SPSS Case#1 – V2
1.) Run Frequencies on Q1i and describe how respondents feel about this question. Why
are the Percent and Valid Percent different?
Statistics
Satisfied with present financial
situation
N Valid 399
Missing 1
Mean 3.42
Median 4.00
Mode 4
Range 4
Minimum 1
Maximum 5
Satisfied with present financial situation
Frequency Percent Valid Percent
Cumulative
Percent
Valid Strongly disagree 16 4.0 4.0 4.0
Disagree 102 25.5 25.6 29.6
Neither 16 4.0 4.0 33.6
Agree 230 57.5 57.6 91.2
Strongly agree 35 8.8 8.8 100.0
Total 399 99.8 100.0
Missing Don’t know 1 .3
Total 400 100.0
29.5% of the respondents answered disagree or strongly disagree, while 66.3% responded with
agree or strongly agree. The rest of the 4.3% responded with either neither or don’t know. In
other words, nearly two-thirds of the survey respondents are at least somewhat satisfied with
their current financial situation.
1
The Percent and Percent Valid differ because of the 1 missing case, in which the respondent
answered ‘don’t know’ to the survey question.
2.) Run Descriptives on Q1a to Q1h. Which are the largest and smallest means?
Money may not
be everything, but
it’s got a big lead
over second
Money can’t
buy
happiness
Important for
me to be
fashionable
I buy things
even
though I
can’t afford
them
Make only
minimum
payments on
credit cards
Buy
things to
make
myself
feel better
Shopping
is fun
During last 3
yrs my
financial
situation has
gotten worse
N Valid 389 400 396 398 390 399 399 395
2
Missing 11 0 4 2 10 1 1 5
Mean 2.89 4.05 2.53 1.98 1.91 2.89 3.51 2.29
Median 3.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 2.00
Mode 2 4 2 2 2 4 4 2
Range 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Minimum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sig.
(2-taile
Mean
Std. Error
95%
Confidence
Interval of the
Difference