Selecting a Control Variable
In the previous assignment we crosstabulated two variables. Presidential Vote, 1996 (V02) was the ROW or DEPENDENT variable, and Personal Financial Condition (V56) was the COLUMN or INDEPENDENT variable. In this assignment select the same ROW and COLUMN variables. We are now interested in the effect of Party Identification (V08) has on the relationship we observed before. Does Party Identification influence the relationship between presidental vote and personal financial condition? To answer this question, we use Party Identification (V08) as a CONTROL variable.
Select the ROW and COLUMN variables as you did in the previous assignment.
Select V08, PARTY IDENTIFICATION as the third, or FILTER variable.
Click on the arrow to move V08 into the FILTER box.
Click CELLS to specify the COUNT and COLUMN percentage as you did in the previous assignment.
Click OK.
This procedure will generate a series of tables. There will be one table for each of the seven codes used in V09 to measure the direction and strength of party identification. The first Table will show the relationship between PRESIDENTIAL VOTE (V02) and FUTURE FINANCIAL CONDITION (V56) for STRONG DEMOCRATS.
The Tables
The Three-Way Crosstab for (V02) Presidential Vote by (V56) Personal Financial Situation using (V08) Party Identification as a control variable will generate seven crosstab tables. There will be a separate table for:
Strong Democrats,
Weak Democrats,
Independent leaning to Democratic
Independent
Independent leaning to Republican
Weak Republicans
Strong Republicans.
The data in each table will be intrepreted the same way the tables in the previous assignment were intrepreted. Rather than describing the relationship for the entire sample, we will be describing a relationship for a particular group (i.e., in this case STRONG DEMOCRATS, WEAK DEMOCRATS, INDEPENDENTS LEANING DEMOCRACTIC, etc.).
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