An urban sociologist has built up a database describing a sample of the neighbourhoods in her city and has developed a scale by which each area can be rated for “quality of life” (this includes...

An urban sociologist has built up a database describing a sample of the neighbourhoods in her city and has developed a scale by which each area can be rated for “quality of life” (this includes measures of pollution, noise, open space, services available, etc.). She has also asked samples of residents of these areas about their level of satisfaction with their neighbourhoods.

a. Is there significant agreement between the sociologist’s objective ratings of quality of life and the respondents’ self-reports of satisfaction?

b. Compute column percentages for the table to determine the pattern of the relationship. Which group is most likely to say that their satisfaction is high?