TOPIC: Descriptive Statistics

Your first IBM SPSS assignment includes two sections in which you will do the following:

Create two histograms.

Calculate measures of central tendency and dispersion.

As you work on this assignment, you may find the Data Set Instructions [DOCX] helpful. Provide a title for your document

The grades.sav file is a sample SPSS data set. The data represent a teacher's recording of student demographics and performance on quizzes and a final exam. you will create and describe two histograms and a descriptives table using these data.

Part 1

Create two histograms for visual interpretation using the following variables:

Create two histograms and paste them into your Word document:

A histogram for lower division students.

A histogram for upper division students.

Briefly describe what a visual inspection of this output tells you about the nature of the curves.

Part 2

Create a descriptives table to assess measures of central tendency and dispersion using the following variables:

Create a descriptives table and paste it into your Word document.

Under the table:

Report the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis for GPA and quiz3. 

Briefly describe what skewness and kurtosis tell you about these data with regard to normality.