Week 07

You are interested in exploring disputation of life patterns and disruption of social relationships when comparing males and females. After conducting a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, you determined these two dependent variables did not meet the standard for normality. For this comparison, a non-parametric test is then required.

Conduct a Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests by selecting the options the researcher would need (use the non-parametric test analysis, and within this grouping, select “Legacy Dialogs”).

1. Based on your experience in this course, present tables to adequately report the results of both analyses; Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis.

2. In narrative form, discuss the results of both analyses; Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis.

3. Are there any differences in the results from both tests? 4. Include an appendix that contains all SPSS output (copied and

pasted) for the items above. 5. For possible use within your future research, identify the

non-parametric counterparts to the following parametric tests:

Table 2

Parametric Tests and Their Non-Parametric Counterparts

Parametric Tests Non-Parametric Tests

Independent t - test ?

Dependent t - test ?

ANOVA ?

Repeated Measures ANOVA ?

Pearson ?

Length: Complete responses to all five prompts. Please include the question prompts along with your responses in your assignment submission. In addition to a WORD (.doc) file with the answers to the assignment questions, also include the output (.spv) file. (NOTE: SPSS automatically generates the .spv file as you work in SPSS. When you close your SPSS main window, SPSS will ask you if you want to save the output file. Click ‘yes’, then save to your computer and upload with your assignment.)

References: No references are required, though any sources used other than those provided within the assignment should be cited and referenced in APA format