Please read directions carefully!!! all components must be entered ( must be familiar with excel ) Before beginning this assignment, read Chapter 12 in Clinical Analytics and Data Management for the
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S U M MARY
This chapte r e xp la in s th e pro cess of m ovin g fro m data colle ctio n to th e cre atio n of a final a naly s is data
s et. S yn ta x is hig hlig hte d as a m eth od fo r d ocum entin g th e ste ps of th is pro cedure fro m im porta tio n of th e
data set in to S PSS and th ro ughout th e re m ain in g ste ps of th e entir e data analy s is . T he m ost im porta nt
goal in cre atin g th e final a naly s is data set is th e achie ve m ent a nd m ain te nance of a hig h-q ualit y d ata set
in w hic h erro rs have been id entifi ed and m anaged, a nd th e stru ctu re achie ve s w hat w as outlin ed in th e
orig in al d ata analy s is pla n. T his opera tio n is one of th e m ost tim e-c onsum in g and possib ly c um bers om e
activ it ie s of d ata m anagem ent; h ow eve r, w hen done w ell, it p ave s th e path to hig h-q ualit y re sult s .
EX ER CIS E
1 . D ata dic tio nary :
1 . U sin g th e fo rm at in Table 12.5 , c re ate a data dic tio nary fo r th e C apsto ne P ro je ct.
2 . U sin g syn ta x:
1 . U sin g a C apsto ne data set (o r th e sam ple data set p ro vid ed in th e supple m enta l
m ate ria ls ), c om ple te th e fo llo w in g exe rc is es usin g S PSS. ( N ote : I f S PSS is not a va ila ble , t h is
e xe rc is e can be exe cute d w it h any s oftw are used to m anage data . T he syn ta x fi le can be
m anually c re ate d in a M ic ro soft W ord docum ent a s th e ste ps in th e exe rc is e are exe cute d.)
1 . E nte r th e data in to S PSS.
2 . I n th e va ria ble vie w of th e data set
• E nsure th at e ach va ria ble has a la bel a nd assig ned all p ossib le va lu e
la bels .
• E nsure th e appro pria te le ve l o f m easure m ent f o r e ach va ria ble . 1519285 - S prin ger P ublis h in g C om pany ©
3 . C re ate a syn ta x fi le to docum ent a ll o f th e subsequent re quir e m ents of th is
e xe rc is e. U se com ments in th e syn ta x fi le to describ e w hat is done.
4 . R un th e C odebook c om mand fo r e ach of th e pertin ent d em ogra phic ,
descrip tiv e , o r o utc om e va ria ble s.
• I n S PSS, u se A naly ze, R eports , C odebook ( re m em ber th at th e syn ta x
file should conta in docum enta tio n fo r th ese pro cesses).
5 . P la ce com ments in th e syn ta x fi le th at d escrib e any p ertin ent fi ndin gs as a
re sult o f ru nnin g th e C odebook c om mand. F or in sta nce, a re th ere m is sin g data fo r a ny o f
th e va ria ble s, a re all t h e va ria ble s id entifi ed at th e appro pria te le ve l o f m easure m ent?
6 . R un fre quencie s fo r n om in al a nd ord in al v a ria ble s and descrip tiv e sta tis tic s
fo r in te rv a l a nd ra tio le ve l v a ria ble s.
• If c om parin g tw o gro ups (e it h er p re -/ p ostm easure m ent o r tw o
in dependent g ro ups), r u n th e fre quencie s and descrip tiv e s by g ro up in addit io n to ove ra ll.
7 . P la ce com ments in th e syn ta x fi le th at d escrib e any p ertin ent fi ndin gs as a
re sult o f ru nnin g fre quencie s and descrip tiv e s.
8 . C re ate a final c le an copy o f th e syn ta x fi le and th e outp ut fi le . I t is im porta nt
fo r th ese tw o docum ents to be unders ta ndable fo r s om eone w ho is not in tim ate ly in vo lv e d
w it h th e pro je ct.
R EFER EN CES
Gero nto lo gy R esearc h G ro up. (2 017, M ay 2 3). G RG W orld Sup erc enta ria ns R ankin g s Lis t . R etrie ved fro m http :/ / w ww.g rg .o rg /s c/s cin dex.h tm l
IB M . (2 016). IB M SPSS Sta tis tic s fo r W in d ow s, v ers io n 2 4.0 . A rm onk, N Y: A uth or. R etre iv ed fro m http s:/ / w ww.ib m .c o m /p ro ducts /s p ss-s ta tis tic s
J ohns H opkin s U niv ers it y S ch ool o f N urs in g. (2 012, A ugust 3 1). D NP evid en ce tra n sla tio n pro je ct. “ N o pain pro vid es b ig gain s.” S cie nceD aily .
R etrie ved fro m http :/ / w ww.s cie n ced aily .c o m /re le ases/2 012/0 8/1 20831130653.h tm
