Group Assignment 1 Data Communication
Internet: Utopia or Dystopia?
A number of scholars have pointed to the Internet for its deleterious effects on
human well-being, given that it can exacerbate loneliness, depression and social
isolation. In contrast, others believe that the Internet can enhance the quality of life
by precipitating the emergence of a new type of social aggregation. Using the data
collected by the PEW research center (dataset: “pew.csv”), perform. a chi-square test
to see if Internet use (intuse: 1 Yes; 2 No; 8 Don’t know; 9 Refused) upgrades or
downgrades the quality of life (q1: 1 Excellent; 2 Very good; 3 Good; 4 Fair; 5 Poor; 8
Don’t know; 9 Refused). Do the data support the utopian or dystopian view about
the Internet?
Gender and Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others’ Pain
A group of researchers at the University of Virginia investigated whether people
estimate a different level of pain when the race (i.e., White, Black, Hispanic, or
Asian) and gender (i.e., Female or Male) of a victim are varied. To test this idea, the
researchers ran a randomized experiment (dataset: “tess.csv”). In this experiment,
participants were first asked to report the amount of pain they would feel when
they stub their toe on a chair leg (Q4: 0 Not painful to 10 Extremely painful; -1
Refused). They were then randomly assigned to see only one of the following 24
photos (XTESS089). That is, each participant saw a photo of a Black, Hispanic, Asian,
or White target person of either gender. Following the treatment, participants were
asked to estimate the amount of pain the target person would feel in the same
situation above (Q8: 0 Not painful to 10 Extremely painful; -1 Refused).
White Black Hispanic Asian
Note: The number above each picture indicates the numerical value assigned in the
XTESS089 variable for the experimental treatment. a. Test whether or not the collected sample is skewed in terms of participants’
political ideology (XIDEO: 1 Extremely liberal; 2 Liberal; 3 Slightly liberal; 4
Moderate, middle of the road; 5 Slightly conservative; 6 Conservative; 7 Extremely
conservative; -1 Refused).
b. Test whether people’s self-reported pain differs from their estimation of others’
pain.
c. Test whether people estimate others’ pain differently depending on the gender of
a victim.
d. Test whether people estimate others’ pain differently depending on the race of a
victim.
e. Test whether there is any interaction effect between the race and gender of a
victim on people’s estimation of the pain the victim would feel.
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