Preparing A Data File In SPSS: Simply Follow The Step 955119

Preparing A Data File In Spss Simply Follow The Steps Below To Create

Preparing a Data File in SPSS Simply follow the steps below to create your first SPSS data file: 1. Open SPSS. 2. A dialog box will open, press cancel since we are creating a new file. Setting Up Your Data File – Variable View 1. The first step in creating your data set is to create the variables. Click on the Variable View tab on the bottom. Next you will type in your variable names. 2. The first column is where we will name our variables ('Variable Name'). Be sure the variable names match (Respond, Exer1, Exer2, Exer3, and Exer4). 3. The second column ('Type') lets SPSS know the format of the variable (e.g., number or string of text). Only Exer4 is a string variable, the others should be numeric. Because RESPOND may start with a 0, this variable should be Restricted Numeric. 4. The 'Label' column allows us to provide a longer description of the variable. Be sure to enter the exact questions in the label column (e.g., What are the last four digits of your phone number?). 5. The 'Value Labels' column tells SPSS what certain values mean. This is used only when you have a nominal or categorical variable. Click on the values in the appropriate row to add category specification (e.g., 0 = No, 1 = Yes). Please be sure to “add” each category before pressing OK. 6. The 'Measure' column describes the scale of measurement for the variable. Here is where you specify whether the variable is continuous (SPSS calls this “scale”), nominal, or ordinal. 7. As the numeric variables are using whole numbers, you can change decimals to 0. The default width of 8 works for all variables except EXER4, which should be changed to a width of 20 to allow for longer responses (e.g., gymnastics). 8. Save the file (Under “File” select “Save As”) to specify the file name and where you would like to save the file. Save the data with your name (e.g., Smith_exercise.sav). Be sure to save it to a location you have access to. Entering Data – Data View 1. Click on the ‘Data view’ tab on the bottom and now you will see your variable names at the top of the columns in your spreadsheet. You can now enter your responses to the 5 questions. You should have 5 rows of data. 2. After you enter your data, “save” your file again to be sure you keep all the changes! Preparing a Data File in SPSS Setting Up Your Data File – Variable View Entering Data – Data View Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Eggemeier’s essay Ecology and Vision: Contemplation as Environmental PracticeLinks to an external site. . Eggemeier’s thesis is that poetry and other forms of art can help us learn to pay close attention to the beauty of the natural world and therefore to appreciate its non-instrumental value. In other words, aesthetic experience breaks us out of our anthropocentric viewpoint so we can see that nature has intrinsic value apart from its benefit to human beings. Note that, while Eggemeier links these ideas with the spirituality of Christian monasticism, his argument should still be relevant to non-Christians since it is based on the philosophy of atheist Iris Murdoch and pantheists like Aldo Leopold and Henry David Thoreau. After reading the Eggemeier essay, choose one of the poems from the Poetry Foundation’s Poetry and the EnvironmentLinks to an external site. web page that speaks to you personally. Print the poem out (or bring it up on your phone or other device), take it outside to a spot where you feel a connection with nature (whether in the wilderness, a city park, or simply your back yard), and read the poem to yourself. Then write two to three pages about the experience, reflecting on how the poem helped you contemplatively encounter nature, citing specific lines from the poem as appropriate. Finally, briefly brainstorm at least four spiritual practices other than poetry that might have a similar effect in helping you break out of your anthropocentric viewpoint on nature. Write a sentence or two about each practice, describing how you will engage it and what effect you think it will have. Your total paper will be three to four pages, including the list of practices. If you need help thinking of spiritual practices, see the Suggested Spiritual PracticesLinks to an external site. and Spiritual Practice ToolkitLinks to an external site. web pages for examples. In your paper, · Analyze how a chosen poem facilitates a contemplative encounter with nature. · Cite specific lines from the poem. · Describe four spiritual practices. The Week 2 Writing Assignment · Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length. · Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance. · Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper. · For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site. , refer to the Writing Center resources. · Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site.