Descriptive Statistics using SPSS
Descriptive statistics has several uses. You can perform this statistics after making sure that your data is free from errors. Among these uses are:
1. To describe the characteristics of your sample in the Method section of your report. In studies involving human subjects, it is useful to collect information on the number of people or cases in the sample, the number and the percentage of males and females in the sample, the range and the mean of ages, education level and any other relevant background information.
2. To check your variables for any violation of the assumptions underlying the statistical techniques that you will use to address your research questions. It is important to make sure that your data is not violating any of the assumptions made by a certain statistical tests you use (such as t-test, ANOVA, MANOVA, etc.). These descriptive statistics include the mean, standard deviation, range of scores, skewness and kurtosis.
3. To address specific research questions. Usually you have a certain questions that must be addressed with descriptive statistics, such as the mean of scores.
Technorati Tags: SPSS, SPSS Manual, SPSS Tutorial1. To describe the characteristics of your sample in the Method section of your report. In studies involving human subjects, it is useful to collect information on the number of people or cases in the sample, the number and the percentage of males and females in the sample, the range and the mean of ages, education level and any other relevant background information.
2. To check your variables for any violation of the assumptions underlying the statistical techniques that you will use to address your research questions. It is important to make sure that your data is not violating any of the assumptions made by a certain statistical tests you use (such as t-test, ANOVA, MANOVA, etc.). These descriptive statistics include the mean, standard deviation, range of scores, skewness and kurtosis.
3. To address specific research questions. Usually you have a certain questions that must be addressed with descriptive statistics, such as the mean of scores.
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