Please submit one Word document and one SPSS output file for the assignment
All responses should be in bullet format, labeled with corresponding letters/numbers in the textbook
Points are not awarded for length, please keep responses concise
Please start by reading chapter #9 of the textbook (which is attached)
Exercise 9.5
To determine if how data are gathered has any bearing on responses to a question involving substance abuse (“Have you ever used an illegal drug?”), you recruit willing participants and randomly assign them to one of three groups: Those in Group 1 will be asked the question via face-to-face interview, those in Group 2 will respond using a standard pencil-and-paper mail-in survey, and those in Group 3 will be directed to an online survey; no names or identifying information will be gathered from any of the participants.
Data set: Ch 09 - Exercise 05A.sav
Codebook
- Variable: media
- Definition: Media used to administer survey
- Type: Categorical (1 = Face-to-face interview, 2 = Mail-in survey, 3 = Online survey)
- Variable: drug
- Definition: Have you ever used an illegal drug?
- Type: Categorical (1 = Yes, 2 = No)
- a.Write the hypotheses.
- b.Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (n is at least 5 per cell in the crosstabs) and discuss your findings.
- c.Run the chi-square test and document your findings (ns and/or percentages, Sig. [p value]).
- d.Write an abstract up to 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the chi-square test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.
Repeat this exercise using data set Ch 09 - Exercise 05B.sav.
- A.Write the hypotheses.
- B.Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (n is at least 5 per cell in the crosstabs) and discuss your findings.
- C.Run the chi-square test and document your findings (ns and/or percentages, Sig. [p value]).
- D.Write an abstract up to 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the chi-square test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.
DATA SET ARE AVALIABLE at this link: https://study.sagepub.com/knappstats2e
Please use date sets: Ch 09 - Exercise 05A.sav AND Ch 09 - Exercise 05B.sav.