Manipulating SPSS Variables

Order Custom Paper on SPSS

Establish a hypothesis about the relationship between family structure
(single vs. two-parent household) and juvenile delinquency (high or low)
and between family structure and juveniles living in poverty (high or
low) at the group level.

Manipulating SPSS Variables

Order Custom Paper on SPSS

Open the SPSS data file Juveniles.sav found in the Data Set folder under
Course Information. Report in a 1- to 2-page paper the following:
Units of analysis in this data file.
Number of variables (excluding the unit of analysis).
How are the variables measured (quantitatively or qualitatively)?
Check the meaning of the variable Single and the range of data values
for the variable in Data View by using the sort function. (YouTube has
videos that can help. Here is one suggestion:

Manipulating SPSS Variables

Order Custom Paper on SPSS

Here is one suggestion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQRbADVh-Vw)

Recode Single into a three-category variable. [Divide numbers of Single
by three ranges, for example, 10-15 = 1 (low rate), 16-20 = 2 (moderate
rate) and so forth.] (YouTube has videos that can help. Here is one
suggestion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0_9RskaKgM&feature=related)

Manipulating SPSS Variables

Order Custom Paper on SPSS

After obtaining a recoded categorical variable for Single, compare the

means of detrate (detention rate) and total (total proportion of
juveniles living in poverty) among the three groups of states. (YouTube
has videos that can help. Here is one suggestion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap_UvSkPn_w)

Report the patterns you observe in the table. Do the findings support
your hypothesis? Explain and discuss.
Describe your processes and results. Your paper should follow the
CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA.
Posted Fri Dec 23, 2016 at 6:23 am
I will fill in how the tables were made if you can just put the
information together about the hypothesis and correlation please.