SPSS 4: T DESTING ATA FOR ORMALITY SSIGNMENT NSTRUCTIONS N A I
OVERVIEW
This assignment is designed to increase your statistical literacy and proficiency in summarizing,
visualizing, and interpreting variability within data sets. You will work within SPSS, using data
that are related to specific research scenarios in the behavioral sciences such as psychology,
social work, and counseling. A working knowledge of how to summarize and visualize data is
fundamental to being able to understand and apply research in your related field to your practice.
Additionally, SPSS skills are professionally valuable, as it is one of the most commonly used
statistical software packages in behavioral science settings, both academic and professional.
INSTRUCTIONS
Download the file titled “SPSS Module 4 Data File”. It is an SPSS data file that contains
a selection of data from the American Time Use Survey. This survey is conducted by the
US Bureau of Labor Statistics and collects information on the amount of time people
report spending on different daily activities, from child care to work to leisure. This file
contains data from the year 2019.
The file contains the following variables:
oSLEEP: Time spent sleeping (minutes per day)
oEATDRINK: Time spent eating and drinking (minutes per day)
You will use the information in this file to respond to a series of questions asking you to
create and interpret various tables and charts in SPSS. Paste your SPSS output directly
into the homework underneath each relevant question. Type written answers into the
document underneath the question to which they relate.
This assignment is worth 60 points.
Please review the SPSS Homework Tutorial in this module for directions on how to enter data
in SPSS and use it to produce the final product for your assignment. The scenarios begin on the
next page.
Problem Set 1:
1. For the “EATDRINK” variable, using the “Explore” command, test the data for normality
(as shown in the SPSS tutorial) by performing the following steps:
a. Create a table of descriptive statistics for this variable. Paste the table here: (6 pts)
