USW1 DDBA 8307 Week02 AssignmentExemplar
USW1 DDBA 8307 Week02 AssignmentExemplar
USW1 DDBA 8307 Week02 AssignmentExemplar
John Doe1
DDBA 8307-62
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Type your name here
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Type in DDBA section number (e.g. DDBA 8307 – 6)
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Enter faculty name here.
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Scales of Measurement
research. Be sure to use a minimum of two citations to support your position(s). Be sure to
review the “Scales of Measurement” media from Week 1. This section should be no more than
two paragraphs.
Research Question
What are the means, standard deviations, frequencies, and percentages of the Lesson 21
Presentation of Findings
I analyzed data from Lesson 21 Exercise File 4. In this section, I present descriptive
statistics for the study quantitative and qualitative variables. Appropriate APA tables and figures
Descriptive Statistics6
Descriptive statistics were run for the quantitative and qualitative variables in the Week 1
Assignment data set. Table 1 depicts the means and standard deviations for the quantitative data.
Figure 1 depicts a histogram for the GPA variable. Table 2 depicts the frequencies and
percentages for the qualitative (categorical) data. Figure 2 depicts a pie chart for the ethnic
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Insert the appropriate file name.
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The tables and figures from your SPSS output will need to be copied and pasted in the appropriate location.
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Detailed information can be found in Lesson 20, “Univariate Descriptive Statistics for Qualitative Variables,” and
Lesson 21, “Univariate Descriptive Statistics for Quantitative Variables,” in the Green and Salkind text.
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Table 17
Variable8 M SD
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This is an example of an APA-formatted descriptive statistics table. Refer to Sections 5.01-5.19, in the APA
Manual for detailed information on APA tables. The descriptive statistics table here includes the appropriate
information derived from the SPSS output that is to be pasted as an appendix. Do not split tables across pages.
Note: The numbers in the SPSS output presented here are fictitious numbers and do not represent correct
numbers in the data set you will use for this application.
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You would simply add rows to the table to accommodate the variables you have used in the analysis (i.e., variable
3, variable 4, etc.). Hint: Use the Microsoft Word Table feature.
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Table 29
Ethnic
Native 5 4.8
Asian 20 19.0
Black 24 22.9
White 45 42.9
Hispanic 11 10.4
Total 105 100.0
Section
1 33 31.4
2 39 37.2
3 33 31.4
Total 105 100.0
Grade
A 23 21.9
B 32 30.5
C 35 33.3
D 9 8.6
F 6 5.7
Total 105 100.0
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Recall from Lesson 20, “Univariate Descriptive Statistics for Qualitative Variables” (Green & Salkind, 2017),
frequencies and percentages are reported for qualitative (nominal) variables. Note: Frequency and percentages
are the only columns to be included.
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The pie chart is an appropriate graph for nominal (categorical) data.
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References
Type in references using appropriate APA format. Remember, use a minimum of two
references.
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Frequency Table
Ethnic
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Valid Native 5 4.8 4.8 4.8
Asian 20 19.0 19.0 23.8
Black 24 22.9 22.9 46.7
White 45 42.9 42.9 89.5
Hispanic 11 10.5 10.5 100.0
Total 105 100.0 100.0
Section
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Valid 1 33 31.4 31.4 31.4
2 39 37.1 37.1 68.6
3 33 31.4 31.4 100.0
Total 105 100.0 100.0
Grade
Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Valid A 23 21.9 21.9 21.9
B 32 30.5 30.5 52.4
C 35 33.3 33.3 85.7
D 9 8.6 8.6 94.3
F 6 5.7 5.7 100.0
Total 105 100.0 100.0
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You will copy-and-paste the appropriate SPSS output into the application assignment. See the document titled
“Copying and Pasting SPSS Output into Word” located in this week’s Resources
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Descriptive Statistics
Std.
N Mean Deviation
gpa 105 2.7789 .76380
final 105 61.48 7.943
percent 105 80.34 12.135
Valid N
105
(listwise)