SPSS Homework: Central Tendency Assignment Instructions
Overview
This assignment is designed to increase your statistical literacy and proficiency in summarizing, visualizing, and interpreting central tendency within data sets. You will work within SPSS, using data that are related to specific research scenarios in the behavioral sciences such as psychology, social work, and counseling. A working knowledge of how to summarize and visualize data is fundamental to being able to understand and apply research in your related field to your practice. Additionally, SPSS skills are professionally valuable, as it is one of the most used statistical software packages in behavioral science settings, both academic and professional.
Instructions
- This assignment includes two problem sets that contain research scenarios and related questions.
- For each scenario, you will respond to a series of questions asking you to create and interpret various tables and charts in SPSS. Paste your SPSS output directly into the homework underneath each relevant question. Type written answers into the document underneath the question to which they relate.
- This assignment is worth 60 points.
Review Watch: SPSS Homework Tutorial: Describing and Graphing Central Tendency and Watch: SPSS Homework Tutorial: Describing and Graphing Central Tendency for Groups in this module for directions on how to enter data in SPSS and use it to produce the final product for your assignment. The scenarios begin on the next page.
