These are discussion questions.
A. CAT.M1.DQ1 (SPSS Practice)
The following website has a comma delimited spreadsheet (CSV) file on health data. The dataset is pretty self-explanatory.
Download the file, import (File->Import->CSV) it into SPSS and run some descriptive statistics, frequencies, and/or exploratory analyses (All: Analyze->Descriptive Statistics).
For (optional) Participation Points, tell us something about one of the variables. Use a sentence or two.
Health Data (right click and ‘save as” to download)
B. CAT.M1.DQ2 (More SPSS Practice)
The following website has a comma delimited spreadsheet (CSV) file on body measurements. The dataset is explained on the page.
Download the file, import (File->Import->CSV) it into SPSS and run some descriptive statistics, frequencies, and/or exploratory analyses (All: Analyze->Descriptive Statistics).
For (optional) Participation Points, take one (1) variable and tell us a few things about it. Use only a few sentences.
http://staff.pubhealth.ku.dk/~tag/Teaching/share/data/Bodyfat.html
Resources
View “SPSS for Beginners 1 – Introduction,” located on the YouTube website.
URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDR3_Ng5CA&feature=related
View “SPSS for Beginners 2 Frequency Counts and Descriptive Statistics,” located on the YouTube website.
URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CWeHF3Mn00&feature=relmfu
View “SPSS Cleaning Data.avi,” located on the YouTube website.
URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9WhRmx0Im8
View “Data Screening in SPSS – Part 1: Explore,” located on the YouTube website.
URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qhLDYr70MM
American Statistical Association. (1999). Ethical guidelines for statistical practice.
URL:http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/pub/Main/HeitmanSeminarMay08/ASAEthicalGuidelinesforStatisticalPractice.pdf
For additional information, the following is recommended:
Chapter 2 in IBM SPSS for Intermediate Statistics: Use and Interpretation.