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The document covers various methods for summarizing questionnaire data, including frequency tables, percentages, and descriptive statistics. It discusses the use of SPSS for analyzing Likert-scale items, performing cross-tabulation, and conducting Chi-square tests. Additionally, it explains R as a statistical environment, detailing its applications, vector operations, matrix manipulations, and questionnaire question types.

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Csc317 Tutorial

The document covers various methods for summarizing questionnaire data, including frequency tables, percentages, and descriptive statistics. It discusses the use of SPSS for analyzing Likert-scale items, performing cross-tabulation, and conducting Chi-square tests. Additionally, it explains R as a statistical environment, detailing its applications, vector operations, matrix manipulations, and questionnaire question types.

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a) Explain how questionnaire data can be summarized using:

i. Frequency tables
ii. Percentages
iii. Descriptive statistics
b) Describe how SPSS is used to analyze Likert-scale questionnaire items, including:
i. Individual item analysis
ii. Composite score construction
c) Explain how cross-tabulation is used in analyzing questionnaire data and state one situation
where it is appropriate.
d) Describe the procedure for performing a Chi-square test of independence on questionnaire
data in SPSS.

a) Define R as a statistical computing environment and state four areas where it is commonly
applied.
c) Distinguish clearly between R scripts and R console commands.
d) State two advantages of using command-based analysis in R over menu-driven software.
a) Define a vector in R and explain why vectors are regarded as the basic data structure in R.
b) Using R commands, show how to:
i. Create a numeric vector containing the values 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
ii. Create a character vector of five states
iii. Generate a sequence from 2 to 20 in steps of 2
c) Explain the following vector operations in R, with examples:
i. Vector indexing
ii. Vector arithmetic
iii. Logical vectors
b) Using R commands, show how to:
i. Create a 3 × 3 matrix containing the numbers 1 to 9
ii. Assign row names and column names to the matrix
iii. Extract the second row and third column
c) Explain the difference between the following matrix operations in R:
i. Element-wise multiplication (*)
ii. Matrix multiplication (%*%)
(5 marks)

d) Write R commands to compute the following for a given square matrix:


i. Transpose
ii. Determinant
iii. Inverse
Explain the following types of questionnaire questions, giving one example each: i. Open-
ended questions
ii. Closed-ended questions
iii. Likert-scale questions
iv. Dichotomous questions

Explain the importance of measurement scales in questionnaire design and clearly describe

how the following are represented in SPSS:


i. Nominal scale
ii. Ordinal scale
iii. Scale (Interval/Ratio)

State five common errors in questionnaire design and their possible effects on SPSS

data analysis

State four advantages of SPSS for survey-based research and three limitations of the

Software

Distinguish clearly between R scripts and R console commands.

State two advantages of using command-based analysis in R over menu-driven software.

Define a vector in R and explain why vectors are regarded as the basic data structure in R.

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