Test Bank
How To Use SPSS Statistics, 10th Ed.
Chapter 2: Entering and Modifying Data
1. True/False: Will SPSS conduct an analysis that is not appropriate for your data?
2. When you define your variable, the Measure column allows you to:
a. indicate what kind of data you have.
b. indicate that you have nominal data.
3. Choose the statement(s) that is/are correct.
f. always means the subject will be eliminated from the analysis.
4. Selecting a subset of your data is appropriate if:
a. your data is nominal only.
5. You can select a subset of your data under the Data menu using:
a. the Sort Cases option.
6. In the data window, what does it mean when there is a diagonal slash through the case
number?
a. that case is missing data.
7. Once you select a subset of your data,
e. an additional file is created for the subset.
8. True/False: It is recommended that you save your data file while a subset is selected.
9. To compute a new variable using your existing variables, you use:
a. the Edit menu.
10. When using the Compute Variable menu option, the Target Variable is:
a. one of the variables you are using in your calculation.
using existing variables or mathematical equations.
12. After you create a new variable using existing variables and/or mathematical equations,
you should:
d. start your analysis using the Descriptive Statistics menu option.
13. You use the Recode into Different Variables menu option when you want to:
a. create a new variable.
b. change the name of a variable.
14. When you recode an existing variable into different variables:
a. a new variable shows up in the Edit window.