PART 2

This part of the assignment provides you with an opportunity to gain familiarity with the SPSS program and to learn how to produce frequency distributions, graphs, and descriptive statistics (univariate and bivariate statistics), and how to interpret them. You are using the data file with a random sample obtained from Virginia Tech freshman in 2006. The SPSS data file is called: vtfs06_data.sav.

Instructions and Tips:

1. Please include the only necessary parts of the SPSS outputs adjacent to the relevant texts in your typed report.
2. Download the Virginia Tech Freshman Survey dataset (vtfs06_data.sav) from Scholar (saved under the title of Assignment 2 within the Assignment page/tab).
3. Save it into a USB drive.
4. Download the code book (the questionnaire sheet) called: vtfs06_codebook.pdf from Scholar and print it.
5. Start the SPSS program and open the data file. Look at the variables as described in Variable View. Note that how the variables are measured and their labels and values.
6. Do not forget to use File/Save As for your SPSS output so that you can save your work.
7. Remember that you cut/copy and paste the only necessary parts of the SPSS outputs adjacent to the relevant texts in your typed report. When you attach some of the SPSS outputs, use Copy Objects, then paste them onto MS Word.

Q1

Questions on univariate descriptive statistics

Q1-1: Run Frequencies (under the Analyze menu, then Descriptive Statistics) and determine how many of the students received a score of 500 for the test of: [1 point]

1. SATM
2. SATV

Q1-2: Create a histogram and calculate descriptive statistics to describe the SATM score. Describe the shape of the distribution based on the histogram that you created (mention explicitly which histogram you used to describe the shape of the distribution). Make sure to comment on the values of measures of centrality, dispersion, skewness, and kurtosis of this

distribution. Also, are there any outliers (determine from the box plot)? [1 point]

Q1-3: Compare the distributions of SATM for male and female students. What could you say about the comparisons of two distributions in terms of measures of central tendency, measures of variability, and shapes of the distributions? [1 point]

Tips: Under the Data menu, click on Split File. Next, click on Compare Groups and place the variable, SEX, in the "Groups Based On" box. This will run separate analyses for males and females. Redo the histogram (the settings will be maintained). Print the graphs.

Q2

Questions on bivariate descriptive statistics

Q2-1: Produce a scatter plot of the SATV and the SATM scores. Use the SATM score for the \(y-\) axis and the SATV score for the \(x\) -axis. Do not forget to check off (or reset) the option of "Compare groups" under Split File. [1 point]

Q2-2: Compute the correlation coefficient between the SATV and the SATM scores. [1 point]

Q2-3: Provide a sentence to describe the nature of the relationship between SATM and SATV using the information you obtained in questions of Q2-1 and Q2-2. Be sure to talk about the strength, direction, and the shape. [1 point]

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Solution: The downloadable solution consists of 13 pages, 943 words and 12 charts.
Deliverable: Word Document