Statistics Assignment – ANCOVA using SPSS

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Statistics Assignment – ANCOVA using SPSS

Instructions:

CONTROLLING FOR THE EFFECT OF INDEPENDENT VARIABLES - ANCOVA

Relationship Between Positive Psychological Attitudes and Spending Choices Controlling for Education

This work will involve ANCOVA.  5 questions will need to be answered in addition to generating a results section.  In addition to providing the correct answer, a detailed written explanation/justification must also be provided. 

 

Requirements

· SPSS software required (version 19 or later).  Log and tables must be submitted with assignment

· Each response must contain a detailed written explanation (at least 4-6 sentences) along with the correct answer. Please note that some answers may require more than 4-6 sentences depending on the complexity of the analysis for the answer

· There may be several different sub-analyses required in order to complete the entire analytic procedure

· The results section should conform to generally accepted formatting for statistical results analysis. Example provided

· Must be plagiarism free

· Delivery document should be in a Microsoft Word format using APA style for citing references. SPPS Log must also be provided.

 

***Please note that the datafile.txt file is really a .sav file.  The site would not allow me to upload the .sav file type**

 

 

Assignment

1. Is the assumption of homogeneity of regression met? Explain.

2. Compare the descriptive means of the three groups. How do they differ?

3. Is the assumption of homogeneity of variance met? Explain.

4. What is the relationship between the covariate and the dependent variable? Is there a significant main effect? If so, what is it? Explain.

5. What is the substantive conclusion in this research?

6. Write a Results section for this study

Example results section: