SPSS Homework Frequency Tables^J Histograms^J and Bar Charts -Aryannah Destydocx

PSYC 354 SPSS H OMEWORK : F REQUENCY T ABLES , H ISTOGRAMS , AND B AR C HARTS T EMPLATE Problem Set 1: A social psychologist is interested in attitudes toward technology among people over 65 years of age. She develops a scale where a lower score indicates a less positive attitude and administers it to 15 people over 65. The results appear in the table below. Remember to put your initials within any and all variable names. 1. Using the data in the table above, set up a data file in SPSS and create a frequency table to show the frequency of each score on the scale. Paste the frequency table here: (8 pts) Notes Output Created 29-OCT-2023 18:12:36 Comments Input Active Dataset DataSet2 Filter <none> Weight <none> Split File <none> N of Rows in Working Data File 15 Page 1 of 5 Attitudes Toward Technology Scale Scores 11 20 7 7 12 12 5 9 14 7 5 7 9 14 12

PSYC 354 Missing Value Handling Definition of Missing User-defined missing values are treated as missing. Cases Used Statistics are based on all cases with valid data. Syntax FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=AD_Scale /ORDER=ANALYSIS. Resources Processor Time 00:00:00.00 Elapsed Time 00:00:00.05 Statistics AD_Scale N Valid 15 Missing 0 AD_Scale Frequenc y Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 5.00 2 13.3 13.3 13.3 7.00 4 26.7 26.7 40.0 9.00 2 13.3 13.3 53.3 11.00 1 6.7 6.7 60.0 12.00 3 20.0 20.0 80.0 14.00 2 13.3 13.3 93.3 20.00 1 6.7 6.7 100.0 Total 15 100.0 100.0 2. How many people have a score of 14? (5 pts) 2 3. What percent of people have a score of 12? (5 pts) Valid percentage is 20 and cumulative percentage is 80 4. Which score has the highest frequency in the table? (5 pts) Score 7 Page 2 of 5

PSYC 354 Problem Set 2: An undergraduate Psychology student wants to examine the number of applications to doctoral programs in different subfields of Psychology. He collects data from a sample of schools in the US. He compiles the chart below. (The data here are based on real data taken from the web site of the American Psychological Association (https://www.apa.org/education/grad/survey-data/2016-report.pdf). Enter the data in a new SPSS file. When creating the Program variable, be sure that the type is set to “String” in the Variable View so that the names will show up on the graph. Remember to put your initials within any and all variable names. 1. Using the data in the table above, set up a data file in SPSS and create a bar chart that shows the number of applications for each subfield. (8 pts) Page 4 of 5 Subfield Number of Applications Clinical Cognitive Counseling Developmental Experimental I/O Neuropsychology School Social Other 297 123 91 101 80 67 83 59 194 33

PSYC 354 2. Which three subfileds have the highest number of applications according to the graph? (5 pts) Clinical, Social and Cognitive 3. Which level of measurement (nominal/ordinal/interval/ratio) is the variable “Subfield? Support your answer with information from the course materials (textbook or presentations). (5 pts) Nominal is the level of measurement for the variable subfield because existing in names only. 4. Which level of measurement is the variable “Number of Applications”? Support your answer with information from the course materials (textbook or presentations). (5 pts) Scare is the level of measurement for the variable “Number of Applications” Integration: Answer the following question based on Problems 1 and 2 above and what you have learned from readings and presentations this week. 1. Explain why it is appropriate to create a histogram for the Attitudes Toward Technology data, but a bar chart for the number of applications per subfield. (7 pts) Page 5 of 5