Explain variables using normal language and give variable names or abbreviations that you may use during the paper.

Overview: Familiar with SPSS
In this paper you will use statistical tests to explore a sociological topic. Specifically,
you will perform the following: 1) 2 correlations 2) 2 scatter plots and 3) a bivariate
linear regression model. This paper will be an essay with an introduction, one paragraph
to describe the variables and data, three paragraphs to report the findings of each type of
test, and a conclusion. Your paper should be readable to someone who is not familiar
with statistics.

II. Data Sets
I have provided you Gender and Sexuality data set. All tests in the paper should use one dataset.

III. Paper Format and Content

The following format should be followed. Each heading should comprise one (1) paragraph
except where noted. Use these headings and put them in bold. No cover pages please.

v Give a general overview of your topic and its sociological significance. What is the
research question your paper is examining?

Data description
v Describe the data set used in your study. Give the official title of the data and who
collected it, etc. (provided in codebook).

Variable description
v Describe the variables you chose. Explain variables using normal language and give
variable names or abbreviations that you may use during the paper. For example,
“Population is the number of people living in the city. It is an interval-ratio variable with
a mean of xx and a standard deviation of xx and a minimum and maximum of xx and
xx.”
v For ordinal variables you will need to explain the coding (e.g., health status was coded as
follows: 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, and 4=excellent).
v Give descriptive statistics (mean, n, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum) for
each of the ordinal or interval-ratio variables and interpret those (e.g., the average health
status was 3.2, which corresponds to good, or the average number of homicides across
cities was 20.6).
v None of your variables should be nominal (e.g. Marital Status is nominal because it has
no rank or order).

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