The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D scale) is often utilized to measure depressive symptomology (Radloff, 1977). It is a self-assessment that is completed by the individual. The CES-D contains 20-items rated on a 4-point scale (0 = Rarely or None of the Time to 3 = Most or All of the Time ). The phrase "Within the past week did you…" prefaces the questions in order to emphasize recent depressive mood. Scores are summed and can range from 0 to 60. Traditionally, individuals with scores over 16 are identified as "depressed" (Weissman, et al., 1977), though due to high false positive rates, a score of 27 is considered a more useful cut-off (Zich, et al., 1990). The full scale can be accessed at: http://www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/cesdscale.pdf . Items 4, 8, 12, and 16 are reversed to avoid "yay-saying" or "nay saying" (Radloff, 1977). Several studies have validated four subscales across a variety of subgroups (i.e., depressive affect, well-being, somatic, and interpersonal) (Gliem & Gliem, 2003).

1. Create a table showing the most appropriate descriptive statistics for three (3) of the demographic variables. show the appropriateness of the descriptive statistics and graphs for each of the demographic variables as well as current APA format for your tables.
2. Create the most appropriate graphs for the three variables you used for #1 above. Figure captions should be in APA format.
3. Write a summary paragraph describing the sample. For example: "The sample was based on xxx# of college students from a private university in the southeastern United States. X% of the students were males, x% females. Students were primarily… (give the appropriate descriptor information with %’s or whatever fits the variables you choose to analyze).
4. insert the answers in the assignment file beneath each question.

For choosing the "most appropriate descriptives" and graphs. The choices will reflect whether the data are categorical or continuous.  For example, the average gender was 1.2 doesn't make sense.  Instead, you would report frequencies and percentages.  However, for age, the number of unique frequencies would be overwhelming, so you would default to measures of central tendency.  For graphs the are bar/pie or histogram, and again the choice will reflect the level of measurement.

Part 2. You will continue the analysis of the CES-D data by scoring the survey and create subtest scores. Note: we are creating our own norms on this survey so there are no scores for comparison.

CES-D Subscales

DA = Depressive Affect

W = Well-being

S = Somatic

I = Interpersonal

1. Reverse code the appropriate items (4, 8, 12, and 16) for calculating the total score (0 becomes 3, 1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 1, and 3 becomes 0).
2. Compute the total CES-D score.
3. Compute the four subscale scores. (Note: Be careful when interpreting "well-being.")
4. Calculate Cronbach’s alpha for the overall scale and each subscale.
5. Create a single table to show the appropriate measures of central tendency and dispersion for all of the variables (total, depressive affect, well-being, somatic, and interpersonal).
6. Create the appropriate graphs to show the distribution of scores for each subscale.
7. Write a summary paragraph explaining the outcome: Overall, scores ranged from X to XX (M = X, SD = X.X), indicating…. Subscale scores revealed…. Be sure to include means, standard deviations, Cronbach’s alphas, and interpretations of the data.

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