A question for people who know SPSS

Factual Questions
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I’ve calculated the mean, median, and mode for a set of data using SPSS 12.0, but now I’m having trouble interpreting it. How do I go about calculating the mean when I’m unable to see specific values? There is a smaller chart that lies just above my second chart that says my median is 5.00 and my mode is 5. I’ve discovered that my mode is in line 5 of the second chart, but I don’t see any correlation between the 5.00 and any other data. Could somebody please help how to interpret this information?

Thanks

2

I think I’ve figured it out. Am I right in assuming that the value correlates to the value that is coded in. Basically since everything I coded in is in a range, which is then coded numerically instead of exact numbers, then the numbers I get for mean and median are the values for the codes and not the exact figure?

:confused:

3

Yes, it is based on the actual value present in the data set. So, if you have data values from 1-5 but they are labeled 0-4 then SPSS will not look at the labels but the values (1-5).