Creating Visual Displays of Data in SPSS

Part A: Techniques for Creating Effective Visual Displays

You will submit one Word document for this assignment. You will create this Word document by cutting and pasting SPSS output into Word and naming the file lastnamefirstinitialMFT7108-4.doc (example: smithbMFT7108-4.doc) Part A. Creating Visual Displays of Data. For this assignment you will copy and paste output you created while working in Chapter 4 into a Word document. Please read the instructions below to ensure you are pasting the correct material into your activity document (This chapter has you create many charts and not all are required for Activity #4). Using the data set: DownloadFestival.sav, create a boxplot for males and females for the variable Day1. It is important that you change the outlier identified to 2.02 prior to creating the boxplot. Be sure to save the data set with a new name, indicating it is the corrected data set (outlier identified and corrected). Save this boxplot, with an appropriate title in your Activity #4 Word document. Using the data set: ChickFlick.sav, create a clustered bar chart for independent means. The variables you will use are: Arousal, Film, and Gender (grouping variable). Be sure to display error bars and save your chart with an appropriate title in your Activity #4 Word document. Using the data set: Hiccups.sav, create a simple bar chart for related means. The variables you will use are: Baseline, Tongue Pulling, Carotid Artery Massage, Digital Rectal Massage. Be sure to display error bars, include labels for the X- and Y-axis, and save your chart with an appropriate title in your Activity #4 Word document. Using the data set: Text Messages.sav (note: you may see an additional data set with the same name: TextMessages.sav – either will create the correct output), create a clustered bar chart for mixed designs. The variables you will use are: Time1, Time2, and Group. Be sure to display error bars, include labels for the X- and Y-axis, and save your chart with an appropriate title in your Activity #4 Word document. Using the data set: Exam Anxiety.sav, create a scatterplot that includes a regression line. The variables you will use are: Exam Performance and Exam Anxiety. Be sure to include the regression line and save your chart with an appropriate title in your Activity #4 Word document. Part B. Why Exploratory Data Analysis? Write a short paragraph that highlights your understanding of why exploratory data analysis is a critical part of any analytical strategy This answer is worth 5 points (half the assigned points for this assignment). To receive full credit you must show a high level of understanding the importance of exploring data visually.