7.2 Table 7.21 depicts data that was obtained from the 1994 administration of the GSS on respondents’ sex, race, and level of agreement with spanking to discipline a child. Suppose that the main research question of interest is whether and how sex is associated with endorsement of spanking, as well as whether this association varies by race.

a. Determine the best fitting, most parsimonious model and describe the process you used to do so.

b. What types of associations exist among the variables, according to the most parsimonious model?