Probability and Statistics Project 1: How to complete! PDF

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PSY-380-Introduction to Probability and Statistics Project 1: Descriptive Statistics in SPSS A study was done to explore the number of hours elementary children watched television over the course of two weeks. The results are shown below. Hours of television watched by elementary children

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24 14 63 1 63 52 58 52 26

Use SPSS to analyze the data from the study. 1.

Identify the level of measurement used in this study. The level of measurement used in this study was interval and the variable is continuous.

2.

Run descriptive statistics on the data. Report the mean, median, mode, range, variance and standard deviation for the number of hours elementary children watched TV over the course of two weeks. Copy and paste the SPSS output. The mean is 37.7000, the median is 40.0000, and the mode is 52.00. The range is 64.00 and the variance is 398.217. The standard deviation for the number of hours elementary children watched TV over the course of two weeks is 19.95538. Statistics

Hours of television watched N

Valid Missing

Mean

30 0 37.7000

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Median

40.0000

Mode

52.00

Std. Deviation

19.95538

Variance

398.217

Range

64.00

3.

Create a frequency distribution table to display the data. Copy and paste the SPSS output. (Be sure to refer to the MindTap video "Descriptive Statistics and Frequencies.") Hours of television watched Fre-

Va

.

lid

00 1.

Cumula-

quenc

Per-

Valid

tive Per-

y

cent

Percent

cent

1

3.3

3.3

3.3

1

3.3

3.3

6.7

1

3.3

3.3

10.0

1

3.3

3.3

13.3

00 5. 00 10 .0

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0 12

1

3.3

3.3

16.7

1

3.3

3.3

20.0

2

6.7

6.7

26.7

1

3.3

3.3

30.0

1

3.3

3.3

33.3

1

3.3

3.3

36.7

1

3.3

3.3

40.0

1

3.3

3.3

43.3

2

6.7

6.7

50.0

1

3.3

3.3

53.3

1

3.3

3.3

56.7

.0 0 14 .0 0 24 .0 0 26 .0 0 27 .0 0 28 .0 0 32 .0 0 34 .0 0 39 .0 0 41 .0 0 42 .0

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0 46

1

3.3

3.3

60.0

1

3.3

3.3

63.3

3

10.0

10.0

73.3

1

3.3

3.3

76.7

1

3.3

3.3

80.0

1

3.3

3.3

83.3

1

3.3

3.3

86.7

1

3.3

3.3

90.0

2

6.7

6.7

96.7

1

3.3

3.3

100.0

30

100.0

100.0

.0 0 51 .0 0 52 .0 0 55 .0 0 56 .0 0 58 .0 0 59 .0 0 62 .0 0 63 .0 0 64 .0 0 To tal

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4.

Create a histogram to display the data based on the table in question 3. Copy and paste the SPSS output.

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