Chapter 16 Multiple choice questions

. What is the advantage of using SPSS over calculating statistics by hand?

It equips you with a useful transferable skill.

It reduces the chance of making errors in your calculations.

Many researchers use SPSS as it is a recognised software package.

All of the above.

. In SPSS, what is the "Data Viewer"?

A table summarizing the frequencies of data for one variable.

A spreadsheet into which data can be entered.

A dialog box that allows you to choose a statistical test.

A screen in which variables can be defined and labeled.

. How is a variable name different from a variable label?

It is shorter and less detailed.

It is longer and more detailed.

It is abstract and unspecific.

It refers to codes rather than variables.

. What does the operation "Recode Into Different Variables" do to the data?

Replaces missing data with some random scores.

Reverses the position of the independent and dependent variable on a graph.

Redistributes a range of values into a new set of categories and creates a new variable.

Represents the data in the form of a pie chart.

. How would you use the drop-down menus in SPSS to generate a frequency table?

Open the Output Viewer and click: Save As; Pie Chart

Click on: Analyze; Descriptive Statistics; Frequencies

Click on: Graphs; Frequencies; Pearson

Open the Variable Viewer and recode the value labels

. Why might you tell SPSS to represent the "slices" of a pie chart in different patterns?

Because the program tends to crash if you ask it to use colour.

Because the patterns form symbolic visual images of different social groups.

In order to make full use of the facilities that SPSS can offer.

If you do not have a colour printer, it makes the differences between slices clearer.

. In which sub-dialog box can the Chi Square test be found?

Frequencies: Percentages

Crosstabs: Statistics

Bivariate: Pearson

Gender: Female

. To generate a Spearman's rho test, which set of instructions should you give SPSS?

Analyze; Crosstabs; Descriptive Statistics; Spearman; OK

Graphs; Frequencies; [select variables]; Spearman; OK

Analyze; Compare Means; Anova table; First layer; Spearman; OK

Analyze; Correlate; Bivariate; [select variables]; Spearman; OK

. How would you print a bar chart that you have just produced in SPSS?

In Output Viewer, click File, Print, select the bar chart and click OK

In Variable Viewer, open bar chart, click File, Print, OK

In Chart Editor, click Descriptive Statistics, Print, OK

In Data Editor, open Graphs dialog box, click Save, OK

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