Essay Assignment
Topic: Descriptive Statistics Project
Directions: Use the following information to complete the questions below. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.
A researcher was interested in the anxiety present in students just prior to the midterm exam. The researcher used an anxiety self-quiz to gauge the student's anxiety. The score for 30 students are given here.
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69
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99
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91
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66
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70
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98
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70
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53
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40
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58
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61
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66
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94
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77
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70
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56
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88
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85
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86
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40
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84
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86
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54
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48
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86
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43
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78
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53
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79
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89
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• Construct a frequency table with class, frequency, relative percent, and cumulative percent that has 6 classes to describe the distribution of the data in SPSS.
• Use the frequency table to construct a histogram in SPSS.
• Use SPSS to calculate the numerical descriptive statistics mean, median, standard deviation, and variance of the anxiety scores.
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.