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Assignment: Selecting Cases / Calculating Statistics for Subgroups (SPSS)

*Statistical Software Packages, Statistics / , , , , , , /

In this assignment (created by Dr. Kimberly A. Barchard and Dr. Leiszle Lapping-Carr), students will use SPSS to compare two subgroups (men and women) using three different methods: select cases, split file, and explore. A detailed grading rubric is included. This assignment was designed to be completed with an existing dataset (the address is given […]

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Design & Data: How Do Parents Respond to Their Child’s Public Tantrums? (Observational Research/Descriptive Statistics)

*Statistical Software Packages, 02. Frequency Distributions and Visual Displays of Data, 04. Psychologist’s Toolbox: Sampling, Measurement, Reliability, & Validity, 06. Observational Research, 11. One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Communicating Psych Science, Research Methods, Statistics, The APA Style Research Report / , , , , , , , , , , , , , , /

Key Topics and Links to Files Data Analysis Guide The Many Forms of Discipline in Parents’ Bag of Tricks Analyses Included: Descriptive Statistics (Frequencies; Central Tendency); Inter-observer Reliability (Cohen’s Kappa); Inter-observer Reliability (Pearson’s r); Creating a Mean; Creating a Median Split; Selecting Cases Dataset Syntax Output BONUS: Dyads at Diners (How often and how much

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Open Stats Lab: Correlation Activities

*Statistical Software Packages, 07. Correlational/Survey Research, 14. Correlation, Statistics / , , , , , , , , , , /

Activities focus on the following topics: Does Being Wealthy Distort Perceptions of Wealth Inequality? Here students get to create new variables, calculate means and standard deviations, and conduct bivariate correlations. Do Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases Influence Voting Behavior? Here students will need to select certain cases for the analysis, conduct bivariate correlations, and generate scatterplots.

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