Fall XXXXXXXXXXThe following data comes from a survey of students enrolled in 4 Behavioral Science Statistics classes at CSUSM and Palomar College. The first variable is “AGE” which simply asks...

Psych 205 Lab Assignment


Fall 2020- The following data comes from a survey of students enrolled in 4 Behavioral Science Statistics classes at CSUSM and Palomar College. The first variable is “AGE” which simply asks student how old they are at the time of taking the survey. See below that the N is 135 which means that 135 students took the survey. There is no data Missing so every one answered the age question. The Mean is 21.3 years old. That is the average age of these 135 students. The Median age is 19 years old. That means half the students are younger and half are older than 19 years old. The Mode is 19 years old. That means that 19 is the most frequent age in this dataset. The standard deviation is 5.8 years (rounded). That means that, on average, the ages vary from the mean of 21.3 years by close to 6 years (5.797 years). So the spread around the average age of is about about 6 years older and 6 years younger. The youngest person (minimum) is 17 years old and the oldest student is 53 years old. There is a range of 36 years between the youngest and the oldest person. Statistics What is your age? N Valid 135 Missing 0 Mean 21.30 Median 19.00 Mode 19 Std. Deviation 5.797 Variance 33.601 Range 36 Minimum 17 Maximum 53 Below you will see a frequency distribution of ages. This tells you how many people are in each age category. We can see that there are 3 people who are 17 years old. That is 2.2% of the 135 students who took the survey. If we look at age 19, we can see that 40 students reported being 19 years old which is 20% of the group. This chart allows us more detail in understanding the spread of ages in this group. What is your age? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 17 3 2.2 2.2 2.2 18 27 20.0 20.0 22.2 19 40 29.6 29.6 51.9 20 21 15.6 15.6 67.4 21 11 8.1 8.1 75.6 22 7 5.2 5.2 80.7 23 8 5.9 5.9 86.7 24 3 2.2 2.2 88.9 25 1 .7 .7 89.6 26 2 1.5 1.5 91.1 27 3 2.2 2.2 93.3 28 1 .7 .7 94.1 31 1 .7 .7 94.8 35 1 .7 .7 95.6 37 1 .7 .7 96.3 38 1 .7 .7 97.0 43 1 .7 .7 97.8 47 1 .7 .7 98.5 48 1 .7 .7 99.3 53 1 .7 .7 100.0 Total 135 100.0 100.0 This is a histogram of the age variable. We can clearly see that this is skewed. It is a positive skew because if we drew a curve over it, the tail of the curve points to the right (in the positive direction of the number line). This graph shows us how ages are distributed in this group with most students being young. If we look at the cumulative percent above, we see that almost 90% of these students are 25 years old are younger. Analyze the following data using the description of Age, above to help you sort through this. Remember, if the variable is nominal (meaning you can’t really rank it) you can’t get a mean, median, mode or standard deviation. You can only report the percentages or frequencies. Do you plan to vote in the November 2020 election if you are eligible? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid No 5 3.7 3.8 3.8 Unsure 25 18.5 18.9 22.7 Yes 102 75.6 77.3 100.0 Total 132 97.8 100.0 Missing 1 2 1.5 System 1 .7 Total 3 2.2 Total 135 100.0 What gender do you identify as? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 1 1 .7 .7 .7 Female 105 77.8 77.8 78.5 Male 28 20.7 20.7 99.3 Non-Binary or Gender Queer 1 .7 .7 100.0 Total 135 100.0 100.0 What is your race/ethnicity? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid 1 4 3.0 3.0 3.0 African American or Black (Not Hispanic) 3 2.2 2.2 5.2 Asian (Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Thai) 3 2.2 2.2 7.4 Caucasian or White (Not Hispanic) 29 21.5 21.5 28.9 Hispanic, Latinx, or Spanish Origin 71 52.6 52.6 81.5 I identify with more than one of the ethnicities listed (Multiracial). 22 16.3 16.3 97.8 Middle Eastern 2 1.5 1.5 99.3 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 1 .7 .7 100.0 Total 135 100.0 100.0 What is your political party identification? