ORLA 4501: Data Analysis
Fall 2008 Tuesdays, 4pm
Instructor: Douglas Ready, ready@tc.edu; 215 Zankel
TA: Megan Silander, silander@tc.edu
Textbooks
*George, D., & Mallery, P. (2009, 16.0 Update). SPSS for Windows step by step: A simple guide
and reference. Boston: Pearson.
*Shavelson, R.J. (1996). Statistical reasoning for the behavioral sciences (3rd ed.). Boston:Allyn
and Bacon.
Office hours
Doug: Wednesday, 3-6 pm and by appointment
Megan: Thursday 4-6pm and by appointment
5 comments:
help! we're stuck. we just ran the syntax, but we don't see a histogram. we just see data in rows and columns that look just like the regular ECLS_K chart. Are we supposed to get a bell curve distribution on an x/y axis? if so, how do we get there?
chrissy and jaime
I'm not sure what the problem is - yes, you should get a histogram in your output. It might be helpful if you post your syntax or email it to me.
Hi Megan, Thanks for the prompt response!
Here is what we were using...
WEIGHT BY child_wt.
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=T2LEARN T2EXTERN C2GSCALE WKINCOME P1HMAGE
/FORMAT=LIMIT(10)
/STATISTICS=STDDEV MEAN
/HISTOGRAM
/ORDER=ANALYSIS.
Execute.
Your syntax is fine (though you might want to standardize some of your variables) - I pasted it in and it worked. Make sure you are actually running the data! Highlighting it and pressing the little play (arrow) sign...
i know this sounds silly, but i don't think we were highlighting it before we hit the 'run' button. let's try again!
thank you, megan.
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