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SOCI332
Statistics for Social Science

Assignment
1

Assignment 1: Research Guidelines

Complete the following assignment by filling in all
pertinent areas of research. You will
need to utilize SPSS and the GSS dataset for this assignment. You should
complete this assignment using the variables and topic that you have chosen for
your Final Portfolio Project. You will
then be able to follow this as a guide as well as a check-point with your
instructor. It is essential that you
read through all of the feedback regardless of your score. You will be required to submit:

1. This word
document with blanks filled and SPSS outputs inserted. Throughout the assignment you will see places
where your tables, charts, and graphs can be placed.

2. An SPSS
output file (spv) with this assignment for credit.

You may need to go back through the document to address
formatting issues that may shift as you begin to input your data. Points will be deducted for sloppiness. Please treat this as a professional outline
used for a proposal. Use a different,
but legible, color font for your responses.

This assignment is to completed and submitted no later than
the Sunday of week 3 by 11:55pm ET. This
assignment is worth 60 points. Save the
word file as follows [your last name_SOCI332_A1] and submit it to the dropbox
for feedback. Label the SPV file as [your last name_SOCI332_A1output]

(A) My Purpose
(research question) ( /5 pts)

My research question is:
__________________________________________________-_____.

I chose this topic because
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

(B) All About
GSS 2016 data ( /5 pts) ***Reference
Lesson 1 and http://gss.norc.org/faq***

1. Who are
the participants? ___________________________________________________________________________

2. What
population does the sample represent?
___________________________________________________________________________

3. Who is
funding the research? ___________________________________________________

4. When was
the data collected? __________________________________________________

5. How was
the data collected? ___________________________________________________

(C) Variables
(You are expected to have only one dependent variable (DV) and one or two
independent variables (IV). ( /10
pts)

My IV(s): if you have multiple IVs, provide information for
EACH IV using the format below.

IV Variable name in SPSS: ___________________

IV Question (as asked to the respondent verbatim)
__________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

IV Answer categories:
___________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

IV Level of Measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval/ratio):
___________________

My DV: only ONE DV is required for your final portfolio

DV variable name in SPSS:
______________________________

DV Question (as asked to the respondent verbatim)-
__________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

DV Answer categories:
_____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

DV Level of Measurement (nominal, ordinal, interval/ratio):
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬__________________________

(D) Frequency
Tables ( /10 pts)

Run frequencies for each variable listed above. Summarize your findings in a paragraph or two
below. What do the counts and valid
percents tell you about each variable? Cite numbers in the frequency tables to
support your conclusion. Be sure to insert your tables (copy and paste from
SPSS) into this document.

[Insert SPSS frequency tables here]

(E) Graphs and
Charts ( /6 pts)

Run the appropriate graphs/charts for each of your variables
listed above. Summarize your findings
briefly in a paragraph or two. Cite
numbers in the graph/charts to support your conclusion. Include a title on each
of your charts and other pertinent labels you feel necessary.

[Insert SPSS graphs/charts here]

(F) Measures
of Central Tendency and Dispersion (
/10 pts)

Run the measures of central tendency and dispersion for each
of your variables. Summarize your findings briefly in a paragraph or two. Which
measures are appropriate for nominal, ordinal, or interval/ratio variables?
What do these measures tell us about each variable?

[Insert SPSS output here]

(G) Recoding
( /10 pts)

Choose one of your variables to recode. If you have an
interval/ratio variable, you may recode it into an ordinal variable. If you
have two nominal/ordinal variables, recode the one with the most categories
into fewer categories.

[Insert the following
items: SPSS syntax for the recoding process; the frequency table for the
original variable; and the frequency table for the recoded variable]

Included SPV file (SPSS output of all syntax tables and
charts) – ( /4)

SOCI332
Statistics for Social Science

Assignment
2

Throughout this assignment you will review mock
studies. You will need to follow the
directions outlined in each section of the attached document using SPSS and
decide whether there is significance between the variables. You will need to list the five steps of
hypothesis testing (as covered in the lesson for Week 4) to see how every
question should be formatted. You will
complete all of the problems. Be sure to
cut and paste the appropriate SPSS outputs under each problem and interpret the
outputs within the context of each mock study. All calculations should be
coming from your SPSS. Hand calculation IS not accepted. You are also required to submit the SPSS
output file (.spv) to get credit for this assignment. This spv. file should include ALL your
outputs. In other words, you are not
allowed to submit more than one output file for this assignment.

