Explain what summary values indicate about each distribution

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Discussion Post: Statistics

Select two interval-ratio level variables from the course data set: GSS2018

Use SPSS to generate the frequency distributions and descriptive statistics (using Frequencies and Descriptives ). Refer to module 2 that shows how to construct a five point summary

Construct the five point summary for each of the variables you have selected

Five point summary:

1) the sample minimum (smallest observation)
2) the lower quartile or first quartile
3) the median (the middle value)
4) the upper quartile or third quartile
5) the sample maximum (largest observation)

Task

1) Present your two variables--explain what they are

2) Present the five point summary for each variable

3) Explain what the summary values indicate about each distribution

4) Synopsize the shape of the distribution in terms of skewedness and the degree of modality: Are the distributions relatively symmetrical or skewed? If skewed, what direction? Are the distributions strongly or weakly modal?

5) Respond to at least two other students' posts with questions or comments about the variables they present.

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