PSYC 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Summary Statistics, Reliability Engineering, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
7 Apr 2016
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Fluidsurveys places data in spss and excel. When determining your hypotheses, you must plan your analyses. In the case of looking for one final numerical value, avoid using don"t know in your questionnaire(s) as it may artificially reduce the participant"s score. It is often easier to use your own measures than others. You must know whether your data is categorical or continuous. It is ideal, when data entry is completed automatically in a program, to do a test run prior to collecting your data. In entering manual data, some researchers insist on overlap between those entering data so the researcher can identify any discrepancies. Case numbers: in the data entry window on spss. A continuous variable may be set as a string variable if it is imported from a separate. It is wise to date your data every time you update them source. Ensure to set all continuous variables as numerical. Chi square: used when both variables are categorical.
