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Grader - Instructions Excel 2016 Project

Chi-Square Test of Independence V5


Project Description:
Data was collected from several classes of Business students enrolled in a private religious affiliated university during the fall
semester of the 2016 presidential election year. The variables collected included: 1) Sex - Female/Male; 2) HS -
Private/Public; 3) Party - Democrat/Republican/Other (includes Independent, Libertarian, and Green); 4) Registered - Yes/No;
5) Likely Vote - 0-100%. For the purpose of this project, you will only be using the variables, Party and Sex. The purpose of
this project is to determine if the data support that a student's political party choice is independent of sex.

Steps to Perform:

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1 Start Excel. Download and open the workbook named: 0


Chi-Square_Test_of_Independence_Start.
2 In cells C8-G12, insert a pivot table displaying the observed 2
frequencies.
Insert PivotTable
Go to the
Voting Data worksheet. Select the PivotTable in the Tables group of
the Insert tab of the Ribbon.
Selecting Data Series
Choose Select a table or range and select col
umns A-F on the Voting Data worksheet. Select Existing Worksheet
and choose cell H2 on the Voting Data worksheet as the location for
the pivot table. Do not check any additional boxes in the Create
PivotTable dialog.
Edit PivotTable
In the PivotTable F
ields list, drag-and-drop the Sex field into the rows area and Party field
into the columns and values areas. In the Fields list, open the drop-
down menu to the right of the Party field and uncheck the (blank) box.
Then open the drop-down menu for the Sex field and uncheck the
(blank) box. Select design Pivot Style Light 20 in the PivotTable Styles
group of the Design tab of the Ribbon. Set Times New Roman, size 14
pt. font to the text in the pivot table in the Home tab of the Ribbon.
Change the name of the pivot table to Table1 in the PivotTable group
of the Analyze tab on the Ribbon.
Moving PivotTable
Select the pivot table. Then choose Move PivotTable in the Actions
group of the Analyze tab on the Ribbon. In the Move PivotTable dialog
select cells
C8-G12 on the Problem worksheet.

Note: Filters should be set to both the Party and Sex fields. Other
options will not be graded.

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Grader - Instructions Excel 2016 Project

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Step Instructions
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3 In cells C16-G20, insert a pivot table displaying the conditional 1


distribution.
Insert PivotTable
Go to the
Voting Data worksheet. Select the PivotTable in the Tables group of
the Insert tab of the Ribbon.
Selecting Data Series
Choose Select a table or range and select columns
A-F on the Voting Data worksheet. Select Existing Worksheet and
choose cell H9 on the Voting Data worksheet as the location for the
pivot table. Do not check any additional boxes in the Create PivotTable
dialog.
Edit PivotTable

In the PivotTable Fields list, drag-and-drop the Sex field into the rows
area and Party field into the columns and values areas. In the Fields
list, open the drop-down menu to the right of the Party field and
uncheck the (blank) box. Then open the drop-down menu for the Sex
field and uncheck the (blank) box. In the Values area, open the drop-
down list to the right of the field name and select the Value Field
Settings option. Choose % of Row Total in the Show Values As tab.
Click on Number Format button and set percentage format that
displays two decimal places. Select design Pivot Style Light 20 in the
PivotTable Styles group of the Design tab of the Ribbon. Set to the text
in the pivot table Times New Roman, size 14 pt. font in the Home tab
of the Ribbon. Change the name of the pivot table to Table2 in the
PivotTable group of the Analyze tab on the Ribbon.
Moving PivotTable
Sel
ect the pivot table. Then choose Move PivotTable in the Actions group
of the Analyze tab on the Ribbon. In the Move PivotTable dialog select
cells C16-G20 on the Problem worksheet.

Note: Filters should be set to both the Party and Sex fields. Other
options will not be graded.
4 In cells C24-G24, insert a Clustered Column Chart to show the 2
relationship between political party and sex.
Inserting Chart
Select the Column Chart and then the Clustered Column Chart from
the provided chart options in the Charts group of the Insert tab of the
Ribbon.
Selecting Data Series

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Grader - Instructions Excel 2016 Project

Points
Step Instructions
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Choose Select Data in the Design tab on the Ribbon. Delete any
series created automatically using the Remove button and add new
series using Add button.
Add new series for the distribution
of Democrats by gender using cells D18-D19 as the Series values.
Use cell D17 to set the series name.Add new series for the distribution
of Others by gender using cells
E18-E19 as the Series values. Use cell E17 to set the series
name.Add new series for
the distribution of Republicans by gender using cells F18-F19 as the
Series values. Use cell F17 to set the series name.Edit Category
Labels using cells
C18-C19 as the Axis label range.
Edit Chart Elements
Select design Style 1 in the Design tab of the
Ribbon. Then go to the Add Chart Elements drop-down list. Add the
legend and choose the Right option. Add the data labels and choose
the Outside End option.
Chart Size and Position
Go to the Format tab on the Ribbon. Set the chart height and width so
the
entire chart fits within cells C24-G24.
5 Interpret the chart in step 4 in terms of dependence between political 2
party choice and sex. In cells G28 and G30, choose the correct
answers from the drop-down menus.
6 In cells 2
D39-F40, calculate the expected frequencies of voting preferences in
each gender group using the formula [(row total)(column total)]/Total.
In cells
D41-F41, calculate the grand totals for expected frequencies of voting
preferences. Use cells D39-F40.
7 In cell F43, calculate the Chi-square p-value. 1

8 In cells G45 and G46, interpret the results of step 7 if the significance 2
level is 0.05.
9 Save the workbook. Close the workbook and then exit Excel. Submit 0
the workbook as directed.
Total Points 12

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