+@c PSPP - a program for statistical analysis.
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@alias prompt = sansserif
@include tut.texi
We can examine the data in more detail with the @cmd{EXAMINE}
command (@pxref{EXAMINE}):
-In @ref{examine} you can see that the lowest value of @var{height} is
+In @ref{ex1} you can see that the lowest value of @var{height} is
179 (which we suspect to be erroneous), but the second lowest is 1598
which
we know from the @cmd{DESCRIPTIVES} command
This suggests that the two extreme values are outliers and probably
represent data entry errors.
-@float Example, examine
+@float Example, ex1
@cartouche
[@dots{} continue from @ref{descriptives}]
@example
For detailed information about the @cmd{RECODE} command @pxref{RECODE}.
If you now re-run the @cmd{DESCRIPTIVES} or @cmd{EXAMINE} commands in
-@ref{descriptives} and @ref{examine} you
+@ref{descriptives} and @ref{ex1} you
will see a data summary with more plausible parameters.
You will also notice that the data summaries indicate the two missing values.
reliability.
This gives the statistician some confidence that the questionnaires have been
completed thoughtfully.
-If you examine the labels of variables @var{v1}, @var{v3} and @var{v5},
+If you examine the labels of variables @var{v1}, @var{v3} and @var{v4},
you will notice that they ask very similar questions.
One would therefore expect the values of these variables (after recoding)
to closely follow one another, and we can test that with the @cmd{RELIABILITY}
command (@pxref{RELIABILITY}).
@ref{reliability} shows a @pspp{} session where the user (after recoding
negatively scaled variables) requests reliability statistics for
-@var{v1}, @var{v3} and @var{v5}.
+@var{v1}, @var{v3} and @var{v4}.
@float Example, reliability
@cartouche
@prompt{PSPP>} * recode negatively worded questions.
@prompt{PSPP>} compute v3 = 6 - v3.
@prompt{PSPP>} compute v5 = 6 - v5.
-@prompt{PSPP>} reliability v1, v3, v5.
+@prompt{PSPP>} reliability v1, v3, v4.
@end example
Output (dictionary information omitted for clarity):
#================#==========#
#Cronbach's Alpha#N of Items#
#================#==========#
-# .86# 3#
+# .81# 3#
#================#==========#
@end example
@end cartouche
@caption{Recoding negatively scaled variables, and testing for
reliability with the @cmd{RELIABILITY} command. The Cronbach Alpha
coefficient suggests a high degree of reliability among variables
-@var{v1}, @var{v2} and @var{v5}.}
+@var{v1}, @var{v3} and @var{v4}.}
@end float
As a rule of thumb, many statisticians consider a value of Cronbach's Alpha of
0.7 or higher to indicate reliable data.
-Here, the value is 0.86 so the data and the recoding that we performed
+Here, the value is 0.81 so the data and the recoding that we performed
are vindicated.