Unless specified (i.e. for tables), your answers do not need to be in APA format. Make sure it is clear which question you are addressing and that the formatting is neat and organized.
statistics
Description
Unit 3: SPSS
Statistics Assignment
Instructions:
Please do this assignment in
Microsoft Word. Unless specified (i.e. for tables), your answers do not need to
be in APA format. Make sure it is clear which question you are addressing and
that the formatting is neat and organized. In order to do this assignment, you
will need to access the ECLSK Course Dataset. It is located in the “Dataset”
module on the left hand side of the Blackboard page for the course. Please open
the dataset, create a new syntax file where you can save your work or add to
the syntax file you created for the Unit 2 assignment. You will want to save
the syntax for the analyses you run so you can make changes and build upon this
work in future assignments.
Descriptive Statistics
1.
For
this assignment we will be using two variables below: Examine these variables
in SPSS. Are they continuous or categorical? Take a look in variable view. Run
the appropriate descriptive statistics (frequenices/percents, or mean and SD)
on both of the variables. Write a short paragraph describing these variables
including the percent missing for each variable and either the percents or mean/SD
as appropriate, also note the sample size.
a.
t2parinr: Parent involvement (note: this
is a categorical variable, make sure you use t2parinr NOT T2PARIN).
b.
X1NUMSIB: Number of Siblings in Home (note:
this is a continuous variable)
Logistic Regression
1.
For
this assignment you will use a variable showing whether parents were very
involved or not very involved as reported by the child’s kindergarten teacher
(t2parinr) in the spring of kindergarten as the dependent variable. You will
use the number of siblings in the home (X1NUMSIB) as your independent variable
of interest.
2.
Write
a research question that you would use to address the relationship between these
variables.
3.
Write
a hypothesis to go with your research question. Is it directional or
non-directional?
4.
Run
a logistic regression testing whether more siblings in the home predicts a
decrease or increase in likelihood of having a parent that is very involved at
school. Paste the output in to the assignment.
5.
What
is the sample size?
6.
What
is the regression coefficient? Is it statistically significant?
7.
What
is the odds ratio?
8.
Interpret
the odds ratio by turning it in to a percent. What does it mean for the
likelihood of whether the child’s parent is very involved?
9.
Take
this information and create an APA formatted regression table. (Example Table
on Blackboard).
10.
Write
2-3 sentences describing your results in words.
