8.16. Table 8.25 is from the 2006 General Social Survey, cross-classifying happiness (HAPPY) and marital status (MARITAL).

TABLE 8.25 Marital Very Pretty Not Too Status Happy Happy Happy Married 600(13.1) 720 (-5.4) 93 (-10.0)

Widowed 63 (-2.2) 142 (-0.2) 51 (3.4)

Divorced 93 (-6.1) 304(3.2) 88 (3.6)

Separated 19 (-2.7) 51 (-1.2) 31 (5.3)

Never 144 (-7.4) 459 (4.2) 127 (4.0)

Married

(a) Software reports that = 236.4. Interpret.

(b) Table 8.25 also shows, in parentheses, the standardized residuals. Summarize the association by indicating which marital statuses have strong evidence of (i) more, (ii) fewer people in the population in the very happy category than if the variables were independent,

(c) Compare the married and divorced groups by the difference in proportions in the very happy category.