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Assignments | Working With Descriptive Statistics
This course helps you develop a basic understanding of statistics. This course addresses two distinct types, descriptive and inferential. In this assignment, you will have the opportunity to use a software program that makes it easy to analyze data using specific tests. This assignment will give you practice with mean, median, mode, frequency, range, and standard deviation. Be sure to review the Topic Material videos before undertaking this practice. General Requirements: Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
Directions: SPSS Output Open SPSS and obtain an output (as in the tutorial videos) with the following results highlighted:
Data Set Use the following data set for this assignment:
Summary Write a 250-500 word summary of your results and how this statistical analysis may be applied to your prospectus. Provide a bar graph with gender on the x-axis and blood sugar levels on the y-axis. Add your SPSS output as an Appendix to this summary. |
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE ASSIGNMENT ARE BELOW.
Electronic Resource1. SPSS for Beginners 1 – Introduction
View this tutorial for assistance in completing the topic assignment:
RStatsInstitute. (2011). SPSS for beginners 1 – introduction [Video file].
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDR3_Ng5CA
2. SPSS for Beginners 2a: Frequency Counts
View this tutorial for assistance in completing the topic assignment:
RStatsInstitute. (2011). SPSS for beginners 2a: Frequency counts [Video file].
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI8tE81IeSk&feature=c4-overview&list=UUXLbK1bH-w1oklGm4dLYrHw
3. SPSS for Beginners 2b: Descriptive Statistics and Z-scores
View this tutorial for assistance in completing the topic assignment:
RStatsInstitute. (2011). SPSS for beginners 2b: Descriptive statistics and z-scores [Video file].
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4mGKguUnvc
4. Graphing and Descriptive Stats in SPSS With Dr. Ami Gates
View this tutorial for assistance in completing the topic assignment:
ProfessorAmiGates. (2012). Graphing and descriptive stats in SPSS with Dr. Ami Gates [Video file].
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvJnYDT-0qY