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A Survey of 50 Parents
In January 2013, fifty elementary school parents of a county school district were surveyed regarding
their satisfaction with a free after-school day care program. The parents filled out the survey on after the
end of the fall semester (in January 2013). In June 2013, the parents were telephoned and resurveyed
and were asked to rate their overall satisfaction again.
Variable
Position Label
Measurement
Level
id
1
ID
Scale
Participant ID number
Safety
2
Safety of
Children
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the
safety of the environment for the children?
Education
3
Educational Scale
Activities
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your
satisfaction with the educational activities?
Social
4
Social
Activities
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your
satisfaction with the social activities?
Physical
5
Physical
Activities
Scale
Newstudent
6
Type of
Student
Ordinal
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your
satisfaction with the physical activities (sports,
dance, etc.)?
0 = new student 1 = returning student
Usage
7
Usage
Level
Scale
What percent of the school semester is your child
in the day care program?
Osatjan
8
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 7, rate your overall satisfaction
with the day care program.
Osatjun
9
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 7, rate your overall satisfaction
with the day care program.
Title1
10
Nominal
Does your child receive a free lunch?
0 = No; 1 = Yes
Family
11
Overall
Satisfaction
in January
Overall
Satisfaction
in June
Receives
Title 1 Free
Lunch
Number of
Parents
Nominal
0 = One Parent/Guardian; 1 = 2 Parents/Guardians
Children
12
Number of
Children in
School
Nominal
1 = One Child; 2 = Two Children; 3 = Three or
more
Variables in the working file
R7031_M4_SPSS_Assignments
For each research question, describe in your Microsoft Word document the application of the seven
steps of the hypothesis testing model.
Step 1: State the hypothesis (null and alternate).
Step 2: State your alpha (unless requested otherwise, this is always set to alpha = .05).
Step 3: Collect the data (use one of the data sets).
Step 4: Calculate your statistic and p-value (this is where you run spss and examine your output files).
Step 5: Retain or reject the null hypothesis. (This is where you report the results of your analyses t (df) =
t-value, p = sig. level.)
Step 6: Assess the Risk of Type I and Type II Error. (Did the data meet the assumptions of the statistic,
effect size, and sample size?)
Step 7: State your results in APA style and format.
MODULE 4 Application Assignments
Question 1: How does this school compare to the district’s figures on providing services to new
students?
The district published a report that, on average, elementary schools provide about 60% of day care
programs for new students. Is this school’s percent of services provided different than the district
average?
1. Use Select Cases (Data menu) to choose new students. Select “If condition is satisfied,” then blue “If”
button. On next screen, choose Type of Student and use blue arrow to move it to the box on the right.
Add = 0 using the keypad. Click Continue, and then OK.
2. Run a single sample t-test using Usage as the dependent variable, and 60.0 as the test value.
3. Report the descriptive statistics, assumptions tests, as well as tests of statistical significance.
Question 2: Is there a difference between new students and returning students in parents overall
satisfaction with day care services as rated in January?
Remove the filter that was added for Question 1. Use Select Cases (Data menu). Select “All cases” and
then click OK.
1. Run an Independent Samples t-test.
2. Use Type of Student (Newstudent) as the independent variable.
3. Use Overall Satisfaction in January (Osatjan) as the dependent variable.
4. Report the descriptive statistics, assumptions tests, as well as tests of statistical significance.
Question 3: Has parent satisfaction with day care services changed since the January survey?
1. Run the Paired Samples t-test.
2. Use Overall Satisfaction in January and Overall Satisfaction in June as the variable pair.
3. Report the descriptive statistics, assumptions tests, as well as tests of statistical significance.
Write a brief conclusion statement summarizing your results. What can you tell the district about parent
satisfaction? What could you suggest they do to improve?
R7031_M4_SPSS_Assignments
R7031education.sav File Information
A Survey of 50 Parents
In January 2013, fifty elementary school parents of a county school district were surveyed regarding
their satisfaction with a free after-school day care program. The parents filled out the survey on after the
end of the fall semester (in January 2013). In June 2013, the parents were telephoned and resurveyed
and were asked to rate their overall satisfaction again.
Variable
Position Label
Measurement
Level
id
1
ID
Scale
Participant ID number
Safety
2
Safety of
Children
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the
safety of the environment for the children?
Education
3
Educational Scale
Activities
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your
satisfaction with the educational activities?
Social
4
Social
Activities
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your
satisfaction with the social activities?
Physical
5
Physical
Activities
Scale
Newstudent
6
Type of
Student
Ordinal
On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your
satisfaction with the physical activities (sports,
dance, etc.)?
0 = new student 1 = returning student
Usage
7
Usage
Level
Scale
What percent of the school semester is your child
in the day care program?
Osatjan
8
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 7, rate your overall satisfaction
with the day care program.
Osatjun
9
Scale
On a scale of 1 to 7, rate your overall satisfaction
with the day care program.
Title1
10
Nominal
Does your child receive a free lunch?
0 = No; 1 = Yes
Family
11
Overall
Satisfaction
in January
Overall
Satisfaction
in June
Receives
Title 1 Free
Lunch
Number of
Parents
Nominal
0 = One Parent/Guardian; 1 = 2 Parents/Guardians
Children
12
Number of
Children in
School
Nominal
1 = One Child; 2 = Two Children; 3 = Three or
more
Variables in the working file
R7031_M4_SPSS_Assignments
For each research question, describe in your Microsoft Word document the application of the seven
steps of the hypothesis testing model.
Step 1: State the hypothesis (null and alternate).
Step 2: State your alpha (unless requested otherwise, this is always set to alpha = .05).
Step 3: Collect the data (use one of the data sets).
Step 4: Calculate your statistic and p-value (this is where you run spss and examine your output files).
Step 5: Retain or reject the null hypothesis. (This is where you report the results of your analyses t (df) =
t-value, p = sig. level.)
Step 6: Assess the Risk of Type I and Type II Error. (Did the data meet the assumptions of the statistic,
effect size, and sample size?)
Step 7: State your results in APA style and format.
MODULE 4 Application Assignments
Question 1: How does this school compare to the district’s figures on providing services to new
students?
The district published a report that, on average, elementary schools provide about 60% of day care
programs for new students. Is this school’s percent of services provided different than the district
average?
1. Use Select Cases (Data menu) to choose new students. Select “If condition is satisfied,” then blue “If”
button. On next screen, choose Type of Student and use blue arrow to move it to the box on the right.
Add = 0 using the keypad. Click Continue, and then OK.
2. Run a single sample t-test using Usage as the dependent variable, and 60.0 as the test value.
3. Report the descriptive statistics, assumptions tests, as well as tests of statistical significance.
Question 2: Is there a difference between new students and returning students in parents overall
satisfaction with day care services as rated in January?
Remove the filter that was added for Question 1. Use Select Cases (Data menu). Select “All cases” and
then click OK.
1. Run an Independent Samples t-test.
2. Use Type of Student (Newstudent) as the independent variable.
3. Use Overall Satisfaction in January (Osatjan) as the dependent variable.
4. Report the descriptive statistics, assumptions tests, as well as tests of statistical significance.
Question 3: Has parent satisfaction with day care services changed since the January survey?
1. Run the Paired Samples t-test.
2. Use Overall Satisfaction in January and Overall Satisfaction in June as the variable pair.
3. Report the descriptive statistics, assumptions tests, as well as tests of statistical significance.
Write a brief conclusion statement summarizing your results. What can you tell the district about parent
satisfaction? What could you suggest they do to improve?