SPSS Assignment

Part 1

Create an SPSS (N=20) database using the variable definitions and data provided below. Variables need to have the appropriate labels, values and measures (nominal, ordinal, or scale) completed. The data is presented in Excel format and can be cut and pasted into the SPSS database.

Variable Definitions

Learn of IHP:

How did you first hear about Christian inner healing prayer?

1. ___through my church
2. ___through my pastor
3. ___through church lay counseling
4. ___through a therapist
5. ___through a Christian counseling organization
6. ___through a friend/colleague
7. ___other ______________________________________________

Education

Completed formal education

1. Less than high school
2. High school
3. some college
4. college degree
5. masters degree
6. ph.d.
7. m.d.

MH Training

Are you a licensed mental health professional?

1. ____yes
2. ____no

Age

Age in years: _____

Gender

Sex: 1___male 2___female

Denomin ation

What is your religious denomination?

1. ___Episcopal
2. ___Lutheran
3. ___Methodist
4. ___Presbyterian
5. ___Other mainline Protestant
6. ___Baptist
7. ___Other Evangelical Protestant
8. ___Pentecostal
9. ___Charismatic
10. ___Non-denominational
11. ___Catholic
12. ___Other ____________________________________________

Church Attend

How often do you attend church or other religious meetings?

1. less than once a month
2. once a month
3. a few times a month
4. once a week
5. twice a week
6. three or more times a week

D epression

Compared with other therapies or ministry approaches I’ve done with people, I find inner healing prayer more effective with the following conditions (check as many as apply) [Note: I only want you to create a variable for depression . Just wanted you to see how you might set up the question for more than one item. Think of depression in terms of 1=no (I do not find IHP more effective for depression) & 2=yes (I find inner healing prayer more effective for depression.)]

___depression ___general anxiety ___panic attacks

MH supervision

If supervision by a licensed mental health professional well trained in inner healing prayer were available in your area, would you be interested in receiving such supervision?

1. ___no
2. ___maybe
3. ___yes

Personal IHP

Have you personally received inner healing prayer?

1. no
2. yes

How helpful to self

If yes, how helpful did you find the technique?

1. ___never personally received inner healing prayer
2. ___not helpful
3. ___a little helpful
4. ___ very helpful
5. ___ the most beneficial of anything I’ve tried

SPSS Exercise N=20 Data

Who Uses Inner Healing Prayer?

Part 2

Answer the following questions using the N=20 database you created for questions 1-8 and the N=500 database from Blackboard for questions 9-15. The answers should be written out and submitted as a Word document. After giving your answer to a particular question, include pertinent portions of SPSS output. (The output is not the database itself; rather, it is the analysis printout that appears when you do an analysis on your database). You can do this by cutting and pasting them into the Word document for each question. To do that, simply click on the appropriate portion of your analysis output, press Ctrl and C simultaneously. Then, go to your Word document. Place the cursor where you want to insert the analysis, and press Ctrl and V simultaneously. Please do not submit the SPSS outputs as a separate file.

Questions for small sample (N=20 )

1. What is the mean age of this sample? Standard deviation?
2. What are the two most frequent ways people heard about IHP?
3. Are these people highly educated or minimally? Justify your answer with at least two frequency percentages.
4. In this sample, how many people and what percent of those who have received inner healing prayer see it as the most beneficial thing they have tried?
5. What percentage of the sample has personally received inner healing prayer?
6. Do respondents appear open to supervision by a licensed mental health professional well trained in IHP? Justify your answer.
7. In this sample, what number & percentage of men attend church 2 or "3 or more" times a week?
8. Who has a higher opinion of IHP for depression, the men in this sample or the women (Note: I’m not asking about statistical significance here, merely by the raw numbers)? Justify your response with appropriate crosstab percentages.
   Q uestions for Large Sample on Blackboard (N=500 )
   
9. What is the mean age for this sample? Standard Deviation? [Use age variable toward end of database]

1. What percentage of women in this large sample view IHP as more effective with depression? [Use Effdeprs variable and Gender ]
2. In the above question, is this larger or smaller than the N=20 sample? If from the same population, which numbers do you trust more and why?
3. Who goes to church more often in this sample, licensed mental health professionals or nonprofessionals? [Use mh_prof variable and attchu2] Support your answer.
4. Do respondents who are currently using IHP see it as more effective percentage wise with people suffering from eating disorders or with people suffering from personality disorders? Support your answer with percentages. [ Hint: You must do crosstabs to insure your results for each disorder focus on practitioners currently using IHP . Remember to click on the Cells option in the crosstabs and check the appropriate Percentages (column or row) to view the %s of interest ].
5. What number of respondents who had personally received inner healing prayer view it as very helpful or the most beneficial thing they’ve tried?
6. Are licensed mental health professionals open to receiving supervision from another mental health professional well-trained in inner healing prayer? Support your answer with at least two numbers.

Price: $28.26

Solution: The downloadable solution consists of 15 pages, 1326 words and 9 charts.
Deliverable: Word Document