APU SOCI332 Assignment 1 Latest 2019 February Question # 00597872 Subject: Education Due on: 02/07/2019 Posted On: 02/07/2019 04:47 AM Tutorials: 0 Rating: 4.6/5

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)