The police chief wants to know whether the city’s non-whites feel that the police are doing...

The police chief wants to know whether the city’s non-whites feel that the police are doing a good job. In comparison to whites’ evaluation, this information will tell the police whether they have a community relations problem in the non-white community. A survey reveals the data in the accompanying table.

	Race
Attitude toward Police	Nonwhite	White	Total
Police do not do good job	76	73	149
Police do good job	74	223	297
Total	150	296	446

a) What can you tell the police chief about the contingency table? Do the city’s non-whites feel the police are doing a good job?

b) Explain the various steps you must perform when conducting a Chi-square analysis?

c) Perform a chi-square analysis to test the relationship between race and attitude toward the police. Discuss and provide a substantive interpretation of your findings.

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