...Factor Analysis in SPSS To conduct a Factor Analysis, start from the “Analyze” menu. This procedure is intended to reduce the complexity in a set of data, so we choose “Data Reduction” from the menu. And the choice in this category is “Factor,” for factor analysis. This dataset gives children’s scores on subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III). The Wechsler scales are scored to give you a “verbal” and a “performance” IQ. The question is whether we can reproduce the verbal vs. nonverbal distinction, with the appropriate subtests grouping into each category, using factor analysis. This dialog box will appear: Factor analysis has no IVs and DVs, so everything you want to get factors for just goes into the list labeled “variables.” In this case, it’s all the variables. In some datasets, there is also a dummy “subject number” variable included. Be sure that you don’t include subject number as one of the variables for your factor analysis! To do a factor analysis, we need to select an “extraction method” and a “rotation method.” Hit the “Extraction” button to specify your extraction method. In this dialog box, you can make a number of selections. First, I want you to un-check the box labeled “Unrotated factor solution.” This is a default setting for your printout, but it just gives you information that you don’t need, and that may distract you from the real answers. So, always go into the Extraction sub-dialog and un-check this...
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...Data Preparation in SPSS Jamie DeCoster Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning University of Virginia 350 Old Ivy Way Charlottesville, VA 22903 August 15, 2012 If you wish to cite the contents of this document, the APA reference for them would be DeCoster, J. (2012). Data Preparation in SPSS. Retrieved from http://www.stat-help.com/notes.html All rights to this document are reserved Table of Contents Version History ............................................................................................................................... 4 Interactive Mode versus Syntax Mode ........................................................................................... 5 Why syntax is typically better..................................................................................................... 5 Getting syntax out of interactive mode commands..................................................................... 5 Best Practices for Data Preparation in SPSS .................................................................................. 7 Use syntax from start to finish .................................................................................................... 7 Maintain accurate codebooks for raw data sets .......................................................................... 7 Use summary data sets for analysis ............................................................................................ 7 Preserve the original...
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...ensuring that the data provides meaning and value. Data preparation is the first part of the process of transforming data into useful knowledge. This process involves several steps: (1) data validation, (2) editing and coding, (3) data entry, (4) error detection, and (5) data tabulation. Data analysis follows data preparation and facilitates proper interpretation of the findings. Validation, editing, and coding of survey data. Data validation attempts to determine whether surveys, interviews, or observations were conducted correctly and are free from fraud. In recontacting selected respondents, the researcher asks whether the interview (1) was falsified, (2) was conducted with a qualified respondent, (3) took place in the proper procedural setting, (4) was completed correctly and accurately, and (5) was accomplished in a courteous manner. The editing process involves scanning of interviews or questionnaire responses to determine whether the proper questions were asked, the answers were recorded according to the instructions given, and the screening questions were executed properly, as well as whether open-ended questions were recorded accurately. Once edited, the questionnaires are coded by assigning numerical values to all responses. Coding is the process of providing numeric labels to the data so they can be entered into a computer for subsequent statistical analysis. Data entry procedures and how to detect errors. There are several methods...
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...Module Study Guide Research Methods in Psychology 2 Deadlines: 1st Report Week 6, Thurs 6th March 12noon 2nd Report Week 10, Thurs 17th April 12noon Lectures: Fridays 1pm-2pm TC102 Workshops: Mondays in Paragon NB – check for changes to this in weeks 10, 11 and 13 due to the Bank Holidays. School of Psychology, Social Work and Human Sciences School of Psychology, Social Work and Human Sciences Research Methods in Psychology 2 Module Study Guide |Module Code |SS40003E | |Level |4 | |Credits |20 | 2014 Version No 01 © UWL 2013 Research Methods in Psychology 2 Module Study Guide Contents | |Page No. | |Module Leader and Teaching Team Details |3 | | | | |Facts and figures |5 | | | | |Section A Overview and Content...
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...most. The information gathered was to assist the researcher in answering the second research questions: What stress reduction techniques did the athletic training students report most useful? The subsequent schedule was followed. Week one was an introduction to the extension of the study started the previous semester, the administration of the...
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...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 state that you are using SPSS to analysis whatever in your research paper. You may state that you use this statistical package in order to run a certain analysis such as ANOVA or any other method. SPSS is statistical and data management software that is widely used. This is partly because it is simple to use, user friendly, and does not require coding as by SAS. You may...
