Data Matters with SPSS®

Activity 5.1

Your task for this project is to find the mean and median of at least two of the number-line observations in the data on the representative U.S. sample, then note whether those attributes are skewed, and if they are, which way they are skewed.

Open the representative U.S. sample.

To get the mean and median, select Analyze, Descriptive Statistics, Explore. Select the variable you are interested in, click on the black triangle next to the Dependent List box, and click OK.