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Lab 1: Editing, Coding, and Descriptive Statistics

This document discusses editing and coding survey data, and performing descriptive statistical analysis. It includes 3 objectives: 1) defining editing and coding, 2) discussing editing purposes, and 3) describing editing tasks. It also covers coding questions, practicing in SPSS, and calculating descriptive statistics like frequencies, means, crosstabulations, histograms and reliability. Examples of survey questions and SPSS outputs are provided to demonstrate these techniques.

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Lab 1: Editing, Coding, and Descriptive Statistics

This document discusses editing and coding survey data, and performing descriptive statistical analysis. It includes 3 objectives: 1) defining editing and coding, 2) discussing editing purposes, and 3) describing editing tasks. It also covers coding questions, practicing in SPSS, and calculating descriptive statistics like frequencies, means, crosstabulations, histograms and reliability. Examples of survey questions and SPSS outputs are provided to demonstrate these techniques.

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Lab 1:

Editing, Coding,
and Descriptive
Statistics
30Again he said, "What
shall we say the kingdom
of God is like, or what
parable shall we use to
describe it? 31It is like a
mustard seed, which is
the smallest seed you
plant in the ground. 32Yet
when planted, it grows
and becomes the largest
of all garden plants, with
such big branches that
the birds of the air can
perch in its shade."
Mark 4: 30 - 32
Objectives
• To define and explain the terms editing and coding.
• To discuss the purposes of field editing and in-house
editing.
• To describe the different tasks performed by an in-house
editor.
• To code fixed-alternative questions.
• To code open-ended questions.
• To practice editing and coding using SPSS.
ED
Stages of Data
I TI
N G
Analysis

CO
DI
NG
ERROR
CHECKING
DA AND
EN TA
TR VERIFICATION
Y
AN DAT
AL A
YS
IS
1a. How many years have you been playing tennis on a regular basis?
Number of years: __________

b. What is your level of play?

Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1 Advanced . . . . . . . -4
Lower Intermediate . . . . . -2 Expert . . . . . . . . . -5
Upper Intermediate . . . . . -3 Teaching Pro . . . . -6

c. In the last 12 months, has your level of play improved, remained the
same or decreased?

Improved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . -1 Decreased. . . . . . . -3
Remained the same . . . . . -2
2a. Do you belong to a club with tennis facilities? Yes . . . . . . . -1
No . . . . . . . -2

b. How many people in your household - including yourself - play tennis?


Number who play tennis ___________

3a. Why do you play tennis? (Please “X” all that apply.)

To have fun . . . . . . . . . . -1
To stay fit. . . . . . . . . . . . -2
To be with friends. . . . . . -3
To improve my game . . . -4
To compete. . . . . . . . . . . -5
To win. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -6

b. In the past 12 months, have you purchased any tennis instructional


books or video tapes? Yes . . . . . . . -1
No . . . . . . . -2
Input Data

Put information going across.


5 questions

6 people
Descriptive
Analysis

• The transformation of
raw data into a form
that will make them
easy to understand
and interpret;
rearranging, ordering,
and manipulating data
to generate descriptive
information
Descriptive Statistics
Min-Max:
N = Number of check for
participants errors

Valid N = Tip: 60% are the Deviation from


Number of highest number or the mean
participants; 14 60% are female
answered all the
questions
Crosstabulation
Bar chart of
cross-tab

28.6% of males
are married

35.7% are
male

14.3% are
widowed
7.1% are
single females
Frequency Tables & Histograms
1. Frequency or number of responses: 6 males, 9 females
2. Percent vs. valid percent: report the valid percent
3. If no data is missing, then percent and valid percent will
be the same
4. Cumulative percent: in this example, start with 40%, add
60%, total = 100%
5. Note: Missing data or person did not answer question

4
1 2 3

5
Frequency: Quartile
1. The center line marks the median Boxplots
1. 3.357 males, 3.667 females (see table)
2. Whiskers determine the min and max values; no whiskers = assumed
in line
1. Females: 3.29 – 3.86
3. 50% of the respondents score is in the box
1. Females: 3.46 - 3.79; Males: 3.02 - 3.79

2 3

1
Chronbach’s Alpha: Reliability
Analysis
1. The alpha is located under
Chronbach’s Alpha.
• Alpha’s range from 0 to + 1
• Anything above .70 is considered
passing;
• It’s like grades: the higher the
number the better
2. Alpha if item deleted shows 1
which questions to throw out to
get a stronger Alpha

2
Computing

Shows up in the
data not in the
output
Now try it on
your own

• Enter your data


• Get your outputs
• Answer the
questions

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