...Interpretation of SPSS output for Car Care Inc. Jacquelynn Patterson Liberty University Online Professor Lingley Busi 331-B01 October 7, 2013 1.0 Introduction Statistics in social sciences are an important aspect in making the understanding of social behaviors plausible in organizations, governments, marketers and other cohorts with same interest. Initially, statistical manipulations were conducted manually and obliged researchers to have formulas at their fingertips. This strenuous exercise was susceptible to shortcomings in case large volumes of data were to be analyzed. In addition, manual calculations depend on human nature that is vulnerable to ill health, emotional exhaustion and fatigue. As a result, there are many chances of making errors when dealing with manual calculations. This would finally affect the end results obtained. The above mentioned problems are likely to be amplified especially when dealing with a huge number of research subjects. If this is the case, it implies that marketing research data analysis would be the most vulnerable if manual statistical manipulations were embraced. This is because marketing research depends heavily on many respondents in order for the results to valid and reliable for making inferences to the whole population. Inevitably, marketers are bludgeoned into using statistical software that can handle large volumes of cases in a single command. This does not only reduce...
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...i IBM SPSS Data Collection Author 6.0.1 User’s Guide Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information under Notices on p. 376. This edition applies to IBM SPSS Data Collection Author 6.0.1 and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. Adobe product screenshot(s) reprinted with permission from Adobe Systems Incorporated. Microsoft product screenshot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation. Licensed Materials - Property of IBM Licensed Materials - Property of IBM © Copyright IBM Corporation 2000, 2011 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM © Copyright IBM Corporation 2000, 2011 U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Preface Welcome to the IBM® SPSS® Data Collection Author 6.0.1 User’s Guide. This guide provides information on using the IBM® SPSS® Data Collection Author application. For information about installing the product, see the IBM SPSS Data Collection Desktop 6.0.1 Installation Guide. Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) versions of the guides are available on the IBM SPSS Data Collection Desktop 6.0.1 CD-ROM. Viewing and printing the documents requires Adobe Reader. If necessary, you can download it at no cost from www.adobe.com. Use the Adobe Reader online Help for answers to your questions regarding viewing and navigating the documents. Notice: IBM® SPSS® Data Collection...
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...|Who Moved My Cheese | |The Research on College Students’ Part-time Employment and Current Situation of Safeguarding Their Legal Rights | June 7, 2011 Abstract Nowadays, college students’ taking part-time jobs is becoming a common phenomenon. College students, a group people who are the pioneers to build the future society, their behavior on choosing and doing part-time jobs and legal rights maintaining have great significance to research. We assessed the college students’ performance on part-time job employment by analysis of 390 questionnaires, using SPSS software and other data analysis systems. Based on the research, we find that majority students have strong desire to take part-time jobs, but lack knowledge of relevant law and actions to protect their lawful rights and interests. In the end of the paper we come up with several suggestions to today’s college students on choosing part-time jobs and self-protection. KEY WORDS Part-time employment. College Students. Lawful rights and interest. Aspirations. CONTENT λ CHAPTER 1: Introduction 3 λ CHAPTER 2: Literature Review 4 λ CHAPTER 3: Methodology 5 3.1 Data collection approach 5 3.2 Questionnaire Design 6 3.3 Pilot Test 7 3.3.1 Reliability 7 λ CHAPTER 4: Results and Discussion 8 4.1 Results of personal profile 8 4.2 Descriptive...
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...PSYC 355 SPSS Assignment Part 2 Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/psyc-355-spss-assignment/ The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D Scale) In the Assignment Instructions folder, there is an SPSS data file that will be the basis for your analysis. The data included are fictional and were created solely for this assignment. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D scale) is often utilized to measure depressive symptomology (Radloff, 1977). It is a self-assessment that is completed by the individual. The CES-D contains 20-items rated on a 4-point scale (0 = Rarely or None of the Time to 3 = Most or All of the Time). The phrase “Within the past week did you…” prefaces the questions in order to emphasize recent depressive mood. Scores are summed and can range from 0 to 60. Traditionally, individuals with scores over 16 are identified as “depressed” (Weissman, et al., 1977), though due to high false positive rates, a score of 27 is considered a more useful cut-off (Zich, et al., 1990). The full scale can be accessed at: http://www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/cesdscale.pdf. Items 4, 8, 12, and 16 are reversed to avoid “yay-saying” or “nay saying” (Radloff, 1977). Several studies have validated four subscales across a variety of subgroups (i.e., depressive affect, well-being, somatic, and interpersonal) (Gliem & Gliem, 2003). Reliability and Subtest Scoring You will continue the analysis of the CES-D data by learning...
