PSY870: Module 3 Problem Set Complete Solution
PSY 870: Module 3 Problem Set
GAF, Consumer Satisfaction, and Type of Clinical Agency (Public or Private)
A researcher wants to know if mental health clients of private versus public service agencies differ on Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores and on Satisfaction with Services (Satisfaction). She has collected data for 34 clients from a private agency and for 47 clients of a public agency.
Directions:
Use the SPSS data file for Module 3 (located in Topic Materials) to answer the following questions:
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Yes, one of the variables is incorrectly listed as scale.
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One of the outliers on one continuous variable clearly is a coding error. Which one is that? What would be the best way to handle that outlier?
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Use the information you have from your Output file from your Explore analyses to describe the outliers (e.g. how many outliers are there on each continuous variable; do they fall above and/or below the mean). What are ways to handle outliers on the continuous variables? Might there be some arguments against deleting outliers? What are these?
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SPSS 21 Version is needed for this assignment. See PSY870.R.Module3ProblemSet_11-21-2013.docxSee GAF Satisfaction Agency.docx
PSY870: Module 3 Problem Set Complete Solution
There are 9 (11.0%) values on the variable GAF, 12 (14.6%) values on the variable Satisfaction, and 1 (1.2%) value on the variable Agency missed. On both ...
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