SPSS, part 2: Descriptive stats

Descriptive stats distribution (skew, kurtosis) central tendency (mean, median mode) dispersion (SD, variance, range) Analyze -> Descriptive Stats -> Descriptives move variables into box on right click “Options” and choose the descriptives that you want click “OK” you can split the file beforehand to look at (eg) gender separately Skew may affect analyses because we […]

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SPSS, part 1: Define the variables

Define the variables – indicate the type of data, and whether the values represent something more than numbers. Data view = actual data: scores, ratings, gender … variables in columns (participants are across rows, variable is each column Variable view = shows info about variables: names, types … no spaces or punctuation in variable names […]

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Women-only tube carriages

Do these protect women from sexual assault or harassment?  Or do they cause women to change their behaviour to avoid victimisation, instead of teaching men not to be perpetrators? How will they be policed?  How can they stop men from entering women-only carriages? What about women who feel safe enough to enter mixed carriages, or […]

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