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... SPSS REPORT INTERNAL INDUSTRIAL BASED LEARNING 1 PRESENTED TO: JULIUS NYERERE SPSS is a software package used for statistical analysis. The software name originally stood for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). SPSS is the acronym of Statistical Package for the Social Science.SPSS is one of the most popular statistical packages which can perform highly complex data manipulation and analysis with simple instructions. It is designed for both interactive and non-interactive uses. It is also used by market researchers, health researchers, survey companies, government, education researchers, marketing organizations, data miners, and others. The original SPSS manual (Nie, Bent & Hull, 1970) has been described as one of "sociology's most influential books" for allowing ordinary researchers to do their own statistical analysis.[4] In addition to statistical analysis, data management (case selection, file reshaping, creating derived data) and data documentation (a metadata dictionary was stored in the data file) are features of the base software. Statistics included in the base software: * Descriptive statistics: Cross tabulation, Frequencies, Descriptive, Explore, Descriptive Ratio Statistics * Bivariate statistics: Means, t-test, ANOVA, Correlation (bivariate, partial, distances), Nonparametric tests * Prediction for numerical outcomes: Linear regression * Prediction for identifying groups: Factor analysis, cluster analysis (two-step, K-means...
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...Demoversion) BASIC ANALYSIS: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR ERNEST CYRIL DE RUN DR LO MAY CHIUN HERIYADI KUSNARYADI BASIC ANALYSIS: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS 1 (CIB pdf formfields Demoversion) PREAMBLE This book was originally written as notes for my students of EBQ2053 Research Methodology at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Nevertheless, as we looked through it and with the various courses and seminars that we have given, we began to realize that what was being said was universal for all researchers, either those just starting out at 2nd year university of seasoned well published researchers. We all need to know the basics. Nevertheless, at the same time, even seasoned researchers tend to forget some methods that they do not always use. Therefore the idea for this book, as a handout for students yet at the same time a quick guide and reference for the seasoned researcher. Please note that we are using SPSS v15 and AMOS v4. May it be of help to all who strive to better themselves. This book is dedicated to or my darling wife, Doren, and my dearest son, Walter. Associate Professor Dr Ernest Cyril de Run 16 November 2007 BASIC ANALYSIS: A GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS 2 (CIB pdf formfields Demoversion) 1. What is SPSS? SPSS refers to computer software named Statistical Program for Social Sciences and it comes in various versions and adds on. It is software and not a method of analysis. Therefore please do not...
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...Title: Supply Chain Analysis of Binagol in selected main ports in Leyte Methodology This study was conducted in three major ports in Leyte: Ormoc Sea port Terminal/Landport and, Tacloban Air Port and Terminal/Landport involving 100 key informant (KI) Binagol retailers, processors and main producers from Binagol-producing municipalities of Leyte. This was operationalized by the Supply Chain approach, where its activities transform natural resources, raw materials and components into finished product that is delivered to the end customer. The primary and secondary data was gathered for this study. The primary data was gathered through personal interviews with the Key Informant (KI) respondents, observation of their entire chain or the “Observation Technique” that can get information including the production costs, the sales of the Binagol in their respective main ports in Leyte, the information of the Talyan plantation as well as the farmers involved, and other key players (distributors, suppliers, manufacturers, logistics etc.) who involved in the flow of supply chain in Binagol. The other data which were the secondary one was gathered through Cluster Sampling. This type is more cost-effective to select respondents in groups or “clusters” based on the main ports they belonged. The statistical data will be computed and analyzed through SPSS Statistics, is a software package used for statistical analysis. It is now officially named "IBM SPSS Statistics". Companion products...
