Description
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, ORDINAL SCALE AND
DICHOTOMOUS VARIABLE ASSIGNMENT
SPSS Problems
Chapter 4
Using the CollegeStudentData.sav file (see Appendix A), do the following problems. Print your
outputs and circle the key parts of the output that you discuss.
4.1.For the variables with five or more ordered levels, compute the skewness. Describe the
results. Which variables in the dataset are approximately normally distributed/scale? Which
ones are ordered but not normal?
4.2.Do a stem-and-leaf plot for the same-sex parent’s height split by sex at birth. Discuss the
plots.
4.3.Which variables are nominal? Run Frequencies for the nominal variables and other
variables with fewer than five levels. Comment on the results.
4.4.Do boxplots for student height and for hours of study. Compare the two plots.
