Question

Exercise 1 Create a data file in SPSS using the following memory scores for this sample of 15 fictional patients with dementia: 8 3 11 7 6 5 4 8 9 8 7 9 5 4 10 Higher memory number indicates better memory performance. Use this information to complete the following in SPSS.
17)	Run descriptive statistics on the dementia patients’ memory scores (make sure to include the mean and confidence interval by using the “Explore” option as shown in this week’s presentation).

Answer 1

Enter the variable name as Memory_score in variable view

Go to analyze -->Descriptive Statistics -->Explore

Dependent List = Memory_Loss ,

Go To statistics --> Check Descriptive

Enter 95% for confidence interval -->continue --> Ok

Output

Case Processing Summary
	Cases
	Valid		Missing		Total
	N	Percent	N	Percent	N	Percent
Memory_Score	15	100.0%	0	0.0%	15	100.0%

Descriptives
			Statistic	Std. Error
Memory_Score	Mean		6.9333	.61308
	95% Confidence Interval for Mean	Lower Bound	5.6184
		Upper Bound	8.2483
	5% Trimmed Mean		6.9259
	Median		7.0000
	Variance		5.638
	Std. Deviation		2.37447
	Minimum		3.00
	Maximum		11.00
	Range		8.00
	Interquartile Range		4.00
	Skewness		-.057	.580
	Kurtosis		-.940	1.121

BOX PLOT

Case Summariesa
		Memory_Score
1		8.00
2		3.00
3		11.00
4		7.00
5		6.00
6		5.00
7		4.00
8		8.00
9		9.00
10		8.00
11		7.00
12		9.00
13		5.00
14		4.00
15		10.00
Total	N	15
a. Limited to first 100 cases.

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