Looking at the first cross-tab in Figure 4.1, the 3.4 in the upper left corner tells us that:

Question

A researcher is interested to know whether people of different racial-ethnic groups tend to hold different ideas about American cultural diversity. She creates Figure 4.1, where RACEHISP is a variable that indicates respondents’ self-identification as non-Hispanic white, Black or African American, non-Black Hispanic, or another racial/ethnic minority group. IMMCULT is a variable corresponding to the question “How much do you agree of disagree with the following statements? ‘American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.’



Figure 4.1





a. Of those who strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants” 3.4 identified as non-Hispanic whites.

b. 3.4% of non-Hispanic white respondents strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.”

c. Approximately 3 white respondents strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.”

d. Of all of the respondents surveyed, 3.4 % were non-Hispanic whites who strongly agree with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants”

Answer 1

b. 3.4% of non-Hispanic white respondents strongly agreed with the idea that “American culture is generally undermined by immigrants.”