In this Assignment, you will differentiate between the proper use of summary statistics for categorical and continuous level data. In this exercise, you will explore what output is provided for each o

In this Assignment, you will differentiate between the proper use of summary statistics for categorical and continuous level data. In this exercise, you will explore what output is provided for each of these variables and provide some meaning from these statistics for your reader. The ability to place the statistics into a context that your reader understands and can make sense of is a highly desirable skill.

For this Introduction to Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Analysis Assignment, you will examine the same two variables you used from your Week 2 Assignment and perform the appropriate descriptive analysis of the data given.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review      this week’s Learning Resources and the Central      Tendency and Variability media program.
• For      additional support, review the
  
  Skill      Builder: Measures of Central Tendency for Continuous Variables
  
  ,
  
  Skill Builder: Standard Deviation as a      Measure of Variability for Continuous Variables
  
  and the
  
  Skill Builder: Measures of Central      Tendency and Variability for Categorical Variables
  
  , which      you can find by navigating back to your Blackboard Course Home Page. From      there, locate the Skill Builder link in the left navigation pane.
• Using the      SPSS software, open the Afrobarometer dataset or the High School      Longitudinal Study dataset from your Assignment in Week 2.
• Choose the      same two variables you chose from your Week 2 Assignment and perform the      appropriate descriptive analysis of the data.
• Once you      perform your descriptive analysis, review Chapter 11 of the Wagner text to      understand how to copy and paste your output into your Word document.

Write a 2- to 3-paragraph analysis of your descriptive analysis results and include a copy and paste your output from your analysis into your final document.

Based on the results of your data, provide a brief explanation of what the implications for social change might be.

Use appropriate APA format, citations and referencing. Refer to the APA manual for appropriate citation.

Submit

your Introduction to Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Analysis Assignment.