Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics - eBook Access
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics - eBook Access
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781506360904
Author: SALKIND
Publisher: SAGE
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Chapter 19, Problem 1TP
To determine

The participants that are really (the most) industrious but not very (the

least) proficient.

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Answer to Problem 1TP

The most industrious (category 10) and the least proficient (proficiency

level 1) number is 6.

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

The data are obtained by the link given below:

edge.sagepub.com/salkind6e.

Calculation:

Steps for crosstabs in SPSS are s follows:

  • Select Analyze → Descriptive Statistics → Crosstabs and you will see the Crosstabs dialog box
  • Move the variable named Industriousness to the Row(s): box.
  • Move the variable named Proficiency to the Column(s): box.
  • Click OK and the results of the analysis.

Output obtained from SPSS is given below:

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics - eBook Access, Chapter 19, Problem 1TP , additional homework tip  1

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics - eBook Access, Chapter 19, Problem 1TP , additional homework tip  2

From the above table, the most industrious value is 10 because the range of industriousness is 1 to 10,  and the least proficiency is 1 because the range of proficiency is 1 to 5. Therefore, the most industrious (category 10) and the least proficient (proficiency level 1) number is 6.

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