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... Introduction to SPSS Course Coordinator: Dr Ravi Pappu Introduction to SPSS This is a brief on how to use SPSS. The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to SPSS. You are encouraged to actively access the interactive help of SPSS and ask your tutor questions if you get lost. You are expected to spend time outside of class (i) familiarising yourself with SPSS and (ii) completing the homework exercises to complete the Assignment 2 (Research Report) for assessment (20% of your MKTG7510 Grade). SPSS is accessible in all computer labs in Building 39A and 35. Please check current times of access to the computer labs and plan your study time accordingly. 1. How to create a new project? (1) Click on the ‘Start’ menu. Click on ‘All Programs’. (2) You will find the folder ‘Data Analysis and Stats Programs’ - click it to open the folder. (3) Click on the ‘IBM SPSS statistics’ folder. Click on the ‘IBM SPSS Statistics’ icon. (4) Once SPSS is open, the screen (see Fig. 1) asks you what you would like to do: either type in the data manually, or find an existing data file (as circled below). Figure 1: Create a New Project MKTG7510 Market and Consumer Research S1-2014 P. 1/20 2. What are the main components of an SPSS ‘project’? When you open a new ‘project’ you will see the Data Editor window where the raw data are visible. However, there are multiple windows that allow you to interact with the data in different ways. The following is a list of the main components...
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...The Influence of the School Media Specialist’s Role on Students’ Attitudes and Performance in the Research Process Abstract Many high school students at all achievement levels fail in the research process due to the frustration and anxiety that arise from their inability to efficiently locate and manipulate resources. This frustration causes them to perform poorly and in some cases to abandon the process. At the same time, the media specialist’s training and expertise are under-used by both teachers and students. All classes of male and female 11th grade students of all ability levels will be subjected to two different styles of bibliographic instruction prior to beginning their research papers. At the time the assignment is given they will be given a questionnaire that measures their attitudes at various stages of the process. A correlation between attitudes and grades is hypothesized. The conclusion drawn from such a correlation is that an active bibliographic instruction role reduces students’ frustration and anxiety in the research process and thus, positively influences grades. Introduction To address the problem of failure in the high school research paper process, the method of bibliographic instruction is one of several factors that can reasonably be examined. If BI is, indeed, a relevant factor, it may then be postulated to extend its influence to other areas that may have a contributory...
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...Specifically, you will develop analytical skills to use covariate to control for or partial out effects of pre-existing differences carried by sampling. To complete the assessment, answer each question, providing IBM SPSS analysis when necessary to support your answer. For this assignment, use the small batch of data provided by Warner's textbook on page 724. These are hypothetical data. We will imagine that a three-group quasi-experimental study was done to compare the effects of three treatments on the aggressive behavior of male children. Xc, the covariate, is a pretest measure of aggressiveness: the number of aggressive behaviors emitted by each child when the child is first placed in a neutral playroom situation. This measure was done prior to exposure to the treatment. Children could not be randomly assigned to treatment groups, so the groups did not start out exactly equivalent on aggressiveness. The dependent variable, Y, is a posttest measure: the number of aggressive behaviors emitted by each child after exposure to one of the three treatments. Treatment A consisted of three different films. The A1 group saw a cartoon animal behaving aggressively. The A2 group saw a human female model behaving aggressively. The A3group saw a human male model behaving aggressively. The question is whether these three models elicited different amounts of aggressive behavior when you do (and do not) control for individual differences in baseline aggressiveness. Let us further assume that...
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...Dave’s Crash Course in Statistics using SPSS 1.0 Classifying the different types of data There are four types of variables: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio. Distinguishing between these types of variables is important, as several statistical tools may only be used for certain types of data. Nominal variables: where values are assigned to categories in no particular order. This assignment of values is arbitrary and holds no particular meaning or order to them. For example, “sex” where 1=male 2=female “marital status” where 1=never married 2= married 3=defacto “yes/no type questions” where 1=yes 2=no. Ordinal variables: where values are assigned to categories that are related to each other in some logical order – such as ascending or descending order. For example, “age group” 1=under 21yrs 2=21-35yrs 3=35-49yrs 4=50 yrs and over “education” where 1=high school completed 2=tertiary studies completed 3=post-graduate studies completed. The higher the value assigned, the higher the category (ie. higher age group or education level). Interval variables: where the values assigned are ordered in the same way as ordinal variables, however, the intervals or distances between the categories are equally spaced. For example, “please rate the importance of the following attributes…” according to the scale 1----------2----------3----------4----------5 where 1=strongly...
