SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 6

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Jasmin Isom CRIJ 5396 SPSS Statistics Lab Exercise 6.1 Dr. Royal November 11, 2023 To complete the following exercises, access the Adventures.SAV or AdventuresPLUS.SAV file. 1. (NEWS) 0, 8, and 9 should be defined as “missing.” a. What does the variable NEWS measure (hint: variable label)? How often Does R read newspaper b. What is the variable’s level of measurement? Nominal c. List one type of chart appropriate for this variable: Bar Chart d. Produce the chart listed in response to Question 1(c) above, and then, based on your output, fill in the blanks below. About 43 % of respondents read the newspaper once a week or more, whereas about 13.5 % read the newspaper less than once a week. Only 43.5 % of the sample said they never read the newspaper. 2. (TVHOURS) –1, 98, and 99 should be defined as “missing.” a. What does the variable TVHOURS measure? Hours per day watching TV b. Would you describe the variable as discrete or continuous? Continuous c. List two charts appropriate for this variable: Histogram and Line Graph d. Produce one of the charts listed in response to Question 2(c) above that will allow you to answer the question that follows. (Hint: When you run a histogram, SPSS Statistics automatically calculates two statistics that are useful for answering this question: mean and standard deviation.) Using the standard deviation, we would expect two thirds of respondents to watch between .103 hour(s) and 5.777 hours of television per day. Questions 3 and 4: After you have produced and analyzed the charts for CONPRESS and CONTV, briefly describe the distribution of values for these variables in the spaces provided. You may want to note the largest and smallest categories for the items, as well as any other interesting or pertinent information. 3. (CONPRESS) 0, 8, and 9 should be defined as “missing.” List one type of chart appropriate for this variable: Bar Chart Description of chart: 12.86% have a great deal of confidence in the press while 46.06% have hardly any confidence in the press, and 41.09% only have some confidence in the press 4. (CONTV) 0, 8, and 9 should be defined as “missing.” a. List one type of chart appropriate for this variable: Bar Chart b. Description of chart: 41.94% hardly have a great deal of confidence in the television, 49.58% have only some confidence in the television, and 8.48% have a great deal of confidence in the television.

5. (EDUC) 97, 98, and 99 should be defined as “missing.” a. List one type of chart appropriate for this variable: Histogram b. Produce the chart listed in response to Question 5(a), and then, describe the distribution below: The Std. Dev. For the Highest year of school completed 2.974 Mean is 13.73 N is 2345 These were the “missing” 97 - 99, -1 on my education. Majority completed 12 th grade. Therefore most seem to graudate high school as senior. 6. How do American adults feel about sex education in public schools? Produce and analyze a chart for the variable SEXEDUC (0, 8, and 9 should be defined as “missing”). Then, describe your findings below: I used a pie chart to show that most people, 91.37%, favored sex education in schools. 8.63% oppose of sex education. 7. Do Americans tend to think sex before marriage for teens aged 14 to 16 is appropriate or inappropriate? Produce and analyze a chart for the variable TEENSEX (0, 8, and 9 should be defined as “missing”); then, describe your findings below: Yes. 892 or 58.1% think that it is always wrong. 17.08% thinks that teen sex before marriage is almost always wrong. 16.17% thinks that sex before marriage for teens is sometimes wrong. 8.60% of teen sex think that it is not wrong at all. 8. Choose three variables in your Adventures.SAV or AdventuresPLUS.SAV file related to personal sexual behavior. Then, list the abbreviated variable names and variable labels below: Abbreviated Variable Name Variable Label Variable 1: SEX Respondents sex 55.20% were males and 44.80% were females, used a pie chart Variable 2: SEXFREQ Frequency of sex during last year 365 or 26.90% of people didn’t have sex at all last year. 197 or 14.52% of people did have sex 2-3 times per week last year. Variable 3: SEXORNT Sexual orientation By using a pie chart I was able to determine that 94.03% of people were Heterosexual and 3.71% are bisexual. 9. Produce and analyze charts for the three sexual behavior variables listed in response to Question 8. Based on your findings, how would you describe the sexual behavior of Americans? There were more females that completed the survey. Majority didn’t have sex last year and most of the people that took the survey were straight.

44.40% 55.60% Respondent SEX Male Female Respondent SEX Percentage Total Respondent Male 44.08% 1052 Female 55.20% 1296 Not At All Once or Twice Once A Month 2-3 Times A Month Weekly 2-3 Per Week 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Frequency of sex during last year Frequency of sex during last year Frequency of sex during the last year Percentage Total Respondent Not At All 26.90% 365 Once or Twice 11.94% 162 Once A Month 15.33% 208 2-3 Times A Month 15.77% 214 Weekly 14.52% 197 2-3 Per Week 6.19% 84

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Gay, Lesbian, or Homosexual Bisexual Heterosexual or Straight 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Sexual Orientation Sexual Orientation Percentage Total Respondent Gay, Lesbian, or homosexual 2.26% 1052 Bisexual 3.71% 1296 Heterosexual or straight 94.03% 1291