SPSS Data Analysis

For this assignment, use the aschooltest.sav dataset.

The dataset consists of Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies test scores for 200 students. Demographic data include gender, race, SES, school type, and program type.

Instructions:

Work with the aschooltest.sav datafile and respond to the following questions in a few sentences. Please submit your SPSS output either in your assignment or separately.

1. Identify an Independent and Dependent Variable (of your choice) and develop a hypothesis about what you expect to find. ( note: the IV is a grouping variable, which means it needs to have more than 2 categories and the DV is continuous)

2. Run Assumption tests for Normality and initial Homogeneity of Variance. What are your results?

3. Run the one-way ANOVA with the Levene test & Tukey post hoc test.

a. What are the results of the Levene test? What does this mean?

b. What are the results of the one-way ANOVA (use notation)? What does it mean?

c. Are post hoc tests necessary? If so, what are the results of those analyses?

4. How do your analyses address your hypotheses?