Question

 

A researcher is interested in the effects of costume type on the mean amount of Halloween candy that children receive while trick-or-treating. The researcher randomly selects 20 different children. Half wear cute Halloween costumes, and half wear scary Halloween costumes. The researcher sends the children out to trick-or-treat at 4 houses, then records the number of pieces of candy each child receives. Does costume type affect amount of trick-or-treating candy a child receives? 

Answer 1

In the variable view

type first variable is costumes

Second variable is Group ; In group values is denoted as 0=cute; 1= scary

Then come to the data view

in first column enter data for costumes for both

in second column type 0's for for cute data followed by 1's for scary data.

then go to Analyse - compare means-independent sample t test

then enter test variable is costumes

and grouping variable is group, in this group define variable1 is 0 and variable 2 is 1

then CLICK OK

ENTER DATA INTO SPSS AND OTHER PROCEDURE: