College of Doctoral StudiesPSY 870:Module5Problem SetAnxiety and CountryThis study examined differences in anxiety level between an industrial countryand anonindustrial country. Anxiety is assessed three ways—cognitive, affective, andbehavioral—with higher scores indicating higher levels of the anxiety dimensions.Directions:Using the SPSS data file forModule 5(locatedin Topic Materials),answerthe followingquestions.NOTE: Helpful hints are provided here for you to use while answering thesequestions.1.What is the ONE independent variable in this study?What are the dependent variables?2.Why is a one-way between-subjects MANOVA appropriate to use for this researchdesign?HINT:Consider the number of IVs and the number of DVsfor your answer.3.Did you find any errors that the researcher made when setting up the SPSS data file(don’t forget to check the variable view)?If so, what did you find? How did you correctit?HINT:YES! The Measures (for scale of measurement) is wrong for each of the 4 variables!Youneed toindicate what was wrong and what should be the correct measures.4.Perform Initial Data Screening.What did you find regarding missing values, univariateoutliers, multivariate outliers, normality? Although you are not asked to makeadjustments, what should you consider when you find these kinds of outcomes?HINTS:For missing values, see Case Processing SummaryUnivariate outliers: inspect boxplotsMultivariate outliers: Don’t forget to create the Case ID variable to do thisanalysis.Then, perform a regression analysis with CaseID as the DV andCountry as the IV in order to compute the Mahalanobis distance measures. Besure to click Save when you are setting up the regression so the regression scoresPreview Mode
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