Walden University Week 2 Visual Displays of Data Discussion
Discussion
The Discussion instructions ask you to generate “a figure or table from a few selected variables” (Laureate Education, n.d., para. 1).Please follow these revised instructions.
Post only One figure or graph of One variableto the discussion. Also, please be sure you use theGSS data setand clearly indicate the variable used. Please include the name of the variable as it appears in the data set. Use the Variable View to select your variable. If
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For example, the variable entitledsexis the variable name andRESPONDENTS SEXis the variable label. The value labels are 1 (male) and 2 (female). You could write something like:
Figure 1 shows a bar graph of the respondents sex (sex). Participants responded 1 (male) or 2 (female). Sex is a nominal variable.
Notice the APA format for reporting the value labels for male and female. These are called scale anchors. You can read more about this formatting in your APA manual.
Warning! Ensure the graph you select is appropriate for the level of measurement for your variable (nominal, ordinal, scale [interval or ratio]). The readings will help with this concept.
For help with SPSSand generating graphs for this week’s discussion, refer to the video for SPSS. The data set they use is similar to our GSS data set – so you might find it beneficial to open SPSS, open the GSS data set, and follow along with the video. Remember you can stop and start the video as you find the variables he uses. One variable he used didn’t appear exactly the same in our data set. When he usesnumber of hours worked last week– you can usenumber of hours usually work a week(hrs2) and it will be very similar. You should also refer to the Wagner (2016) text for additional support.
Hint:when he says toclick a graph and drag itto Chart Gallery, you must left-click the mouse and hold it down while you drag it to Chart Gallery. Just clicking won’t do you any good.Click-hold-drag! 🙂
Hint:to insert the image of your graph into the discussion board
Copying SPSS Output into Discussion Boards
The best solution we’ve found is to select the graphs or tables from the SPSS Output using the snipping tool, and save them as JPG files. Then insert the JPG file into the discussion board. If you are not familiar with the snipping tool, here is a resource to help with that. It is pretty easy to pick up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL3h5xns6DM
Insert graph into discussion board
1– Begin your main post
2 – Insert the JPEG file into your post by using the picture tab. The picture tab looks like
Brief Jing Video Tutorial (no sound):http://www.screencast.com/t/oz3UXzlJ9I4
The four SPSS datasets that you can use for the term assignments are attached below and also available under Doc sharing.
General Social Survey Dataset D.sav