Mean, Median and Mode for the variable
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June 4, 2020Imagine that you are being interviewed by a graduating high school
June 4, 2020Mean, Median and Mode for the variable
Mean, Median and Mode for the variable
Upload the saved dataset to SPSS
following the directions provided under week
one content
.
Variable 1 will be named Hrs_Study. Variable 2 will be named
Grade.
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First,
Compute the Mean, Median and Mode for the variable Grade.
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Using the SPSS software:
Click Analyze
?
Descriptive Statistics
?
Frequencies.
o
Double
–
click on the variable named
Grade
to move it to the Variable( s)
box.
o
Click Statistics and you will see the Frequencies: Statistics dialog box
shown in Figure 2.1
in yo
ur textbook
. Under Central Tendency, cli
ck the
Mean, Median, and Mode boxes.
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Click Continue.
o
Click OK.
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Next, compute the Standard Deviation for the variable grade.
o
Click Analyze
?
Descriptive Statistics
?
Frequencies.
o
Double
–
click on the
Grade
variab
le to move it to the Variable( s) box.
o
Click Statistics, and you will see the Frequencies: Statistics dialog box.
o
This di
alog box is used to select the variables and procedures you want to
perform. Under Di
spersion, click Std. Deviation.
o
Click Continue
o
Click OK
1)
What is the Mean score for the variable grade?
2)
What is the Standard Deviation for the variable grade?
3)
Include the tables in your assignment submission.
Copy the SPSS table for the Measures of Central Tendency and Standard Deviation
to a
word document, with
the answers to ques
tions 1 & 2. You can submit the answers and the
tables
directly through Blackboards assignment drop box
