soci332 SPSS week1 Assignment
SPSS ASSIGNMENT #1
Read chapters 1, 2, and be sure to go through the SPSS tutorial (or “run the tutorial”).
Then, follow these guidelines.S3
To Enter Data:
1. Click on the Variable View tab in the lower left corner of the screen. In the first box under the column Name, type the name you want to give the first variable (i.e., “SCORE1” – NOTE: there are no spaces allowed in the variable name). The name of your variable can be up to eight characters (no spaces a permitted by SPSS in the variable name). When you have completed this, use the down arrow and the mouse to help you name the other variable (i.e., “SCORE2”) in the data set. Do the same for the last variable (“SCORE3”)
2. Once the variable names have been entered, click on the Data View tab in the lower left corner of the screen. Click on the first cell for the first variable (where row 1 and column 1 intersect). Enter the number which corresponds to the data value and hit ENTER or RETURN. Continue this until all of the data has been entered for the first variable, and repeat for the other variable. The box below contains the data you will be entering:
SCORE 1
SCORE 2
SCORE 3
3
34
154
7
54
167
5
17
132
4
26
145
5
34
154
6
25
145
7
14
113
8
24
156
6
25
154
5
23
123
To Construct Frequency Distributions:
Click Analyze.
Go down to Descriptive Statistics.
Go over to Frequencies and click.
Click twice on the variable SCORE1. This will move the variable to the box on the right.
Make sure there is a check mark in the box Display Frequency tables, and click OK.
Follow the same procedure for variable SCORE2 then do the same for SCORE3. Or if you want to be a bit more adventurous, after you have double clicked on the variable SCORE1 (and before you click OK), double click on the variable SCORE2 and SCORE3 then click OK
To Obtain some Basic Descriptive Statistics:
Click Analyze.
Go down to Descriptive Statistics.
Go over to Frequencies and click.
Click twice on all two of the variables. This
Read chapters 1, 2, and be sure to go through the SPSS tutorial (or “run the tutorial”).
Then, follow these guidelines.S3
To Enter Data:
1. Click on the Variable View tab in the lower left corner of the screen. In the first box under the column Name, type the name you want to give the first variable (i.e., “SCORE1” – NOTE: there are no spaces allowed in the variable name). The name of your variable can be up to eight characters (no spaces a permitted by SPSS in the variable name). When you have completed this, use the down arrow and the mouse to help you name the other variable (i.e., “SCORE2”) in the data set. Do the same for the last variable (“SCORE3”)
2. Once the variable names have been entered, click on the Data View tab in the lower left corner of the screen. Click on the first cell for the first variable (where row 1 and column 1 intersect). Enter the number which corresponds to the data value and hit ENTER or RETURN. Continue this until all of the data has been entered for the first variable, and repeat for the other variable. The box below contains the data you will be entering:
SCORE 1
SCORE 2
SCORE 3
3
34
154
7
54
167
5
17
132
4
26
145
5
34
154
6
25
145
7
14
113
8
24
156
6
25
154
5
23
123
To Construct Frequency Distributions:
Click Analyze.
Go down to Descriptive Statistics.
Go over to Frequencies and click.
Click twice on the variable SCORE1. This will move the variable to the box on the right.
Make sure there is a check mark in the box Display Frequency tables, and click OK.
Follow the same procedure for variable SCORE2 then do the same for SCORE3. Or if you want to be a bit more adventurous, after you have double clicked on the variable SCORE1 (and before you click OK), double click on the variable SCORE2 and SCORE3 then click OK
To Obtain some Basic Descriptive Statistics:
Click Analyze.
Go down to Descriptive Statistics.
Go over to Frequencies and click.
Click twice on all two of the variables. This