OK Your SPSS output will present your frequencies for trial only. Note your sample size is then it was during task 2. smaller We have the females from this analysis! excluded Next, you will have to repeat these steps for analyzing the data for females. Before selecting females you will need to reset the data. In order to do so go to Data Select Cases Reset Now select only females using the following procedure and then re-run the frequency analysis. Go to Data Select cases If condition is satisfied If…gender =2 (Select Gender, click arrow, then select function =2) Continue (Please Unselected cases should be as deleting the cases will delete note: FILTERED them forever!) OK Use your output to answer the following questions: Variable Mean Median Mode St. deviation Variance Shape Age/ M Maeduc/ F Now produce the histogram with normal curve for these variables. Remember to select appropriately for each variable. In the main menu bar go to: Graphs Histogram Transfer appropriate variable to Variable bar Select Display normal curve OK Another way to obtain the frequencies for males and females separately would have been to go to: Data Split File Compare Groups Click on output by groups” “Organize Move the gender variable from the left box into the middle box under Based On” “Groups Click OK. In to the file, go back to Split File and select all cases, do not create groups”. unsplit “Analyze ADDITIONAL SPSS TECHNIQUES Simple Correlation Task 1: Correlation between Two Variables
OK Your SPSS output will present your frequencies for only. Note your sample size is smaller then it was during task 2. We have excluded the females from this analysis! Next, you will have to repeat these steps for analyzing the data for females. Before selecting females you will need to reset the data. In order to do so go to Data Select Cases Reset Now select only females using the following procedure and then re-run the frequency analysis. Go to Data Select cases If condition is satisfied If…gender =2 (Select Gender, click arrow, then select function =2) Continue (Please note: Unselected cases should be FILTERED as deleting the cases will delete them forever!) OK Use your output to answer the following questions: Variable Mean Median Mode St. deviation Variance Shape Age/ M Maeduc/ F Now produce the histogram with normal curve for these variables. Remember to select appropriately for each variable. In the main menu bar go to: Graphs Histogram Transfer appropriate variable to Variable bar Select Display normal curve OK Another way to obtain the frequencies for males and females separately would have been to go to: Data Split File Compare Groups Click on “Organize output by groups” Move the gender variable from the left box into the middle box under “Groups Based On” Click OK. In to unsplit the file, go back to Split File and select “Analyze all cases, do not create groups”. ADDITIONAL SPSS TECHNIQUES Simple Correlation Task 1: Correlation between Two Variables trial
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