n a study conducted by Zogby International more than 700 New

n a study conducted by Zogby International, more than 700 New Yorkers were polled to determine whether the

New York state government works. Respondents surveyed were asked questions involving pay cuts for state

legislators, restrictions on lobbyists, term limits for legislators, and whether state citizens should be able to put

matters directly on the state ballot for a vote. The results regarding several proposed reforms had broad support,

crossing all demographic and political lines.

Suppose that a follow-up survey of 100 individuals who live in the western region of New York was conducted. The

party affiliation (Democrat, Republican, Independent) of each individual surveyed was recorded, as well as their

responses to the following 3 questions:

Should legislative pay be cut for every day the state budget is late?

___Yes ___No

Should there be more restrictions on lobbyists?

___Yes __No

Should there be term limits requiring that legislators can only serve a fixed number of years? Yes or No.

___Yes __No

Their responses were coded using 1 for yes and 2 for no.

1. Use descriptive statistics to summarize the data from this study. What preliminary conclusions do you draw

about the independence of the response (yes or no) and party affiliation for each of the three questions in

the survey?

2. With regard to question A, test for the independence of the response (yes or no) and party affiliation. Use

alpha = .05.

3. With regard to question B test for the independence of the response (yes or no) and party affiliation. Use

alpha = .05.

4. With regard to question C, test for the independence of the response (yes or no) and party affiliation. Use

alpha = .05.

5. Does it appear that there is broad support for change across all political lines? Explain.