Statistics homework help

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  • A research study was conducted in the United States. The researcher did collect the demographic information of participants (age, education, income, BMI, and residency).

 

  • Based on the SPSS data set, what levels of measurement would you reference to describe the following variables?
  1. Age:
  2. Education:
  3. Income:
  4. BMI:
  5. Residency:

 

1.2 Run a descriptive statistics analysis to describe the sample characteristics (Age, education, income, and BMI) of participants.

Hints: A) assess the variability of all variables (do all variables vary) as well as outliers (extreme values). B) examine the distribution of all variables (look at skewness and kurtosis of each variable).  C) describe your results narratively (In a paragraph). Do not forget to include the SPSS output.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine adherence to hypertension treatment plans measured by Hill-Bone Scale. 114 individuals with hypertension were included and were not randomly selected. The researcher is now interested in evaluating the relationship between gender and adherence to HTN treatment plans. The purpose of study was to examine whether there was a difference in adherence to HTN treatment plans between men and women. Note: Use the SPSS file to answer the questions.

  • Read the purpose statement and write out the six steps of hypothesis testing addressing the following questions:
  • Step one: State the null hypothesis and alternative forms of the research hypothesis
  • Step two: Specify the test statistic (what test to use and why?)
  • Step two: What are the assumptions of the statistics test and have we met them? Can we proceed with the test?
  • Step three: What are the t-critical values?
  • Step 4 & 5: Run the analysis and submit the output and syntax
  • What is your interpretation? (Remember to report the results in APA format and report the mean and 95% confidence interval as well).