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...PSYC 355 SPSS Assignment Part 2 Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/psyc-355-spss-assignment/ The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D Scale) In the Assignment Instructions folder, there is an SPSS data file that will be the basis for your analysis. The data included are fictional and were created solely for this assignment. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D scale) is often utilized to measure depressive symptomology (Radloff, 1977). It is a self-assessment that is completed by the individual. The CES-D contains 20-items rated on a 4-point scale (0 = Rarely or None of the Time to 3 = Most or All of the Time). The phrase “Within the past week did you…” prefaces the questions in order to emphasize recent depressive mood. Scores are summed and can range from 0 to 60. Traditionally, individuals with scores over 16 are identified as “depressed” (Weissman, et al., 1977), though due to high false positive rates, a score of 27 is considered a more useful cut-off (Zich, et al., 1990). The full scale can be accessed at: http://www.chcr.brown.edu/pcoc/cesdscale.pdf. Items 4, 8, 12, and 16 are reversed to avoid “yay-saying” or “nay saying” (Radloff, 1977). Several studies have validated four subscales across a variety of subgroups (i.e., depressive affect, well-being, somatic, and interpersonal) (Gliem & Gliem, 2003). Reliability and Subtest Scoring You will continue the analysis of the CES-D data by learning...
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...of SPSS Statistical Software Michael VIEREGGE University Centre IMI Lucerne, mvieregge@western.edu Shobana SEHKARAN Manchester Metropolitan University, S.Sehkaran@mmu.ac.uk Michael VIEREGGE and Shobana SEHKARAN, "SOFTWAREQUAL: The Case of SPSS Statistical Software" ( July 30, 2010). International CHRIE Conference-Refereed Track. Paper 8. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/refereed/CHRIE_2010/Friday/8 This Conceptual Refereed Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Hospitality & Tourism Management at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in International CHRIE Conference-Refereed Track by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@library.umass.edu. VIEREGGE and SEHKARAN: SOFTWAREQUAL for software SOFTWAREQUAL: THE CASE OF SPSS STATISTICAL SOFTWARE ABSTRACT Anecdotal evidence suggests that today’s students (Generation Y members) do well with the internet, but struggle with applied software. Zeithaml, Parasuraman and Malhotra (2000) developed service quality measures for service encounters in an electronic environment (e.g.SITEQUAL). This preliminary study measures the gap between GenY students’ expectation of and satisfaction with SPSS software. Altogether, n=43 students participated in the experiment. The results suggest that GenY students seek functionality and not fancy gimmicks in application software. While overall reporting satisfaction with SPSS, some...
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...Research Topic IMPROVING THE PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE OF UGANDA NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY (UNRA) BY SUSAN NABADDA ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine procurement performance at UNRA. The study adopted a cross sectional and quantitative survey design and the sample size of 122 was drawn for the study and the respondent were selected using the simple random and purposive sampling techniques. A self- administered questionnaire was used to collect the required data which was later analyzed using the SPSS software. The findings revealed that the quality of goods and services delivered were of poor quality and that the suppliers did not consider timeliness as a major factor. The results further revealed that there was dissatisfaction among internal customers with the suppliers. Among the challenges of procurement performance in UNRA, the findings pointed to the revealed lack of a clear understanding of the core-activities, unclearly defined objectives, goals and expectations, non involvement of key stakeholders' valuable knowledge, lack of integrative point of view of the stakeholders, unclear assignment of responsibilities, poor communication, poor monitoring and lack of needs assessment of the user departments affected the performance of the purchasing function of the company. Some of the suggested strategies that could be maintained to improve procurement performance included clearly defined objectives, goals and expectations for the purchasing function, effective...
