The variables FECHLD, YEAR, and SEX have all been included in the GSS regularly since 1977. If the researchers removed the FILTER used to create Figure 7.1, and then re-ran the analyses, what would happen to the overall number of cases in the analysis?
Figure 7.1
A team of researchers is interested to know whether beliefs about working mothers are related to respondents’ gender, and how these beliefs have changed over recent years. They make a cross-tab of FECHLD by YEAR, using SEX as a control variable. The variable FECHLD corresponds to the survey question, “Please tell me whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it… A working mother can establish just as warm and secure a relationship with her children as a mother who does not work.”
a. The number of cases would likely decrease.
b. The number of cases would likely increase.
c. The number of cases would likely remain the same.
b. The number of cases would likely increase.
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