SPSS HOMEWORK:FREQUENCY TABLES,HISTOGRAMS,AND BAR CHARTS

SPSS HOMEWORK:FREQUENCY TABLES,HISTOGRAMS,AND BAR CHARTS

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

OVERVIEW

This assignment is designed to increase your statistical literacy and proficiency in creating and interpreting frequency tables, histograms, and bar charts. You will be creating these in 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

 To access the homework problems for this assignment, please download the SPSS

Homework: Frequency Tables, Histograms, and Bar Charts Template document

linked on the SPSS Homework: Frequency Tables, Histograms, and Bar Charts

Assignment page.

 This assignment includes two problem sets that contain research scenarios and related

questions, as well as one integration question.

 For each scenario, you will create a new SPSS data file with the data from the problem

scenario. ALL variable names in your SPSS data files must include your initials, so that

they show up in your SPSS output and graph. For example, for someone with the initials

ABC creating a variable of memory scores, the variable could be named

“ABC_mem_scores” or “Mem_Scores_ABC”, etc.

 You will respond to a series of questions asking you to create and interpret either

frequency tables, histograms, or bar charts. 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.

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.