General Instructions.
Include an APA title block with your name, class title, date, and the assignment number. 3. Include a table of contents and a reference section. Number your pages in the footer along with the date. Include a header starting on page 2 with the Course and assignment number. 4. Write the problem number and the problem title as a level one heading (Example ‐ A.1.1: Chapter 2, Problem 2.1, Check the Completed Questionnaires) and then provide your response. 5. Use level two headings with short titles for multi part questions (Example ‐ A1.1.a, Short Title, A1.1.b, Short Title II, etc.)
6.Use appropriate level headings for key elements of your discussion such as Research Questions, Hypotheses, Descriptive Statistics, Assumptions & Conditions, Interpretation, Results, and others. Your goal is to make your analysis easy to follow and logical. 7. Ensure that all tables and graphs are legible and include a figure number. 8. Carefully review your document prior to submission for formatting, flow, and readability. Keep in mind that running the statistical tests is only the first half of the challenge; you must be able to clearly communicate your findings to the reader!
Assignment 1
A1.1: Chapter 2, Problem 2.1, Check the Completed Questionnaires. Write a short narrative of your process, and an interpretation of your findings.
A1.2: Chapter 2, Problem 2.2, Define and Label the Variables.Write a short narrative of your
process, and an interpretation of your findings. Include a screen shot of your Completed Variable View.
A1.3: Chapter 2, Problem 2.3, Display your Dictionary or Codebook. Write a short narrative of your process, and an interpretation of your findings. Include a screen shot of your Data Editor with the updates included.
A1.4: Chapter 2, Problem 2.5, Run Descriptives and Check the Data. Write a short narrative of your process, and an interpretation of your findings. Cut and paste the Descriptive Statistics table directly into your document and refer to it in your interpretation.
A1.5, Application Problem, Preparing Descriptive Statistics I. Using the “college student data.sav” file, do the following problems. Write a short narrative of your process and an interpretation of your findings. Cut and paste your outputs directly into your document and refer to them in your interpretation.
a. Compute the N, minimum, maximum, and mean for all the variables in the college student ta file.
b. How many students have complete data?
c. Identify any statistics on the output that are meaningful. Explain your opinions.
d. What is the mean height of the students?
e. What about the average height of the same sex parent?
f. What percentage of students are male?
g. What percentage have children?