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...interviews will be adopted. An in-person interview consists of an interviewer asking the respondent questions in a face-to-face situation. The interview may take place at the respondent's home or...
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...Data Analysis in SPSS Jamie DeCoster Department of Psychology University of Alabama 348 Gordon Palmer Hall Box 870348 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348 February 21, 2004 If you wish to cite the contents of this document, the APA reference for them would be DeCoster, J. (2004). Data Analysis in SPSS. Retrieved from http://www.stat-help.com/notes.html Heather Claypool Department of Psychology Miami University of Ohio 136 Benton Hall Oxford, OH 45056 All rights to this document are reserved Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................1 Interactive Mode versus Syntax Mode ..........................................................................................................................2 Descriptive Statistics .....................................................................................................................................................4 Transformations.............................................................................................................................................................5 Compute ....................................................................................................................................................................5 Recode ............................................................................................................................
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...d Research Proposal PENSION-WITHDRAWAL 2014 SAAMIRA IDREES (000032407) Bachelor of Business Faculty of Management and Computing 30th March 2014 Contents Abstract ................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.2 4.0 4.1 4.2 5.0 5.1 5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.2 5.3 6.0 6.1 6.2 7.0 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 9.0 10.0 10.1 10.2 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 3 Problem Statement and Rational for the Research ....................................................................... 4 Problem Statement ...................................................................................................................... 4 The Rationale for Research.......................................................................................................... 4 Objectives of the Study and Hypothesis ........................................................................................ 5 Research Objectives .................................................................................................................... 5 Main objective..................................................................................................................... 5 Secondary Objectives.............................................................................
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...Organisations on Green Marketing. Mieke van Kaam a research proposal – 22 April 2012 Table of Contents 1. Background 3 2. Problem statement 3 3. Research objectives 4 4. The scope and limitations of the proposed research 4 5. Literature review 6 5.1. Green fever –A load of Greenwash or not. 6 5.2. How green can you go? 7 5.3. Lets collaborate! 7 5.4. Consumer evolution 8 6. Research plan 9 6.1. Description of research subjects and design 9 6.2. Sampling plan 9 6.3. Instruments 9 6.4. Procedures 9 7. Proposed methods for processing, analysing and interpreting data 11 7.1. Quantitative 11 7.2. Qualitative 11 8. Timeline 12 9. Potential outcomes and conclusion 13 10. Reference list 14 11. Appendix A 15 Background * Green marketing is the product modifications and/or changes in production processes, * packaging and advertising, made by companies to ensure that the final consumer product * is environmentally safe. * This is a simple definition for green marketing, but how many consumers and organisations * in South Africa (SA) actually understand the essence of green marketing. And if they do, * what are their viewpoints on green marketing and how was it shaped? Do organisations see * it as a fad attribute that's merely added to a product to ensure premium pricing options * and eventually higher profits for the company or is it an expedient that we as * stakeholders can use to...
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...FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT MASTER’S THESIS STUDY PROGRAM: THESIS IS WRITTEN IN THE FOLLOWING SPECIALIZATION/SUBJECT: Festival and Event Management IS THE ASSIGNMENT CONFIDENTIAL? MSc in International Hotel and Tourism Leadership No TITLE: Benefits of multi-stakeholder groups for participating in Gladmat festival AUTHOR ADVISOR: Prof. Reidar Johan Mykletun Student number: 215519 ………………… 214504 ………………… Name: Ambassador Rezene Meretse ……………………………………. Muhammad Yahya ……………………………………. ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF 2 BOUND COPIES OF THESIS Stavanger, ……/…… 2013 Signature administration:…………………………… 2 Abstract This paper investigates the benefits of multi-stakeholders from participating in the Gladmat festival in Stavanger. The findings of this study can help festival and event managers to understand which major factors can attract group of stakeholders to the festival. It could help them to formulate policies, to offer suitable segment focusing on the marketing field. Stakeholder theory, the benefit segmentation theory, push and pull motivation theory, and Maslow’s hierarchy theory were applied to find the benefits of stakeholders for participating in the festival. Mixed method research have been used to collect the data, three qualitative studies and one quantitative study is carried out to explore and describe the benefits from the festival. The outcome from the qualitative shows owners benefits by positioning and...
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