Assignment 5
Due: June 6
In this assignment you will be using SPSS for Windows with the Complete 2004 GSS data set from your CD-ROM.
Part 1.
How much time do men in the
BEFORE YOU DO YOUR COMPUTER WORK WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU THINK THE ANSWER IS TO THIS QUESTION! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PENALTY FOR WRONG GUESSES !!!
You will need variable WWWHR.
CORRECTING
THE MISSING VALUE
Currently,
for the WWWHR variable (#400), the 2004 GSS dataset has coded the Don�t
Know responses as 998, but do not characterize it as Missing Values.
To correct this, make the following steps:
Go
to Variable View
Go
to variable #400 (wwwhr)
Go to the Missing column and open
the window
In
Discrete Missing Values, add 998 next to -1 and 999
Click OK.
CORRECTING
THE WEIGHT CASE
Currently,
for all the variables, the 2004 GSS dataset weight all its cases according to
wt2004nr. We want to undo this act by making the steps:
Go
to Data
Go
to Weight Cases
Make
sure the dot is placed next to Do Not Weight Cases
Click OK
Then you will need to select men from the dataset.
Click on Data --> Select Cases
Put the dot next to If condition is satisfied. Then click on the button If.
In the next window click on the empty window on top right and write the condition:
Sex=1
Click on Continue and then on OK. Now you only men will be included in your analysis.
Get a histogram chart. (Hint: Look at Appendix F in your CD-ROM.)
What is the typical number of hours men spend on the World Wide Webl? What is the mode, median and the mean? How different are they? (Hint: you will need the Frequencies command, and you will have to click on the Statistics button to get the proper stats.) How does your guess compare?
How typical is this typical number of number of hours? What is the range and what is the standard deviation?
Comment on your findings. Explain in clear English what you have learnt from the analysis.
Part 2.
Are men and women different with respect to how satisfied they are with various aspects of their lives?
BEFORE YOU DO YOUR COMPUTER WORK WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU THINK THE ANSWER IS TO THIS QUESTION! THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PENALTY FOR WRONG GUESSES !!!
First you have to bring back the females into your data set. So click on Data then Select Cases.
Put the dot next to All cases. Then click on OK.
The variables SATFIN, SATJOB, SATSELF measure how people feel about their finances, job and oneself, respectively. Run crosstabs for each with SEX.
Which is the dependent variable?
Which is the independent variable?
Choose the proper variables for the row and column and obtain the column percentages, as well as Gamma and Cramer�s V.
Because Sex is a dichotomy we can treat is both as a
nominal and an ordinal variable. So both Gamma and Cramer�s V can be used.
Comparing the percentages, do you see any pattern?
On which variable(s) do you see a significant difference between men and women?
What is your conclusion? Can one's gender be the cause of how satisfied one is? Was this what you guessed originally?
Hand in your answers and your output.
Please be sure to present your responses in an organized, clear, grammatically correct, paragraph format (i.e. no sentence fragments, bullets, etc.). Be sure to proof read, spell check, and make appropriate paragraph breaks when necessary.
All homework must be handed in typewritten. Please use an 11-12 point font, double-space and number each page.