Use of SPSS for Two-Way Tests

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Use of SPSS for Two-Way Chi-Square Analysis
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First, a reminder of our data:
Table 3
Number of Children in each of four seating positions obtaining different levels
of grade
Observed Grade In Immediate Front

Front Middle

Rear middle

Rear

Total

Top third

13

10

34

Middle third

20

23

27

18

88

Bottom third

11

12

12

21

56

Total

44

43

49

42

178

Basic Sequence
Stage 1
The basic sequence for running two-way analyses is as follows:
1) In terms of how data are entered, we enter the data as we did for the one-way
analysis, except of course, we now have two variables (seating position and grade)
instead of one, as shown below. Following the example below, open SPSS and
create a datafile.

Stages 2 and 3
Once you have done this, go to the Data menu, and select Weight cases. In the
dialogue box that appears, select Weight cases by and choose the third column,
Frequency as the weighting variable, by clicking on it and moving it using the arrow
button (see below). Click OK to enact this.

Go to the Analyze menu, and choose Descriptive Statistics/Crosstabs.

Stages 4, 5 and 6
In the dialogue box that appears, select your row and column variables by clicking on
each in turn to highlight it, and then using the horizontal arrow buttons to move them
into the correct box (NB it doesnt matter which variable you assign to row and which
to column, other than in terms of which way round these are in the table that is
generated):

Click on the Statistics button, and choose Chi-square.

Under Cells choose Observed and Expected counts.
Under Exact, make sure that asymptotic only is selected.

 NB be sure to click on Continue rather than simply closing these dialogue

boxes, otherwise your settings will be ignored.

Click on OK to run the analysis.

Task 10
Run the analysis as described above. Compare your output against the one provided
here. Then check that the values you obtain are as you worked out before, when
doing the calculation by hand.
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