Chapter 8 Exercise, Practicing Statistical Analysis of Regression Testing
Purpose
This assignment is meant to help you further develop and refine your quantitative analysis and reasoning skills
through the use of your own written documentation that provides to a reader your assessment of the results of
a hypothesis test.
This assignment shall reflect upon your mastering of the various learning outcomes of the course. Specifically,
being able to,
Interpret SPSS results reports and provide written documentation of the findings
Examine the place of statistics within the process of scientific inquiry and policy development.
Demonstrate an ability to critically interpret the results of statistical analyses.
Identify the types of variables involved in a research model.
Formulate and resolve hypotheses.
Conduct and assess statistical pretest criteria
Differentiate between correlation and causality
Tasks/Criteria for Success
Does educational status correlate to the age that one is when becoming a parent?
Interpret the results of a Correlation test, while using the variables from the GSS 2018 database
(https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/ (Links to an external site.)) , Educ and Agekdbrn, to answer this question.
You must refer to the following SPSS output information provided here, if you are to complete the parts shown
below, Chapter 8 Output Report.htm download
Write the hypotheses
Assess each criterion of the pretest checklist (normality, linearity, and homoscedasticity)
Run the correlation test. In up to 200 words, write a complete and detailed summary as well as interpretation of
the test results, state your hypothesis resolution, and discuss the implications of the findings. Use at least one
outside reference source to connect the findings.
Sample Solution