On your own exercise 6: HOUSE.sav
Recode REGION into different variable South. Let South 3=1 and ‘all other regions’ =0. This is
a dichotomous variable serving as a nominal level of measurement.
Research Question: Just how different is the American South from the rest of the country?
Group Task
Analyze > Compare
1
Means> Independent
Sample T-Test> Test
Variable = POVERTY
and Grouping
Variable =South.
Analyze > Compare
Means> One Way
ANOVA Dependent
List = POVERTY and
Factor =REGION,
Post Hoc check
Tukey.
Continue and Okay.
2
Analyze > Compare
Means> Independent
Sample T-Test> Test
Variable= COLLEGE
and Grouping
Variable = South
Questions
1. Is POVERTY statistically significantly greater in the South
than outside the South? What is the evidence?
2. Is POVERTY higher in the South than in other regions of
the U. S.? What is the evidence?
3. Generate a box plot that demonstrates distribution of
POVERTY in Southern districts compared to other regional
districts of the west, northeast and Midwest.
1. Is the percent of COLLEGE statistically significantly higher
in the South than outside the South? What is the evidence?
2. Is COLLEGE educated higher in the South than in other
regions of the U. S.? What is the evidence?
Analyze > Compare
Means> One Way
ANOVA Dependent
List = COLLEGE and
Factor =REGION,
Post Hoc check
Tukey,
Continue and Okay.
3. Generate a box plot that demonstrates distribution of
COLLEGE Education in Southern districts compared
to other regional districts of the west, northeast and
Midwest.
3
Analyze > Compare
Means> Independent
Sample T-Test> Test
Variable=BLACK and
Grouping Variable =
South
Analyze > Compare
Means> Means.
Enter BLACK to
Dependent List and
REGION
independent list.
Select Options and
check ANOVA Table
and ETA, Continue
and Okay.
4
1. Is the percent of Black resident statistically significantly
higher in the South than outside the South? What is the
evidence?
2. Is percentage of Black residents higher in the South than in
other regions of the U. S.? What is the evidence?
3. Generate a box plot that demonstrates distribution of
the percentage of BLACKS in Southern districts
compared to other regional districts of the west,
northeast and Midwest.
Analyze > Compare
1. Is the percent of female headed households statistically
Means> Independent
significantly higher in the South than outside the South?
Sample T-Test> Test
Variable= FEMCHILD
What is the evidence?
and Grouping
2. Is percentage of female head of household higher in the
Variable = South
South than in other regions of the U. S.? What is the
evidence?
Analyze > Compare
Means> One Way
ANOVA Dependent
List = FEMCHILD
and Factor
=REGION, Post Hoc
check Tukey,
Continue and Okay.
3. Generate a box plot that demonstrates distribution of
FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS in Southern
districts compared to other regional districts of the
west, northeast and Midwest.
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Analyze > Compare
Means> Independent
Sample T-Test> Test
Variable= McCAIN
and Grouping
Variable = South
1. Is the percent of MCCAIN support statistically significantly
higher in the South than outside the South? What is the
evidence?
2. Is percentage of MCCAIN supporters higher in the South
than in other regions of the U. S.? What is the evidence?
Analyze > Compare
Means> One Way
ANOVA Dependent
List = MCCAIN and
Factor =REGION,
Post Hoc check
Tukey,
Continue and Okay.
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Analyze > Compare
Means> Independent
Sample T-Test> Test
Variable=
MEDIANHS and
Grouping Variable =
South
Analyze > Compare
Means> Means.
Enter MEDIANHS to
Dependent List and
REGION
independent list.
Select Options and
check ANOVA Table
and ETA, Continue
and Okay.
3. Generate a box plot that demonstrates distribution of
MCCAIN supporters in Southern districts compared to
other regional districts of the west, northeast and
Midwest.
1. Is the MEDIAN value of a home statistically significantly
higher in the South than outside the South? What is the
evidence?
2.
Is median value of homes higher in the South than in other
regions of the U. S.? What is the evidence?
3. Generate a box plot that demonstrates distribution of
MEDIANHS in Southern districts compared to other
regional districts of the west, northeast and Midwest.
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Analyze > Compare
Means> Independent
Sample T-Test> Test
Variable=ASIAN
and Grouping
Variable = South
Analyze > Compare
Means> Means.
Enter ASIAN to
Dependent List and
REGION
independent list.
Select Options and
check ANOVA Table
and ETA, Continue
and Okay
1. Is percent of ASIANS statistically significantly higher in the
South than outside the South? What is the evidence?
2. Is percentage of ASIANS significantly higher in the South
than in other regions of the U. S.? What is the evidence?
3. Generate a box plot that demonstrates distribution of
ASIAN population in Southern districts compared to
other regional districts of the west, northeast and
Midwest.