Political Empirical Analysis question help

4. Think of the following survey question: "Are we spending too little, about the right amount, or too much on Social Security?" Would your answer be affected by the age of the person who is asking the question? That is, would you be more likely to say \"too little" ifthe questioner were much older than you? Such interviewer effects can indeed make it difcult to elicit truthful answers to survey questions that implicate interviewer characteristics. Proposition 1: In the case of the difference between the interviewer's age and the respondent's age, we would expect that in situations where the interviewer is older than the respondent. respondents will express greater support for Social Security than in situations where the interviewer and respondent are closer in age, or when the interviewer is younger than the respondent. Now consider this question: Will the agedifference effect he the same for liberals (who are predisposed to support increased spending on Social Security) and conservatives (who are predisposed to oppose increased spending}? When faced with an older interviewer, will conservatives be more likely than liberals to hide their true opinions and falsely profess support?l Proposition 2: The agedifference effect will be stronger for conservatives than for liberals. The following table, which displays raw cell frequencies, pennits you to investigate this question. Social Liberal Respondents Conservative Respondents SSecurity When the mewer is... Total When the igieviewer IS... Total El . 'ong Younger Age Older Younger Age Older About right! too 45 It)? 45 19'I 83 156 63 302 Too little 42 152 93 28? 68 174 63 305 Total 3? 259 138 484 151 330 126 607 (a) Calculate the x2 for liberal and conservative respondents, respectively. Show your work by drawing a table just like the one above, leaving room in each cell to record these numbers. (25 pts} 0 observed frequency {fa} o expected frequency (f2) . fenfa . (fa _ fe)2 ne (b) Based on the table and your analysis, is Proposition 1 supported? Explain. (5 pts) (c) Based on the table and your analysis, is Proposition 2 supported? Explain. (5 pts) (d) How would you describe this set of relationships? Is it additive, spurious, or interactive? Explain your reasoning. (5 pts)