECATRs age

Control Variable: RACERs race

Bivariate Hypothesis: The age of a person affects his or her outlook on rap music. The older a

person is the less likely they are to like rap music. In this way a small percent of respondents in

the 40 and older age category will like rap music compared to respondents in the 18-29 age

category. As respondents get older the percent of those who like rap music will go down.

Multivirate Hypothesis: The age of a person has an impact on his or her outlook on rap music.

The younger a person is the more likely they will like rap. Black respondents will tend to like rap

music more than white respondents. Among both races the percent of those who like rap will

decline as the age category gets older.

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Bivariate Discussion: The older a person gets the less likely they will like rap music. The

younger respondents are the more likely they will like rap. 52.4 percent of respondents in the 18-

29 age category like rap compared to 21.5 percent of respondents in the 40 and older age

category who dislike rap music. In our 3 age categorys what we see is a steady decline in those

who like rap as the age categorys get older.

Multivariate Discussion: Respondents who like rap were greater in all age categorys for

Black people than White people. For both races the percent of respondents who like rap declined

as the age category got older. 81.6 percent of Black respondents in the age category 18-29 like

rap compared to 44.7 percent of White respondents. In the 40 and older age category 18 percent

of White respondents like rap compared to 40 percent of Black respondents

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Rs Attitude About Rap By Rs Age

Rs Agecat3 (IV)

Attitude about 18-29 30-39 40 and older

Rap (DV)

Like Rap

Dislike Rap

Rs Attitude About Rap By Rs Age

Controlling for Rs Race

Rs Race (CV)

White Black

Rs Agecat3 (IV) Rs Agecat3 (IV)

Attitude About 18-29 30-39 40 and older Attitude About 18-29 30-39 40 and older

Rap (DV) Rap (DV)

Like Rap Like Rap

Dislike Rap Dislike Rap

52.4 38.7 21.5

47.6 61.3 78.5

81.6 71.8 40.5

18.4 28.2 59.5

44.7 34.3 18.0

55.3 65.7 82.0

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