Your first IBM SPSS assignment includes two sections in which you will do the following:
Create two histograms.
Calculate measures of central tendency and dispersion.
This will give you some experience with the data set.
Key Details and Instructions
Submit your assignment as a Word document.
Refer to the Step-by-Step SPSS: Histograms and Descriptive Statistics [DOCX] and to the Copy/Export Output Instructions [HTML] for additional help in completing this assignment.
Click on the “SPSS Speedrun” button to watch a brief tutorial video on this assignment.
Click on the Deeper Dive button to watch a longer video on how to interpret the SPSS output.
Click here to watch the video
As you work on this assignment, you may find the Data Set Instructions [DOCX] helpful.
Provide a title for your document and your name.
The grades.sav file is a sample SPSS data set. The data represent a teacher’s recording of student demographics and performance on quizzes and a final exam. This week, you will create and describe two histograms and a descriptives table using these data.
Part 1
Create two histograms for visual interpretation using the following variables:
SPSS Variable Definition
Lowup Lower division =1; Upper division =2
Final Final exam: number of correct answers
Create two histograms and paste them into your Word document:
A histogram for lower division students.
A histogram for upper division students.
Briefly describe what a visual inspection of this output tells you about the nature of the curves.
Part 2
Create a descriptives table to assess measures of central tendency and dispersion using the following variables:
SPSS Variable Definition
GPA Previous grade point average
Quiz3 Quiz 3: number of correct answers
Create a descriptives table and paste it into your Word document.
Click on the Deeper Dive button to watch a longer video on how to interpret the SPSS output.
Click here to watch the video
As you work on this assignment, you may find the Data Set Instructions [DOCX] helpful.
Provide a title for your document and your name.
The grades.sav file is a sample SPSS data set. The data represent a teacher’s recording of student demographics and performance on quizzes and a final exam. This week, you will create and describe two histograms and a descriptives table using these data.
