Use the contingency table below for the variables SEX and OTHSHELP (the extent t

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Use the contingency table below for the variables SEX and OTHSHELP (the extent to which respondents to the 2002 GSS believe that we should help others less fortunate than ourselves) to answer the next question(s). OTHSHELP People should help less fortunate others SEX Respondents' sex Crosstabulation SEX Respondents sex 1 MALE2 FEMALETotal OTHSHELP 1 STRONGLY AGREE People should help less fortunate others Count % within SEX Respondents' sex Count % within SEX Respondents' se× 123 35.9% 174 50.7% 36 10.5% 6 1.7% 4 1.2% 343 100.0% 175 298 45.8%| 41.1% 339 43.2% | 46.8% 73 9.7%| 10.1% 9 .8%| 1.2% 2 AGREE 165 3 NEITHER AGREE NOR Count DISAGREE 37 % within SEX Respondents' sex Count %within SEX Respondents' sex Count % within SEX Respondents' sex Count % within SEX Respondents' sex 4 DISAGREE 3 5 STRONGLY DISAGREE 2 .5% 382 100.0% .8% 725 100.0% Total 1 Which of the following interpretations best describes the relationship between SEX and OTHSHELP in the contingency table above? Males are more likely than females to believe that people should help less fortunate others, but the association is a weak one. There is no association at all between sex and the idea that people should help less fortunate others Females are more likely than males to believe that people should help less fortunate others, but the association is a weak one. Females are more likely to believe that people should help less fortunate others than are males, and it is a very strong association

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Females are more likely than males to believe that people should help less fortunate others, but the association is weak one as percentage is less than 0.5

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