I believe the way to interpret this problem is to utilize Ke

I believe the way to interpret this problem is to utilize Kendall\'s Tau-b; however, I am unsure and extremely confused how to interpret and answer the question listed above.

Solution

Sol)

Null hypothesis: There is no relationship between Char of victim and Char of offenders.

Alternative hypothesis:There is a relationship between Char of victim and Char of offenders.

Level of significance: 0.05

Test Statistic:

We use Kendall\'s Tau-b to find the association between them

From SPSS Tool

char_victim * char_offerend Crosstabulation                  
Count
   char_offerend   Total
black   others   white  
char_victim   black 2447 9 193 2649
others 45 99 180 324
white 448 33 2630 3111
Total       2940 141 3003 6084

Symmetric Measures                  
Value   Asymp. Std. Errora   Approx. Tb   Approx. Sig.
Ordinal by Ordinal   Kendall\'s tau-b   .743 .008 89.425 .000
N of Valid Cases 6084          

Conclusion

Kendall\'s tau-b = .743

P value=0.00000 andd alpha=0.05

p value < alpha at 5% level, then we reject the null hypothesis.

Hence There is a relationship between Char of victim and Char of offenders.