PSY 870: Module 3 Problem Set
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PSY 870: Module 3 Problem Set
GAF, Consumer Satisfaction, and Type of Clinical Agency (Public or Private)
A researcher wants to know if mental health clients of private versus public service agencies
differ on Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores and on Satisfaction with Services
(Satisfaction). She has collected data for 34 clients from a private agency and for 47 clients of a
public agency.
Directions:
Use the SPSS data file for Module 3 (located in Topic Materials) to answer the following
questions:
1. What is the independent variable in this study? What are the dependent variables?
The independent variable in this study is “Agency”. The dependent variables of this
study are “Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores” and “Satisfaction”.
2. The first step for the researcher will be to clean and screen the data. Please do this for the
researcher and report your findings. Be sure to check it for possible coding errors, as well
as complete the screening of the data to see if the data meet assumptions for parametric
tests. Did you find any errors that the researcher made when setting up the SPSS data file
(check the variable view)? If so, what did you find? How did you correct it?
The variable “Agency” is only to classify whether the client is from a private or
public service agency. So this is measured in nominal scale. But in the given dataset
it was mistakenly listed as a scale variable that can be identified in the “Variable
View” of the sheet. So it can be changed to nominal in “Variable View” of the sheet
to list it correctly.
© 2013. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
PSY 870: Module 3 Problem Set
GAF, Consumer Satisfaction, and Type of Clinical Agency (Public or Private)
A researcher wants to know if mental health clients of private versus public service agencies
differ on Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores and on Satisfaction with Services
(Satisfaction). She has collected data for 34 clients from a private agency and for 47 clients of a
public agency.
Directions:
Use the SPSS data file for Module 3 (located in Topic Materials) to answer the following
questions:
1. What is the independent variable in this study? What are the dependent variables?
The independent variable in this study is “Agency”. The dependent variables of this
study are “Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores” and “Satisfaction”.
2. The first step for the researcher will be to clean and screen the data. Please do this for the
researcher and report your findings. Be sure to check it for possible coding errors, as well
as complete the screening of the data to see if the data meet assumptions for parametric
tests. Did you find any errors that the researcher made when setting up the SPSS data file
(check the variable view)? If so, what did you find? How did you correct it?
The variable “Agency” is only to classify whether the client is from a private or
public service agency. So this is measured in nominal scale. But in the given dataset
it was mistakenly listed as a scale variable that can be identified in the “Variable
View” of the sheet. So it can be changed to nominal in “Variable View” of the sheet
to list it correctly.
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University
University of Phoenix
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Psychology