Week 3 Discussion Post
Descriptive Statistics
Central Tendency and Variability
General Social Survey dataset
SPSS software and choose one continuous and one categorical variable
For this Discussion, you will examine central tendency and variability based on two separate variables. You will also explore the implications for positive social change based on the results of the data.
Post, present, and report a descriptive analysis for your variables, specifically noting the following:
For your continuous variable:
Report the mean, median, and mode.What might be the better measure for central tendency? (i.e., mean, median, or mode) and why?Report the standard deviation.How variable are the data?How would you describe this data?What sort of research question would this variable help answer that might inform social change?Post the following information for your categorical variable:
A frequency distribution.An appropriate measure of variation.How variable are the data?How would you describe this data?What sort of research question would this variable help answer that might inform social change?Be sure to support your Main Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.
References
Frankfort-Nachmias, C., Leon-Guerrero, A. & Davis, G. (2020). Social statistics for a diverse
society (9th ed.). Sage Publications.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2016d). Descriptive statistics [Video file]. Baltimore, MD:
Author.
Wagner, III, W. E. (2020). Using IBM® SPSS® statistics for research methods and social
science statistics (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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