SPSS Statistics: Data Analysis on Term Paper

Crosstabs would be used to test this association. There is a significant correlation between the education of a mother and a daughter (r = .474, p < .01).

e. Does Belief in Life After Death impact one's happiness in their marriage?

Belief in life after death would be the Independent Variable and Happiness in one's marriage would be the Dependent Variable. Crosstabs would be used to test this association. 83.8% of people who report being very happy in their marriage believe in life after death. 66.7% of people who report being not very happy with their marriage believe in life after death.

Part 3

a. How many people without a high school diploma find life exciting?

66

b. What percentage of people without a high school diploma find life exciting?

35.5% c. Of the people who find life exciting, what percentage do not have a high school diploma?

14%

d. If degree is the column variable and life is the row variable, what kind of percentages should compare for the table?

The percentages would remain the same, they would just be found in a different cell.e. Summarize the relationship, if any, between perception of life and highest degree earned.

In general, as level of education goes up, individuals are more likely to rate their perception of life as exciting.

RS Highest Degree * Is life exciting or dull Crosstabulation

Is life exciting or dull

Total

Dull

Routine

Exciting

RS Highest Degree

Less than HS

Count

24

96

66

% within RS Highest Degree

12.9%

51.6%

35.5%

% within Is life exciting or dull

37.5%

20.9%

14.0%

18.7%

% of Total

2.4%

9.6%

6.6%

18.7%

High school

Count

35

% within RS Highest Degree

6.8%

48.5%

44.7%

% within Is life exciting or dull

54.7%

54.7%

48.9%

52.0%

% of Total

3.5%

25.2%

23.2%….....