Deck 4: The Ibm Spss Statistics Environment

Question 1

In the data editor, you see that the label given to one column is 'body temperature'. What type of data is contained within this column?

A) SPSS data
B) Syntax data
C) Variable data
D) Entity data

Answer 1

Variable data

Question 2

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

Answer 2

A spreadsheet into which data can be entered

Question 3

In the data editor, what does each row represent?

A) Data relating to the same entity
B) Data relating to different entities
C) Data relating to independent variables
D) Data relating to dependent variables

Answer 3

Data relating to the same entity

Question 4

If you are constructing a data file for a repeated-measures design with ten subjects and three conditions, 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 5

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

Question 6

In SPSS what would be the window that you need to access in order to enter your data for analysis?

A) Data viewer
B) Data editor
C) Syntax viewer
D) SPSS viewer

Question 7

What is the advantage of using SPSS over calculating statistics 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 8

What does the operation 'Recode into Different Variables' do to the data?

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 9

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.

Question 10

When crosstabulating two variables, it is conventional to

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

Question 11

If a doctor wishes to study the effect of a certain type of antibiotic treatment on hospitalized patients, what type of variable will be required to allow for measurements between the group of patients given the treatment and those who are given alternative treatment?

A) Independent variable
B) Coding variable
C) Dependent variable
D) String variable

Question 12

What might be an appropriate way to deal with 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 13

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

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

Question 14

In which sub-dialog box can the chi-square test be found?

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

Question 15

What is the correct way to record non-numerical values?

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 16

Six patients are referred to a specialist physiotherapist for treatment and each has their own defined level of pain identified on a scale of 1-10 measured against amount of exercise defined numerically on a scale of 1-5 hours per day as shown in the following table When this information is entered in SPSS, what will be seen in the column titled 'Type' in the Variable
View?

A) 'Level of Pain'
B) 'Numeric'
C) 'None'
D) 'Amount of Exercise'

Question 17

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

A) Open the output viewer and click on Save As → Pie Chart
B) Click on Analyze → Descriptive Statistics → Frequencies
C) Click on Graphs → Frequencies → Pearson
D) Open the variable viewer and recode the value labels

Question 18

Why might a 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.

Question 19

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

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

Question 20

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

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

Question 21

As part of their studies of drugs used to treat infections, two groups of 10 students are given a list of 20 drugs to recall - the first group a list of antibiotics and the second a list of antifungal treatments. Each student is then asked to recall as many of the drugs listed as possible. The following information is collected Antibiotic - 15, 12, 18, 20, 17, 16, 20, 20, 19, 20
Antifungal - 17, 20, 20, 18, 20, 16, 15, 18, 17, 19
What type of design would you consider this study to be?

A) Between participants
B) Survey
C) Within participants
D) Participant observation

Question 22

If a researcher was inputting data relating to blood pressure recordings over differing times during the day, what type of variable would be selected at the level of measurement (of the variable)?

A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Scale - interval
D) Scale - ratio

Question 23

If this following data were inputted as a 'within-participants' design, what labels would there be in the 'data view' area? Antibiotic - 15, 12, 18, 20, 17, 16, 20, 20, 19, 20
Antifungal - 17, 20, 20, 18, 20, 16, 15, 18, 17, 19

A) Group, Recall
B) Antibiotic, Antifungal
C) Group, Numeric
D) Name, Type

Question 24

Which of the following is not a file extension recognized by SPSS?

A) .cks
B) .xls
C) .dat
D) .sps

Question 25

If the following data were to be entered onto SPSS, how many columns would you expect to see in the data view area? The following information is collected
Antibiotic - 15, 12, 18, 20, 17, 16, 20, 20, 19, 20
Antifungal - 17, 20, 20, 18, 20, 16, 15, 18, 17, 19

A) 4
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1