Describing Variables with Tables and Rates
Part A: Using SPSS to Make Univariate Tables (15 points)
To complete Part A of this assignment, you will need to use SPSS for Windows to analyze the data from the Monitoring the Future, 2006 datafile. You can access it through Blackboard, then the course website, then Datafiles. Save the file named MTF2006.sav. (This file contains data from 1,500 American high school seniors interviewed about their drug use and attitudes in 2006.)
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Part B: Making Tables and Calculating Rates by Hand (15 points)
Answer all parts of the questions below. Number the questions and the parts of the questions (for example 4a).
Answer Chapter Exercise 2 on page 56.
Note that the total N=30. For the variable Class, L=lower, W=working, M=middle, U=upper.
Answer Chapter Exercise 4 on pages 56-57
Note that you need to calculate a percentage distribution before you can calculate a cumulative percentage distribution.
Answer Chapter Exercise 12 on page 62
Finally, answer the following questions about crime rates. Just label this as LAST ONE a, b, and c.
a. In 2007, the U.S. population was 301,621,157. There were 1,408,337 violent crimes reported to the FBI. Express the crime rate as a rate per 100,000.
b. Go to the Bureau of Justice Statistics web page. Use www.google.com to find the site. Using the National Crime Victimization Survey, what is the total number of violent crime victimizations per 1,000 people in the population 12 years of age and older in 2005?
c. Express this rate per 1,000 as a percentage (that is, as a rate per 100).
This assignment is due on Wednesday, September 16