Income inequality in the United States is a complex matter, and people have diverse and conflicting ideas on how to best address it. For this exercise, we present GSS 2014 SPSS analysis of political party identification and the variable HELPPOOR, which measures support of the statement whether the government in Washington should do everything possible to improve the standard of living of all poor Americans. HELPPOOR is measured on a scale 1 = government action to 5 = each person should take care of himself. A score of 3 indicates agreement to both strategies.
1. What percentage of Democrats indicate that government action is necessary to help poor Americans? What percentage of Republicans indicated the same?
2. The chi-square obtained is 119.53. Based on an alpha of .01, what can you conclude about the relationship between political party identification and HELPPOOR?

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Government Agree to Both People Help Themselves Total Action 4 Democrat 69 50 142 30 33 324 Independent 40 18 77 15 13 163 Republican 15 10 84 70 66 245 Total 124 78 303 115 112 732