Question 1

V201606 is a pre-election variable asking respondents if they have any money invested in the stock market. V201502 is a pre-election variable asking respondents how much better or worse off they are now versus a year ago.

Yes, the results do suggest an association. If you have money invested in the stock market you are most likely to be feel you are better off than the year prior. The results also show that those who had not invested in stocks were more likely to feel worse off than the following year.

table(ANES2020$V201606, ANES2020$V201502)
##    
##        1    2    3    4    5
##   1  392  904 2180  590  144
##   2  196  468 1520  657  389
stock_market <- table(ANES2020$V201606, ANES2020$V201502)
chisq.test(ANES2020$V201606, ANES2020$V201502)
## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  ANES2020$V201606 and ANES2020$V201502
## X-squared = 314.2, df = 4, p-value < 2.2e-16
expected_values <- matrix(nrow = 2, ncol = 5)

for(i in 1:nrow(stock_market)){
  for(j in (1:ncol(stock_market))){
    expected_values[i,j] <- (sum(stock_market[i,]) *
sum(stock_market[,j]))/sum(stock_market)
  }
}

stock_market - expected_values
##    
##              1          2          3          4          5
##   1   59.27419  127.63978   86.31720 -115.62769 -157.60349
##   2  -59.27419 -127.63978  -86.31720  115.62769  157.60349
differences <- stock_market - expected_values

Question 2

V201549x is a pre-election variable asking respondents their race/ethnicity. V201502 is a pre-election variable asking respondents how much better or worse off they are now versus a year ago.

Yes, the results do suggest there is an association between race/ethnicity and whether respondents were likely to feel better or worse off than the previous year.

table(ANES2020$V201549x, ANES2020$V201502)
##    
##        1    2    3    4    5
##   1  473 1121 3044  949  366
##   2   57   89  358  132   90
##   3   73  129  355  144   59
##   4   15   67  144   43   15
##   5    7   18   86   41   19
##   6   20   38  133   44   35
chisq.test(ANES2020$V201549x, ANES2020$V201502)
## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  ANES2020$V201549x and ANES2020$V201502
## X-squared = 105.86, df = 20, p-value = 1.112e-13
preelec_race <- table(ANES2020$V201549x, ANES2020$V201502)

expected_values <- matrix(nrow = 6, ncol = 5)

for(i in 1:nrow(preelec_race)){
  for(j in (1:ncol(preelec_race))){
    expected_values[i,j] <- (sum(preelec_race[i,]) *
sum(preelec_race[,j]))/sum(preelec_race)
  }
}

preelec_race - expected_values
##    
##               1           2           3           4           5
##   1   2.6809162  54.9434101  39.7912788 -37.5763106 -59.8392945
##   2  -0.3579128 -41.0112690  -8.3792259  11.6817736  38.0666340
##   3  12.9559040  -7.0999510 -28.5374816  18.0470358   4.6344929
##   4  -7.4375306  16.1415973   0.6780990  -4.0666340  -5.3155316
##   5  -6.5099216 -12.6224890  -0.2959334  12.6605830   6.7677609
##   6  -1.3314552 -10.3512984  -3.2567369  -0.7464478  15.6859383

Question 3

V201255 is a pre-election variable asking respondents about the degree to which they think government should make sure people have jobs and a good standard of living versus let people get ahead on their own. V201502 is a pre-election variable asking respondents how much better or worse off they are now versus a year ago.

Yes, the results do suggest there is an association between people who valued getting ahead on their own and the likelihood that they will be better off now versus a year ago.

table(ANES2020$V201255, ANES2020$V201502)
##    
##       1   2   3   4   5
##   1  57 122 408 190 144
##   2  40 121 401 145  60
##   3  42 160 532 218  66
##   4  93 192 820 263  88
##   5  61 180 538 155  62
##   6  94 253 472 102  37
##   7 198 316 521 125  33
chisq.test(ANES2020$V201255, ANES2020$V201502)
## 
##  Pearson's Chi-squared test
## 
## data:  ANES2020$V201255 and ANES2020$V201502
## X-squared = 530.57, df = 24, p-value < 2.2e-16
govjobs <- table(ANES2020$V201255, ANES2020$V201502)


expected_values <- matrix(nrow = 7, ncol = 5)

for(i in 1:nrow(govjobs)){
  for(j in (1:ncol(govjobs))){
    expected_values[i,j] <- (sum(govjobs[i,]) *
sum(govjobs[,j]))/sum(govjobs)
  }
}

govjobs - expected_values
##    
##              1          2          3          4          5
##   1 -16.715283 -47.356136 -57.225339  39.041182  82.255575
##   2 -21.389383 -20.038172  13.564783  19.282939   8.579833
##   3 -39.478998 -27.192776  17.776987  51.142154  -2.247366
##   4 -23.535778 -75.733479  84.529758  24.350664  -9.611164
##   5 -18.718156  -3.147353  34.889862  -8.251881  -4.772472
##   6  17.323300  76.840197 -11.915173 -55.023396 -27.224928
##   7 102.514297  96.627719 -81.620878 -70.541661 -46.979477

Question 4

V202187 is a post-election feeling thermometer asking respondents how they feel about people who identify as gay or lesbian. V202172 is a post-election feeling thermometer asking respondents how they feel about people who identify as transgender.

Test Statistic = 2.3663 The conclusion that can be made is that there is a clear relationship between how respondents feel about gay or lesbian individuals and how they will feel about transgender individuals.

cor.test(ANES2020$V202187, ANES2020$V202172, use="complete.obs")
## 
##  Pearson's product-moment correlation
## 
## data:  ANES2020$V202187 and ANES2020$V202172
## t = 2.3663, df = 7304, p-value = 0.018
## alternative hypothesis: true correlation is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  0.004748795 0.050575504
## sample estimates:
##        cor 
## 0.02767669

Question 5

V202171 is a post-election feeling thermometer asking respondents how they feel about the police. V202173 is a post-election feeling thermometer asking respondents how they feel about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Test Statistic = -4.2962 The conclusion we should make based on this statistic is their is no correlation between how respondents feel about police and how they feel about the Black Lives Matter movement.

cor.test(ANES2020$V202171, ANES2020$V202173, use="complete.obs")
## 
##  Pearson's product-moment correlation
## 
## data:  ANES2020$V202171 and ANES2020$V202173
## t = -4.2962, df = 7386, p-value = 1.76e-05
## alternative hypothesis: true correlation is not equal to 0
## 95 percent confidence interval:
##  -0.07264795 -0.02715500
## sample estimates:
##         cor 
## -0.04992737

Question 6

Can we compare the two correlation coefficients from Questions 4 and 5? Why or why not? If we can, what comparison(s) can we make?

We cannot compare the two correlation coefficients as one suggests no correlation given the negative value of the coefficient.