The issue of how much should be spend to solve particular U.S. social problems is a complex matter, and people have diverse and conflicting ideas on these issues. Race and social class have an impact on how people perceive the extent of government spending. The 2016 GSS contains several questions on these topics. For this exercise, we present race and the variable NATFARE, which whether we were spending too much, too little, or the right amount of money to address welfare.

Race of Respondent

Spending on Welfare

White

Black

Hispanic

Total

Too little

128

51

38

217

About right

197

42

25

264

Too much

185

36

18

239

Total

510

129

81

720

1.How many degrees of freedom for the table (5 pts)? Df= (4-1) (3-1)= 4-1= 3; 3-1= 2; 3(2)= 6

2.Test whether race and NATFARE are independent (alpha level of .05). what do you conclude (Please explain, 15 pts)?

RACE/Welfare Spending

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White/Too little

128

128-128=

White/About right

197

197-197=

White/Too much

185

185-185-

Black/Too little

51

51-51=

Black/About right

42

Black/Too much

36

Hispanic/Too little

38

Hispanic/About right

25

Hispanic/Too much

18

Chi-square X² = ______50_____