Deck 4: The Ibm Spss Statistics Environment

Question 1

How is a variable name different from a variable label?

A) It is shorter and less detailed.
B) It is longer and more detailed.
C) It is abstract and unspecific
D) It refers to codes rather than variables.

Answer 1

It refers to codes rather than variables.

Question 2

Ordinal level data are characterized by?

A) Data that can be meaningfully arranged by order of magnitude.
B) Equal intervals between each adjacent score.
C) A fixed zero.
D) None of the above.

Answer 2

Data that can be meaningfully arranged by order of magnitude.

Question 3

Which of the following could not be represented by columns in the SPSS data editor?

A) Levels of repeated measures variables
B) Items in a questionnaire
C) Levels of between-group variables
D) Total values for different questionnaires

Answer 3

Levels of between-group variables

Question 4

A colleague in your research agency has phoned and asked you in which sub-dialog box the chi-square test can be found. Which do you recommend?

A) Frequencies-Percentages
B) Crosstabs-Statistics
C) Bivariate-Pearson
D) Sex-Female

Question 5

In your experiment (Q12) you also ask some qualitative questions to enrich the statistical data. What is the correct way to record non-numerical values in SPSS?

A) You can't, SPSS only uses numbers.
B) Define the variable as 'string'.
C) Recode all the values as numbers.
D) Define the variable as 'date'.

Question 6

You have been asked to assess various atmospheric environments for a brand new fashion retail store. If you are therefore constructing a data file for a repeated-measure design with 190 subjects and three conditions (light and airy, warm and cosy, dark and intense), how many columns and rows will the file have?

A) Ten columns and four rows
B) Four columns and four rows
C) Ten columns and ten rows
D) Four columns and ten rows

Question 7

In SPSS, what is the data view window?

A) A table summarizing the frequencies of data for one variable.
B) A spreadsheet into which data can be entered.
C) A dialog box that allows you to choose a statistical test.
D) A screen in which variables can be defined and labelled.

Question 8

Your manager had asked you to identify the number of men responding in your annual staff survey. How would you generate this output?

A) Open the output viewer and click on Save As $\rightarrow$ Pie Chart
B) Click on-Analyse $\rightarrow$ Descriptive Statistics $\rightarrow$ Frequencies
C) Click on-Graphs $\rightarrow$ Frequencies $\rightarrow$ Pearson
D) Open the variable viewer and recode the value labels.

Question 9

To generate a correlation coefficient between two variables with ordinal data. Which set of instructions should give you SPSS?

A) Analyse $\rightarrow$ Crosstabs $\rightarrow$ Descriptive Statistics $\rightarrow$ Spearman $\rightarrow$ OK
B) Graphs $\rightarrow$ Frequencies $\rightarrow$ [select variables] $\rightarrow$ Spearman $\rightarrow$ OK
C) Analyse $\rightarrow$ Compare Means $\rightarrow$ ANOVA table $\rightarrow$ First layer $\rightarrow$ Spearman $\rightarrow$ OK
D) Analyse $\rightarrow$ Correlate $\rightarrow$ Bivariate $\rightarrow$ [select variables] $\rightarrow$ Spearman $\rightarrow$ OK

Question 10

An analyst at your firm and you are discussing missing data. What might you suggest as an appropriate strategy for dealing with larger quantities of missing data?

A) Ignore them.
B) Go back to the participant and demand an answer.
C) Define missing values using the 'recode' function.
D) Start the study again, taking more care with data recording.

Question 11

What operation does the 'Recode into Different Variables' initiate?

A) Replaces missing data with some random scores.
B) Reverses the position of the independent and dependent variable on a graph.
C) Redistributes a range of values into a new set of categories and creates a new variable.
D) Represents the data in the form of a pie chart.

Question 12

Which of the following is not a file extension for files saved in SPSS?

A) .sav
B) .spo
C) .sps
D) .doc

Question 13

If you see in SPSS the number 8.51 E-02 reported, what is the actual value of this number?

A) 8.51 x 10²
B) 85.1 x 10²
C) 8.51 x 10^-2
D) 85.1 x 10^-2

Question 14

Why do business analysts use SPSS rather than performing calculations by hand?

A) Quantitative data analysis is so complex today it is essential to use a stats package.
B) It reduces the chance of making errors in your calculations.
C) It equips you with a useful transferable skill.
D) All of the above.

Question 15

When cross-tabulating two variables, it is conventional to?

A) Represent the independent variable in rows and the dependant variable in columns.
B) Assign both the dependent and independent variable to columns.
C) Represent the dependant variable in rows and the independent variable in columns.
D) Assign both the dependant and independent variables to rows.

Question 16

Why might your experimental data file have 'missing data'?

A) Some of a participant's responses might be missing.
B) There has been a mistake in saving the SPSS data file.
C) A participant did not take part in the whole study.
D) None of the above.