APU SOCI332 Week 2 Forum Latest 2019 February Question # 00597868 Subject: Education Due on: 02/07/2019 Posted On: 02/07/2019 04:42 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.9/5

SOCI332
Statistics for Social Science

Week 2
Forum

Frequency Tables and Charts

Task I: Frequency table

Now that you have imported GSS 2016 dataset into your SPSS
and have learned how to use GSS data explorer to find out GSS variable
information, you are going to create and post a frequency table of your
variables. Complete the following steps:

Give your forum title a unique label specific to your
study/variables. Post a brief
explanation of your topic which includes a bit of information about your
variables: level of measurement, answer categories (yes/no, strongly agree,
disagree, etc.), as well as the survey question used to collect data for this
particular variable (refer to Forum 1 discussion). Include a frequency table
for each of your variables. If you have one DV and one IV, you need to run
frequency table for BOTH of your variables. If you have one DV and 2 IVs, you
need to run three frequency tables. When you are done, explain your outputs in
no more than 5 sentences for each variable. Cite numbers in the outputs to
support your conclusion. When you cite %, use the % reported in “valid
percent” column. This column deletes all missing values, thus is
“clean.”

To create a frequency table in SPSS

1. Open SPSS and
open your GSS data file

2. Click Analyze

3. Click Descriptive Statistics

4. Click
Frequencies

5. click open
Statistics

6. Make sure
that mean, median, mode, standards deviation, and variance are chosen and click
“Continue”

7. ?Choose the
variable that you want to make a frequency table of and click the arrow (this
will move it into the right ‘Variable’ box)

8. Click OK

Task II. Describe the measures of central tendency (mean,
median, mode) and dispersion (variance, standard deviation) for each of your
variables.

Based on what you have learned in the readings and lessons
this week, identify the measures for each variable and explain what they tell
us. Keep in mind that the mean is more meaningful for interval/ratio variables,
the median or mode for ordinal variables, and the mode for nominal variables.
What do these measures summarize for us about the variable’s data?

Task III. Create charts (bar chart, pie chart, or histogram
depending on your variables’ level of measurement)

Presenting your data in graphic form is also important when
conducting quantitative research. Based on what you have learned from the
reading and the weekly lesson, create a graphic representation of your data.
Your choice of graphing tool is purely based on a variable’s level of
measurement. When you are done, explain your outputs in no more than 5
sentences for each variable. It is OK if your explanation is similar to the
frequency table interpretation, since chart is a different data presentation on
the SAME variable. Cite numbers in the outputs to support your conclusion.

Basic rules:

Nominal: bar chart or pie chart

Ordinal: bar chart or pie chart

Interval/Ratio: histogram or line chart

To Create a Chart

1. Follow steps
1-4 above (without worrying about the statistics).

2. Click Charts

3. Click choice
of format (depending on your variable’s level of measurement)

4. Click OK

5. Continue with
steps 5-6

Copy all of the frequency tables and charts by copy and
pasting them into a document (PDF, MS Word) and attach to forum discussion. If
your table/chart does not fit to the page, choose “copy special” and
then “images.” Paste images to the word document and the problem will
be solved.

If you need further guidance, refer to the step-by-step
screenshots attached at the end of the rubrics.