LT assignment week 4   I have attached an Excel dataset to this post. The dataset is a small one –  it has…

LT assignment week 4

I have attached an Excel dataset to this post. The dataset is a small one –

 it has three variables –

             Gender (1 = Females and 0 = Males),

            Relationship Status (1 = Single, 2 = Married,

            and 3 = Divorced), and

            Life Satisfaction (this is a variable that ranges from 1 to 5, with higher values                                  indicative of greater levels of life satisfaction).

What I would like you to do is either (you don’t have to do both)

1.    run an independent samples t-test

2.    or an ANOVA to see if there are statistically significant mean differences on the life satisfaction variable.

Keep in mind, an independent samples t-test is used when you want to compare people in two different groups on some continuous variable.

An ANOVA, on the other hand, is used when you want to compare people in three or more groups on some continuous variable.

So, if you want to know if males and females (the gender variable) differ from one another (in a statistically significant manner) on life satisfaction you would run an independent samples t-test.

 If you want to compare single, married, and divorced individuals to one another on life satisfaction, because you have three groups, you would use the ANOVA analysis.

After you have run the analysis, write up a summary of the results (in 1-2 sentences) and submit your summary, along with your SPSS output, using the Assignment Files link.