SOC An urban sociologist has built up a database describing a sample of the neighborhoods in her city and has developed a scale by which each area can be rated for the “quality of life”

(this includes measures of pollution, noise, open space, services available, and so on). She has also asked samples of residents of these areas about their level of satisfaction with their neighborhoods. Is there signifi cant agreement between the sociologist’s objective ratings of quality and the respondents’ self-reports of satisfaction?

Quality of Life Satisfaction Low Moderate High Totals Low 21 15 6 42 Moderate 12 25 21 58 High 8 17 32 57 Totals 41 57 59 157

a. Is there a statistically signifi cant relationship between these variables?

b. Compute column percentages for the table to determine the pattern of the relationship.

Which group is most likely to say that their satisfaction is high?