HELP!! Survey Statistics Question - Race and Ethnicity?

Question

I want to show that the responses to a particular survey are different based on the respondents' ethnicities. (Likert scale questions with numerical values) How would I show that the differences are statistically significant, and identfy where those differences lie?

Answer 1

Because of the Likert scale giving categorical data you should look at not using a average value for the response. Each question on the survey is NOT independent of each other. Think about it, if a person has a given attitude then all responses will be related to that attitude so if I know the answer to one question I can guess at the response of another question.

I would look at each question and look at the frequency of responses by ethnicity and use a Chi-Square test to see if the ethnicities are independent or not.

I have done this type of work when I did my Master's Thesis. If you have any other questions I'll be more than happy to help out.

Answer 2

If you want to determine whether there is a difference in the responses, you must first define more closely what kind of difference you are looking for, your criterion for "statistically significant," and what kind of survey you are talking about. Analysis of such surveys can become quite complicated, especially if you are looking for cross-correlations between answers.

If your survey consists of only one or two questions, you might get by with something as simple as a chi-squared test. If a preliminary survey shows that the numerical responses are reasonably close to a normal distribution with no noticeable tendency toward bimodality, you may be able to reduce the necessary sample size considerably by doing a t-test or z-test on the differences of the means.

If you are looking for actual attitudes on different issues, you must avoid a lot of sources of systematic error. The answers people give to questions will depend in part on how the questions are worded, what order the questions are presented, the sex and ethnicity of the interviewer, and a lot of other details.

Answer 3

specific, because of the fact whenever you're specializing in race itself, and race on my own, as a determining element in something, it is racist. And this is not any longer proper if that "something" is destructive or valuable, or in case your opinion/end/remark has any foundation in actuality. The mere actuality that the concentration is race, any race, is racist. What you're somewhat asking is "Is racial stereotyping and destructive racism somewhat justified while "sponsored" by using information and remark?" Whose "information" and whose "observations"? Whoops...there it is...back into subjectivity, because of the fact everyone could make any "statistic" tutor any "remark" they desire, somewhat.

Answer 4

I am a white male.
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