EDAD 710
DATA ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT
Directions: Please answer the questions and exercises below using SPSS and the data from the PDF file (RAWDATA). Please be brief in answering the questions below and provide the output and answers in only 1 word document; the data file you are to create can be e-mailed directly to me or printed out and put in a PDF file.
Scenario: Participants were randomly and called to participate in a telephone survey about their attitudes concerning people with HIV.
Enter data from the PDF file (RAWDATA) into an SPSS file.
Be sure to use the coding provided.
Be sure to use only 1 line in the SPSS file for each participant.
Develop your own names for the variables. For example, for gender you can call this variable “gender” or “sex”; make sure that the names of the variables make sense.
Tally the scores for the HIV Stigma Scale to create a single composite of the scale; make sure you do the reverse coding of the items that have a reverse valence (4=1, 3=2, 2=3, 1=4). Items with reverse scores are questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 13.
Make a hard copy of the data file and convert it to a PDF file since our platform does not support SPSS or you can e-mail the file directly to me (clifton.addison@jsums.edu); provide the complete database in an attached file. (20 points)
Data Analysis Tips:
Feel free to collaborate with your classmates concerning how to use the program since some of you will have developed more expertise and skills with SPSS than others.
For this assignment, conduct all statistical tests using an alpha of .05.
Data Analysis Tips for SPSS:
For producing descriptive statistics, go to Analyze, then to Descriptive Statistics, then to Frequency and Descriptive, select the variables you want to analyze, then click on either Statistics or Options to chose the statistics you want (e.g., means, standard deviation, range, etc.). Then click on OK.
For conducting a t-test, go to Analyze, then to Compare Means, then to…