Statistics Tutorial Questions and Answers

Frequency:  (Data)

    How do I construct a frequency distribution table (MS Excel)?
    How do I construct a frequency histogram and polygon (MS Excel)?
    How do I use SPSS to group data using RECODE?
    How do I use SPSS to create frequency tables & histogram?
    How do I use SPSS to create stem-n-leaf display?

Correlation:

     How do I manually calculate Pearson correlation coefficient (r) manually?
     How do I manually calculate Spearman correlation coefficient (r) manually?
     How do I use SPSS to do scatterplats and correlation analysis?
     How do I use MS Excel to draw a scatterplot?
Standard Scores:

    How do I calculate z-scores and t-scores for raw data?
    How do I use SPSS to find standard scores and display boxplots?
    How do I use the Cumulative z-score table to find probabilities? *

* a different table for textbook, but give same results
    How do I use SPSS to find Central Tendency and Variability?
    What are some examples of standard scores problems?

Hypothesis Testing:

        Most Questions on Lecture Notes

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Successful Tutorial Sessions: 9/2 (11am);
   Thursday, 9/13 (9 pm): z-scores and SPSS CT and Variance
   Thursday, 9/20 (9pm): recode and frequency tables
   Monday, 9/24 (8pm); z-scores
   Thursday 9/27 (9pm): correlation
   Monday 10/1 (9pm): correlation
   Thursday 10/4 (9pm) Scatterplot
   Monday 10/8  (12 noon - 1) Hypothesis
   Thursday 10/11 (9 pm - 3) Effect Size
   Monday 10/15 (8pm - 1) Correlation, Interpretations
   Thursday 10/18 (9pm - 2) One-Sample Correlation
    Monday 10/22 (8pm - 2)
    Thursday 10/25 (9pm - 1) Fisher z - Correlation