Copyright Malvin Porter, Jr. 2010 - acumen - The University of ...

A Chi-Square (Ҳ 2 ) Test for Independence tested the following null hypothesis: There is
no dependency between children’s Intellectual Ability and children’s Justification Choices that
are codes as either Prosocial/Care, Aggressive/Retribution, or Justice/Fair. The non-significant
Chi-Square (Ҳ 2 ) (6, N=632) = 5.235, p = .514, indicates that there is no significant dependency
between Intellectual Ability and Justification Choices. Therefore, I conclude that the frequency
of Justification Choices is not related to children’s Intellectual Ability. See Table 10 and Figure
2.
Table 10
Chi-Square (Ҳ2) Test for Independence between Participant Children’s Intellectual Ability and
CBVS Justification Choice Subscales
Justification Choice Count
Intellectual Ability Count Prosocial/ Aggressive/ Justice/ Total
Care Retribution Fair Responses
Low 30 15 70 115
Below Average 80 39 149 268
Average 61 19 128 208
Above Average/High 7 3 22 32
Total 178 76 369 632
Pearson Chi-Square (Ҳ 2 ) (6, N=632) = 5.37, p = .497
Cramer’s V = .0656
a. 0 cells (8.3%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 3.85.
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