Acme Research Labs gathers data on an on going basis; you have been asked to automate the analytic process for a data set that is updated each week.
Data set: Ch 14 - Exercise 06.sav
Codebook
Variable: ID
Definition: The participant’s ID
Type: Alphanumeric
Variable: Reading
Definition: The participant’s reading score
Type: Continuous
Variable: Writing
Definition: The participant’s writing score
Type: Continuous
Variable: Math
Definition: The participant’s math score
Type: Continuous
a. Use the Paste function to create an SPSS Syntax file that performs the following operations:
Perform a multi level sort:
1. Reading (ascending)
2. Writing (descending)
3. Math (ascending)
b. Run descriptive statistics with histograms and normal curves for Reading and Math, but instead of clicking the OK button to run the analysis, click the Paste button to append the Syntax commands to the existing Syntax file. Finally, save the SPSS Syntax file as Report 1.sps.