Homework: Data Organization and Descriptive Statistics Assignment Instructions
Overview
This Homework: Data Organization & Descriptive Statistics Assignment is designed to assess your understanding of the concepts and applications covered thus far in this course. In this module, you have looked at how to organize data and describe it in terms of central tendency, dispersion, and shape of distribution.
You also have covered cover how to standardize a distribution of data in order to see how a single score compares to other scores. These topics are covered conceptually as well as how to calculate them by hand and in SPSS. These concepts and applications are fundamental to understanding and evaluating data as a consumer in a data-laden world, a consumer of data within our field, and producer of research in our field.
Instructions
Be sure you have reviewed this module’s Learn section before completing this Homework: Data Organization & Descriptive Statistics Assignment. This Homework: Data Organization & Descriptive Statistics Assignment is worth 60 points. Each question is worth 3 points each. Six points are awarded for mechanics/structure.
Part I contains general concepts from this module’s Learn section.
Part II requires use of SPSS. You will have to take screen shots and/or copy and paste from your SPSS to place answers within this file. Make sure you only insert relevant and legible images.
Part III is the cumulative section. These may include short answer and/or use of SPSS but will review material from previous module(s).