Unit 4 Part B

For this week's assignment, you will analyze the data from the one-way ANOVA datafile following the one-way ANOVA instructions for SPSS.

While basic instructions are provided for you, you may want to add components based on your studies in order to enhance your outcome and interpretation and demonstrate your knowledge of the material.

For this analysis, your research question asks if there is a difference in GPA based on different levels of ninth grade English. The task is to complete a one-way ANOVA with ENGL as your independent variable and GPA as your dependent variable.

The datafile [One-Way ANOVA Dataset] is based on Howell, Huessy, and Hassuk, (1985), who reported on a study of 386 children who, during childhood, either presented or failed to present symptoms of attention deficit disorder (ADD), previously known as hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction.

In 1965, teachers of all second grade school children in several schools in northwestern Vermont were asked to complete a questionnaire for each of their students presenting behaviors commonly associated with ADD. Questionnaires about the children were again completed when the children were in the fourth and fifth grades. For purposes of this data set only, the three scores were averaged to produce a score labeled ADDSC. The higher the score, the more ADD-like behaviors the child exhibited.

At the end of the ninth grade and again at the end of the twelfth grade, information on the performance of these children was obtained from school records. The data offered the opportunity to examine questions about whether later behavior can be predicted from earlier behavior and to examine academically related variables and their relationships. A description of each variable follows:

• ADDSC           The average of the three ADD-like behavior scores obtained in elementary school.
• SEX                 1 = male; 2 = female.
• REPEAT         1 = repeated at least one grade; 0 = did not repeat a grade.
• IQ                    IQ obtained from a group-administered IQ test.
• ENGL              Level of English in ninth grade: 1 = college prep; 2 = general; 3 = remedial.
• ENGG              Grade in English in ninth grade; 4 = A; 3 = B, and so on.
• GPA                 Grade point average in ninth grade.
• SOCPROB     Social problems in ninth grade: 1 = yes; 0 = no.
• DROPOUT     1 = dropped out during high school; 0 = did not drop out.

Use the instructions provided for this unit to run the analysis with SPSS and complete the Short Research Report Form based on the results of your analysis. Submit the form and your SPSS output in the assignment area as attachments.

Since future assignments will ask you to use the same form, make sure to save this form under the unit number or analysis name so it doesn’t get overwritten or confused with future assignments.

The unit number for this assignment is Unit 4. The assignment title is One-Way ANOVA Analysis.

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