Social Science Data Analysis
Files for JASP Practice Assignment
Fear of Statistics: Fear of Statistics.jasp
Invisibility Cloak: Invisibility Cloak.jasp
JASP Practice Assignment
Formatting
Please make sure to use a Word document with one-inch margins, 12-point Times New Roman or Calibri font.
This assignment does not necessarily need to be in paragraph format, but you can address the questions in paragraph form. The main goal is to convey that you understand how to interpret these variables based on the lecture and reading content.
Important Materials to Review
From the main course page: Week 4 Navigation; Week 6 Navigation
Instructions
In this assignment, you will need to run analyses on two data sets from JASP. Remember that if you choose to open the files from the computer, after you open a couple of them from the Data Library, it will automatically run the tests and you will just need to do the interpretation.
Open JASP. The files you will need will be “Fear of Statistics” (first found in data library -> descriptives) and “Invisibility Cloak” (first found in data library -> t-tests).
After you open these, you should find them in similar folders in the “Computer” option to open a file.
Part One
First, open “Fear of Statistics” as the JASP file from computer. This will still be in the “Descriptives” folder. This will run the descriptive statistics and give you access to the code book. For this part of the assignment, you will need to do the following:
Use the codebook reading to explain what the data is
Include a screenshot
(Links to an external site.)
or picture of the codebook
Choose four variables to assess
Use the codebook to explain what these four variables are/are described as (e.g., what was being measured?)
Don’t worry about the reliability statistics!
What is the mean for each of* your four chosen variables? How can we read this in terms of the likert scale? (e.g., how do people feel in the context of what each variable is measuring?)
Include a screenshot or picture of the output (software’s analysis) of the descriptive statistics
*this was a bit confusing in terms of the original wording
Part Two
Now, open “Invisibility Cloak” as a JASP file from your computer. This will still be in the “T-Tests” folder. It will run the analyses for you and give you the output. For this part of the assignment, you will need to complete the following:
Use the codebook reading to explain what the data is
Include a screenshot
(Links to an external site.)
or picture of the codebook
Use the codebook to explain what the variables in the dataset are/are described as (e.g., what was being measured?)
Don’t worry about the assumption checks!
Explain the results of the T-Test broadly
What is the difference between the means?
Why is the result not statistically significant?
Why is it important to know what the t-test results are?
Include a screenshot or picture of the output of the t-test results
Remember: If you need to use the screenshot provided in the solutions, you must also provide a screenshot showing that you could not get the program to work. Please use the solutions as a last resort option or to double check your work.
Describe the descriptive statistics
Make sure to explain what 0 and 1 are
What does the difference in the mean indicate? (e.g., what is the average for 0 and the average for 1 and what does this tell us for each variable in the context of what these numbers have been assigned to?)
Why might we be concerned with the N in this case?
Include a screenshot or picture of the output of the descriptive statistics
Remember: If you need to use the screenshot provided in the solutions, you must also provide a screenshot showing that you could not get the program to work. Please use the solutions as a last resort option or to double check your work.
