Social Science - Sociology Estimating Characteristics of the Typical American / SPSS Homework
Estimating Characteristics of the Typical American
Step 1: Choose eight variables that are measured at the interval ratio level or are dummy variables. At least one variable must be a dummy variable.
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SPSS variable name |
What does this measure? |
Level of measurement |
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Step 2: Use SPSS to obtain descriptive statistics and confidence intervals. Include your SPSS output in a separate file I can refer to if necessary.
Step 3. Complete the table below.
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SPSS variable name |
Sample statistic (mean or Ps) |
Sample size (N) |
95% confidence interval |
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Step 4- Follow the instructions for step 5 in your text.