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The document reviews activities using SPSS to analyze dietary data from India. Activity 1 involves exploring the relationship between calories and saturated fats using correlation and regression analysis. Activity 2 uses a two-way ANOVA to examine differences in calories based on venue and gender. Activity 3 performs an ANCOVA adding saturated fats as a covariate to determine how it impacts the two-way ANOVA results. Example analyses from BBC news articles on various health and education topics are also provided.

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Activity Handout SPSS Tests Review

The document reviews activities using SPSS to analyze dietary data from India. Activity 1 involves exploring the relationship between calories and saturated fats using correlation and regression analysis. Activity 2 uses a two-way ANOVA to examine differences in calories based on venue and gender. Activity 3 performs an ANCOVA adding saturated fats as a covariate to determine how it impacts the two-way ANOVA results. Example analyses from BBC news articles on various health and education topics are also provided.

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SPSS Tests Review

Biomedical Research Project

Year 3

Activity Pages

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Activity (1) = Correlation to Regression
Indian Diet data

A) Create a scatter/dot chart (Graphs > Chart Builder > Scatter/Dot) for
Calories and SatsFats. Is there a relationship? How strong?

B) Run a correlation test (Analyze > Correlate > Bivariate). What other
variables have a relationship with Calories?

C) Perform a regression analysis (Analyze > Regression > Linear). Which


are the top two predictor variables? What statistics supports your answer?

D) In the regression analysis, do the residuals have a normal distribution


(Graphs > Chart Builder > Histogram)?

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Activity (2) = two-way ANOVA
Indian Diet data

A) Create a cluster bar chart (Graphs > Chart Builder > Bar) for Calories
with Venue as the category axis and Gender as the clusters. Add error
bars for 1 standard deviation (SD). Are there differences? How strong?

B) Does the chart indicate the differences in the interaction between


Venue and Gender are likely to be statistically significant?

C) Perform a two-way ANOVA (Analyze > General Linear Model >


Univariate) with Calories as the dependent variable, and then Venue and
Gender as the fixed factors; also create plots. What statistics supports
your answers in #A and #B above?

D) In the two-way ANOVA, do the residuals have a normal distribution


(Graphs > Chart Builder > Histogram)?

3
Activity (3) = ANCOVA
Indian Diet data

A) Run the ANCOVA test (Analyze > General Linear Model > Univariate)
as you did in Activity #2 with Calories as the dependent variable, and then
Venue and Gender as the fixed factors. Next place SatsFats as the
covariate; also create plots. Are the results for the two fixed factor variables
the same as in the two-way ANOVA?

B) What relationship exists with the dependent variable (Calories) and the
covariate (SatsFats)? What statistics supports your answer?

C) Review the plots between the two-way ANOVA and the ANCOVA
results. Can you explain what changes have occurred?

D) Do the residuals have a normal distribution (Graphs > Chart Builder >
Histogram)?

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Example from the BBC

Cocaine a middle-class problem…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45036469

Degrees that make you rich…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41693230

Alcohol and sugary drinks…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43414777

Tuition fees are down…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46607306

Young adults using the NHS…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44456571

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