Attitude toward abortion by religious
1. (5 marks) For the bivariate table below:
a) Identify the variables and the level at which they are measured.
b) Determine if there is any association between the variables.
c) Describe the pattern or direction of the association.
d) Compute two appropriate measures of association to assess the strength of the
association. Briefly describe your findings.
Attitude toward abortion by religious background
Attitude toward
abortion Catholic Protestant No religion
Pro 15 35 30
Con 70 50 18
Total 85 85 48
2. (5 marks) Answer the same questions 1a) to d) for the table below but compute only one
appropriate measure of association of your choice.
Academic rank of professors at Canadian universities according to gender, 2019-2020
Academic rank Gender
Females Males Total
Full professor 5,085 11,895 16,980
Associate professor 6,951 8,892 15,843
Assistant professor 4,485 4,467 8,952
Other lower ranks 2,865 2,346 5,211
Total 19,386 27,600 46,986
Excerpt taken from: Statistics Canada. Table 37-10-0144-01 Number and proportion of full-time teaching staff at
Canadian universities by academic rank and sex, 2019-20. Published May 18, 2021.
3. (4 marks) A researcher is interested in finding out whether health in general and mental health
more specifically vary in the same way according to age. The researcher computed the two tables