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Democrat 56 41.5 42.4 42.4 I do not identify with a political party 51 37.8 38.6 81.1 Independent 12 8.9 9.1 90.2 Republican 11 8.1 8.3 98.5 Third-Party 2 1.5 1.5 100.0 Total 132 97.8 100.0 Missing 1 2 1.5 System 1 .7 Total 3 2.2 Total 135 100.0 Interval Ratio Level Variables Statistics To what extent do you believe your vote matters? How much trust would you say you have in the government? How much trust would you say you have in the media? N Valid 133 134 134 Missing 2 1 1 Mean 5.2105 2.7015 3.3284 Median 5.0000 3.0000 4.0000 Mode 8.00 1.00 4.00 Std. Deviation 2.26319 1.45628 1.52560 Variance 5.122 2.121 2.327 Range 7.00 6.00 6.00 Minimum 1.00 1.00 1.00 Maximum 8.00 7.00 7.00 To what extent do you believe your vote matters? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Not at all 9 6.7 6.8 6.8 2.00 8 5.9 6.0 12.8 3.00 18 13.3 13.5 26.3 4.00 19 14.1 14.3 40.6 5.00 17 12.6 12.8 53.4 6.00 16 11.9 12.0 65.4 7.00 11 8.1 8.3 73.7 Very strongly 35 25.9 26.3 100.0 Total 133 98.5 100.0 Missing System 2 1.5 Total 135 100.0 How much trust would you say you have in the government? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Not at all 37 27.4 27.6 27.6 2.00 29 21.5 21.6 49.3 3.00 26 19.3 19.4 68.7 4.00 26 19.3 19.4 88.1 5.00 12 8.9 9.0 97.0 6.00 3 2.2 2.2 99.3 Very Strongly 1 .7 .7 100.0 Total 134 99.3 100.0 Missing System 1 .7 Total 135 100.0 How much trust would you say you have in the media? Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Not at all 24 17.8 17.9 17.9 2.00 19 14.1 14.2 32.1 3.00 19 14.1 14.2 46.3 4.00 42 31.1 31.3 77.6 5.00 22 16.3 16.4 94.0 6.00 7 5.2 5.2 99.3 Very strongly 1 .7 .7 100.0 Total 134 99.3 100.0 Missing System 1 .7 Total 135 100.0 Please go to the Word document and open the Data Output file.  Use that to complete this assignment.  It is also linked here: Lab1 DataOUTPUTdata.docx Actions SPSS Lab 1: Frequencies and Descriptive Statistics Assignment PURPOSE: By the end of this lab you should be able to write about statistical figures (e. g. Histogram), describe frequency tables and descriptive statistics using SPSS data output. .  You will write a short report describing your data output. This lab is worth 50 points.   WRITING UP THE RESULTS:  It is important to be able to report the results of your findings in PARAGRAPH FORM like a report. You just want to tell a story about this data output and include percentages and numbers.  Do your best to describe what you see.  View the sample write-up for Age below.  The report should have a title, your name and be organized.  Organize your paragraphs to correspond to the variables.  You may want to cut an paste a graph and frequency distribution into your report first and then describe it in your own words beneath the graph/chart. 1. Do a brief introduction paragraph to your report.  Explain that you are going to analyze data from our class and several others and describe the population briefly.   In this report you will give an overall picture of the students and analyze their voting behavior. Then devote a paragraph to the following: a.  AGE, GENDER, ETHNICITY- Give an overall description of the sample of students here. What is the mean age of these students?  Describe the ages of the students in this data set using the output file for guidance.  There is an example for how to write up for Age posted below. . Briefly describe the gender and race/ethnicity variables in this paragraph as well.  Just give an overall description of this sample of students.  Are there more women than men?  Put the gender graph in your paper to help explain the breakdown by gender.  What is the ethnic breakdown?  Include the graph to help explain this.   Just give your reader a short overall understanding of these student characteristics in terms of age, gender, ethnicity. b. Next, do an overall analysis of the data on voting behavior.  Take some time to just look over the graphs and charts and make some notes.   How many of these students plan to vote?  How many are unsure?  How many plan not to vote?  Do they believe their vote matters?  Describe that.  Cut and paste the graphs into to help explain the