 |  Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 4/e Michael Thorne,
Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State Martin Giesen,
Mississippi State University -- Mississippi State
Measures of Central Tendency
SPSS ExercisesUSING SPSS-EXAMPLE AND EXERCISE
From now on, we will assume that you have read Appendix 4 on using SPSS.
SPSS has several procedures that can provide measures of central tendency and dispersion. For example, Frequencies, Descriptives, or Explore could be used.Example: We will use SPSS to obtain the three measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) using the data in Problem 6. The steps are as follows:
- Start SPSS, enter the data, and name the variable act.
- We will use Frequencies to obtain a frequency distribution and descriptive statistics.
- Click Analyze>Descriptive Statistics>Frequencies.
- Move act into the Variables box.
- Click the Statistics box to open the Frequencies: Statistics dialog box. There click Mean, Median, Mode under Central Tendency, and then click Continue>OK.
- The statistics and a frequency distribution should appear in the output Viewer window. The output showing the descriptive statistics and frequency distribution for Problem 6 should appear as follows:
 (6.0K) Exercise Using SPSS- Using the data in Problem 3, use SPSS to obtain the mean, median, and mode of the scores.
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