Liberty EDUC 812-D SPSS Worksheet 4: (ANCOVA)

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SPSS Worksheet 4: (ANCOVA)

Instructions:Lesson 27 Exercise File 2is located at the end of the chapter under the heading Exercises in your Green and Salkind textbook. Complete the exercise and then complete the worksheet below by filling in the blanks and answering the questions.

H₀1: There is no significantdifference among the depression scores of students who receive Journal and Counseling therapy, Journal therapy only, or Counseling therapy only, while controlling for pre-test depression scores.

Assumptions

Outliers: Create a Box and Whisker plot for each group.

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Group (Pre-Test):	Outliers (Item #)	Are there any outliers?
Journal and Counseling
Journal only
Counseling only

Group (Post-Test):	Outliers (Item #)	Are there any outliers?
Journal and Counseling
Journal only
Counseling only

<Note: Remove any outliers from the dataset before continuing.>

Assumption of Normality: Run a normality test for each group. InsertTests of Normality table below:

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Should you use a Shapiro-Wilks or Kolmogorov-Smirnov test? Why?

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Groups (Pre-Test)	Significance	Is the assumption of normality met?
Journal and Counseling
Journal only
Counseling only

Groups (Post-Test)	Significance	Is the assumption of normality met?
Journal and Counseling
Journal only
Counseling only

Assumption of Linearity:Hint: Run a series of scatter plots between the pre-test variable and post-test variable for each group. Begin by going to Data > Split File (see lesson 15, p. 64), and then make the plots. Add line of fit. See Warner p. 168- 172. After making the scatterplots, go to Data > Split File > RESET before continuing with the analysis.

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Variables	Is the assumption of linearity met?
Journal & Counseling (Pre)Journal & Counseling (Post)
Journal only (Pre) Journal only (Post)
Counseling only (Pre) Counseling only (Post)

Assumption of Bivariate Normal Distribution:Hint: Run a series of scatter plots between the pre-test variable and post-test variable for each group (Same as above). Look for the classic “cigar shape.” See Warner p. 168- 172.

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Variables	Is the assumption of Bivariate Normal Distribution met?
Journal & Counseling (Pre) Journal & Counseling (Post)
Journal only (Pre) Journal only (Post)
Counseling only (Pre) Counseling only (Post)

Assumption of Homogeneity of Slopes:Hint: Remember to go to Univariate > Model > Custom and look for an interaction.

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F-stat	Significance	Is the assumption of Homogeneity-of- Slopes met?

Assumption of Equal Variance: InsertLevene's Test of Equality of Error Variances^a table(s) below:

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Significance	Is the assumption of equal variance met?

Results

InsertTests of Between-Subjects Effects table(s) below:

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	Value
d.f. betweenGroups
d.f. withinGroups
F-statistic
F-critical (See Appendix C in Warner)
p- value
Partial Eta Squared

Is theF- statistic greater thanF-critical?

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Is thep- value less than .05?

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Should you reject or fail to reject the null?

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What is the effect size small, medium, or large (See Table 5.2 in Warner, p. 208)?

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Should you run post hoc analysis?

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Descriptive Statistics

Groups(Pre-Test)	Mean	S.D.
Journal and Counseling
Journal only
Counseling only

Groups(Post-Test)	Mean	S.D.
Journal and Counseling
Journal only
Counseling only

Groups(Estimates)	Adjusted Mean	S.E.
Journal and Counseling
Journal only
Counseling only