Understanding SPSS Variable Types and Analysis

This tutorial builds on a previous SPSS lesson, focusing on exploring relationships between variables. It covers measurement levels, including qualitative and quantitative variables, and explains how to analyze relationships using SPSS procedures like means and crosstabs. The video also discusses correlation between scale variables and provides resources for further learning.

What was the main focus of the previous SPSS tutorial?

• Learning about data mining

• Creating charts

• Performing advanced statistical analysis

• Understanding basic SPSS operations

Which of the following is a qualitative variable?

• Income

• Gender

• Height

• Age

What type of variable uses words as values?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Which variable type can be ranked in order?

• Quantitative

• Scale

• Ordinal

• Nominal

What is an example of a nominal variable?

• Height

• Gender

• Income

• Age

In SPSS, what are quantitative variables called?

• Ordinal variables

• Categorical variables

• Scale variables

• Nominal variables

Which of the following is a scale variable?

• Religious affiliation

• Age

• Marital status

• Gender

What is the best SPSS procedure to analyze the relationship between a categorical and a scale variable?

• Regression

• Correlation

• Means procedure

• Crosstabs

In SPSS, where do scale variables go when comparing means?

• Ordinal list

• Nominal list

• Dependent list

• Independent list

What SPSS procedure is used to explore relationships between two categorical variables?

• Crosstabs

• Regression

• Means procedure

• Correlation