* Be sure that your answers are clearly
distinguishable. Perhaps you bold your
font or use a different color.

This assignment is
due no later than Sunday of Week 5 by 11:55 pm ET. Save the attached file in the following
format: [your last name_SOCI332_A2]. The
file must be a word file.

SOCI332
Statistics for Social Science

Assignment
3

Overview

One of the most crucial components of this course is
developing a research project from conceptualizing a research problem and
developing a number of measurement and statistical analysis approaches to bring
evidence to bear on the problem.
Throughout the class, you created a research study based on publicly
available data from the General Social Survey (GSS). You chose data which were representative of
your interests and satisfied your research question and hypotheses.

This Assignment meets these course objectives:

Describe and apply the concepts and logic of elementary
statistics.

Conduct statistical analysis in SPSS (Statistical Package
for the Social Sciences).

Compare and contrast different types of data and the
statistics that can be used to analyze them

Examine the differences between descriptive and inferential
statistics and their use in the social sciences.

Form critical interpretations of quantitative research
literature in sociology and other social sciences.

Complete and interpret descriptive and inferential
statistical data analysis

Critically evaluate the quality of research design and
evidence in published social research.

Instructions

The Final Portfolio Assignment is where you pull together
the research you’ve been working on the first seven weeks of class. Using your weekly Forum posts, and the
feedback from your classmates and instructor on your posts, construct a 6-8
page paper that fully explores your research topic in a way that provides the
context and explanation surrounding the analyses provided in the paper. Your project should display you understand
what you are writing about holistically, not simply going through the motions.

Citing literature about your research topic, be sure to set
the stage for the data and analyses that you present. Briefly describe the General Social Survey as
your survey instrument. Provide the
questions, verbatim, that were asked in the survey which became the variable
which you chose to use. You will also
need to include the answer choices for each of them. This portion can be a table if you
choose. Share and explain frequency
table(s) an histograms or graphs to describe your data. Using the statistical tests you ran each week
in class (crosstabs, tests of significance, measures of association), present
the tests and your findings. Clearly
identify and explain your hypothesis and the five steps of hypothesis testing
as they apply to your paper. Explain the results of the statistical tests and
pull in some literature to provide context, demonstrating how your results and
research fit into the larger body of literature on this topic. Be sure to use proper APA formatting for
citations and references. However, you do not need to include an abstract or
table of contents. You can find guidance
in APA by clicking here to access the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Because the project is a formal, you should include a title
page and reference page. You may organize the paper based on the following
headings:

Introduction – Introduce the topic based in current
literature (briefly – show why it is important to study). Discuss why you chose
the topic and what the purpose of the paper is. Give a brief overview of what
you will cover.

Literature Review – Review 3-4 peer-reviewed sources that
provide a background on your topic. These sources don’t have to specifically
address the relationship between your IV and DV, but should address the topic
and be somewhat related to your variables.

Methods – Briefly discuss the GSS (information you included
in Assignment 1) as your data source. Identify and describe your specific
variables, including the name, question, and responses (categories). You may
state your hypothesis here, but do not go through the hypothesis testing steps
until the next section.

Findings – Begin with a discussion of each variable
individually, utilizing your frequency tables and charts/graphs. Then discuss
your other analyses in logical order. Crosstabs are your first look at a
potential relationship. Next, discuss the steps of hypothesis testing. Include
the table of your significance test. Last, discuss the strength and direction
of the relationship using measures of association.

Discussion – Discussion what you learned from the various
analyses and draw any conclusions you found. Talk about any further research
you think may be needed on your topic.

Note:

This course has “Resubmission” status enabled to help you if
you realize you submitted an incorrect or blank file, or if you need to submit
multiple documents as part of your Assignment.
Resubmission of an Assignment after it is graded, to attempt a better
grade, is not permitted.