A sample of respondents was asked their opinions of the death penalty for convicted murderers and of mercy killing for the terminally ill
The responses are given in the
following cross-tabulation:
Mercy Killing Favor Oppose Total
Favor 63 29 92
Oppose 70 18 88
Total 133 47 180
Death Penalty
a. Why is there no independent or dependent variable?
b. Compute total percents for the cross-tabulation.
c. What percent of the sample favors the use of the death penalty?
d. What percent of the sample favors mercy killing?
e. What percent of the sample favors both types of killing?
f. What percent of the sample opposes both types of killing?
g. What percent of the sample favors one type of killing but not the other?
h. What can be concluded about the relationship between the variables?
What would be an ideal response?
a. Because neither opinion is clearly the result of the other.
Mercy Killing Favor Oppose Total
Favor 63 29 92
137.0% 63.0% 200.0%
Oppose 70 18 88
152.2% 39.1% 191.3%
Total 133 47 180
289.1% 102.2% 391.3%
Death Penalty
b. 73.9%
c. 51.1%
d. 35.0%
e. 10.0%
f. 38.9 16.1 55.0% + =
g. People who favor the death penalty are more likely to oppose mercy killing,
whereas people who oppose the death penalty are more likely to favor mercy
killing.
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