Create and update a database in SPSS

Create and update a database in SPSS

For this Assignment, you will use a given data set to create and update a database in SPSS

  • Use the original (not modified) data set selected for your SPP (on week 1), and open it in SPSS.

Perform the following operations on the data set:

  • Select a continuous variable from the data set and provide full definition for each variable.
  • Convert your continuous variable to a categorical variable.
  • Provide reason for how you converted the variable.
  • Provide descriptive statistics for the continuous variable.
  • Produce frequency tables for the new variable you made.
  • If any of the cells in your frequency table has less than 6 individuals in it, combine that level with other levels so there is no frequency less than 6.
  • Submit descriptive statistics for both the original and new variables.