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...Introduction In this research paper, we intend to prove whether or not it is viable for this supermarket chain to extend the product line of the toothpaste brand Freshgel. To do this we will need to examine the data provided and formulate a number of descriptive statistics utilising SPSS analysis. Following intense evaluation of the information we will compile a detailed report summarising our interpretation of the data, whilst also explaining the approach we have used. Finally, we will come to a succinct conclusion informing the regional manager if expanding their current product line would be beneficial for the company. The goal of our report is to accurately and correctly analyse Freshgel’s pricing strategy, both individually and compared...
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...Now you have some basic understanding of SPSS, it is time to explore the program is more detail by doing some exercises. If you use the computer, all you need to know are the right commands. Since the questions below involve inferences about population means, the number of commands you will use is rather limited (Analyze > Compare Means). The real challenge of these questions is therefore not so much in the statistics involved (which mainly pertain to Chapters 12 and 13), but to be able to define the problem, identify which statistical method is most appropriate, and to interpret the results. 1) Suppose that, in a large state university (with numerous campuses), the marks in an introductory statistics course are normally distributed with a mean of 68. To determine the effect of requiring students to pass a calculus test (which at present is not a prerequisite), a random sample of 50 students who have taken calculus is given a statistics course. The marks out of 100 were recorded. a. Estimate with 95% confidence the mean statistics mark for all students that have taken calculus. b. Do these data provide evidence to infer that students with a calculus background would perform better in statistics than students with no calculus. 2) The owner of a downtown parking lot suspects that the person he hired to run the lot is stealing some money. The receipts as provided by the employee indicate that the average number of cars parked in the lot is 125 per day and...
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...performance based pay and job satisfaction. However, less is to be said about researches mainly on the significance of interactional justice in the equation above. The writers mentioned that there are not many studies done to specifically explore this relationship thus motivates them to research more on this issue, hence this article. The methodology of research was conducted via cross-sectional research with emphasize on survey questionnaire where 334 questionnaires were distributed to employees who have worked in the private institutions of higher learning in Malaysia. The results were tabulated via a Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16.0 using the exploratory factor analysis, Pearson correlation analysis and descriptive statistics as well as the stepwise regression analysis. The empirical outcome from the analysis conducted confirms that interactional justice does act as a mediating variable in the relationship between performance based pay and job satisfaction in the selected sample study....
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...STAT582 HW7 Review of Two Statistical Software Packages – Minitab and SPSS Yan Sun As a statistician, have you ever got stuck in front of your computer, trying to figure out the correct syntax of a command to type into the little programming window, and just could not get it right? At that moment, I am sure you would wish there was some magic easy button that you could just click and then things would work the way they should. Well, magic does not happen everyday. However, some better choices can make life easier. Instead of using programmed command lines, some statistical software make their usage much easier by using a menu-driven interface. This kind of software are like well-organized control panels. Each of the things you need to do is controlled by a button somewhere on the panel. Once you get familiar with the layout of the panel, the actual work should be quite an enjoyable process. Several good menu-interface statistical software are available. Among them, Minitab and SPSS are the most widely used ones. This report serves as an introduction to these two software packages. For each of them, the software’s specialties, advantages, and suitability will be discussed. Some important functionalities, their implementations, and programming in the two software will be introduced. This report also includes ‘helpful resources’, which I personally found very helpful in learning and using the two software. 1. Minitab History Minitab was...
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...collecting the data of “tenure” or “age”, please ask participants to fill the actual number (e.g., 33 years old). Do not use the categorical responses (e.g., 1-5 years, 6-10 years, 11-15 years…), which will reduce some useful information. ↑ Open a new excel file. Build the coding sheet based on the order of questions/items (e.g., to1-to3, ns1-ns3…) from the left side to the right side. Then key in the data of each questionnaire item by item. When coding the data, please pay attention to the five tips highlighted above. 1 Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management, NSYSU Research Method (I), 2013: Data coding, reliability, and EFA All Rights Reserved by Prof. Nai-Wen Chi II. How to input the excel file in the SPSS program? ↑Open the SPSS program, if you see above window, just click “cancel” then go to following steps. ↑When you go to the main window, check “file”→ “open” → “data” on the menu. 2 Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management, NSYSU Research Method (I), 2013: Data coding, reliability, and EFA All Rights...
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