Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.

Interpret the output attached using all appropriate information from previous homework and handouts. You will need the following notes to complete the assessment

  1. The variable v8 COMPLETE DARE – DARE is a drug prevention program in schools ran by law enforcement
  2. The variable v16 SAFE AT SCHOOL – references whether the respondent feels safe at school
  3. Parent attachment – the higher the values the more the respondent is attached to their parent.
  4. Self-worth – the higher the values the more self-worth the respondent has.

 

Frequencies

 

Statistics
  v1 SEX v2 RACE v4 AGE v8 COMPLETE DARE v16 SAFE AT SCHOOL Livewith who does the respondent live with parentattachment COMPUTE parentattachment=v20 + v21 + v22 + v23 + v24 + v25 + v26 + v27 + v28 + v29 + v30 + v31 selfworth COMPUTE selfworth=v98 + v99 + v100 + v101 + v102 + v103  
N Valid 5884 5832 5841 5862 5867 5878 5202 5748  
Missing 51 103 94 73 68 57 733 187  
Mean 1.52 2.30 13.82 1.85 3.28 1.54 55.88 24.08  
Median 2.00 2.00 14.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 57.00 25.00  
Mode 2 1 14 2 4 1 61 24  
Std. Deviation .500 1.582 .641 .360 1.102 .818 14.963 4.294  
Minimum 1 1 11 1 1 1 12 6  
Maximum 2 7 18 2 5 4 84 30  

 

Frequency Table

 

v1 SEX
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 Male 2830 47.7 48.1 48.1
2 Female 3054 51.5 51.9 100.0
Total 5884 99.1 100.0  
Missing 9 No answer 51 .9    
Total 5935 100.0    

 

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v2 RACE
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 White/Anglo, not Hispanic 2355 39.7 40.4 40.4
2 Black/African American 1544 26.0 26.5 66.9
3 Hispanic/Latino 1098 18.5 18.8 85.7
4 American Indian/Native American 134 2.3 2.3 88.0
5 Asian/Pacific Islander/Oriental 346 5.8 5.9 93.9
6 Other 97 1.6 1.7 95.6
7 Mixed 258 4.3 4.4 100.0
Total 5832 98.3 100.0  
Missing 9 No answer 103 1.7    
Total 5935 100.0    

 

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v4 AGE
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 11 11 or younger 4 .1 .1 .1
12 9 .2 .2 .2
13 1686 28.4 28.9 29.1
14 3530 59.5 60.4 89.5
15 577 9.7 9.9 99.4
16 25 .4 .4 99.8
17 1 .0 .0 99.8
18 18 or older 9 .2 .2 100.0
Total 5841 98.4 100.0  
Missing 99 No answer 94 1.6    
Total 5935 100.0    

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v8 COMPLETE DARE
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 No 894 15.1 15.3 15.3
2 Yes 4968 83.7 84.7 100.0
Total 5862 98.8 100.0  
Missing 9 No answer 73 1.2    
Total 5935 100.0    

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v16 SAFE AT SCHOOL
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 Strongly disagree 468 7.9 8.0 8.0
2 Disagree 920 15.5 15.7 23.7
3 Neither agree nor disagree 1611 27.1 27.5 51.1
4 Agree 2226 37.5 37.9 89.1
5 Strongly agree 642 10.8 10.9 100.0
Total 5867 98.9 100.0  
Missing 99 Unknown 68 1.1    
Total 5935 100.0    

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Livewith who does the respondent live with
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 1 both parents 3628 61.1 61.7 61.7
2 mother 1687 28.4 28.7 90.4
3 father 227 3.8 3.9 94.3
4 other 336 5.7 5.7 100.0
Total 5878 99.0 100.0  
Missing System 57 1.0    
Total 5935 100.0    

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What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

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parentattachment COMPUTE parentattachment=v20 + v21 + v22 + v23 + v24 + v25 + v26 + v27 + v28 + v29 + v30 + v31
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 12 18 .3 .3 .3
13 3 .1 .1 .4
14 1 .0 .0 .4
15 5 .1 .1 .5
16 7 .1 .1 .7
17 9 .2 .2 .8
18 7 .1 .1 1.0
19 7 .1 .1 1.1
20 9 .2 .2 1.3
21 11 .2 .2 1.5
22 14 .2 .3 1.7
23 15 .3 .3 2.0
24 32 .5 .6 2.7
25 22 .4 .4 3.1
26 31 .5 .6 3.7
27 25 .4 .5 4.2
28 33 .6 .6 4.8
29 30 .5 .6 5.4
30 36 .6 .7 6.1
31 36 .6 .7 6.7
32 35 .6 .7 7.4
33 44 .7 .8 8.3
34 48 .8 .9 9.2
35 49 .8 .9 10.1
36 66 1.1 1.3 11.4
37 69 1.2 1.3 12.7
38 66 1.1 1.3 14.0
39 56 .9 1.1 15.1
40 74 1.2 1.4 16.5
41 62 1.0 1.2 17.7
42 81 1.4 1.6 19.2
43 79 1.3 1.5 20.8
44 92 1.6 1.8 22.5
45 98 1.7 1.9 24.4
46 88 1.5 1.7 26.1
47 103 1.7 2.0 28.1
48 124 2.1 2.4 30.5
49 97 1.6 1.9 32.3
50 118 2.0 2.3 34.6
51 116 2.0 2.2 36.8
52 124 2.1 2.4 39.2
53 130 2.2 2.5 41.7
54 114 1.9 2.2 43.9
55 103 1.7 2.0 45.9
56 137 2.3 2.6 48.5
57 130 2.2 2.5 51.0
58 119 2.0 2.3 53.3
59 128 2.2 2.5 55.8
60 137 2.3 2.6 58.4
61 142 2.4 2.7 61.1
62 137 2.3 2.6 63.8
63 139 2.3 2.7 66.4
64 126 2.1 2.4 68.9
65 115 1.9 2.2 71.1
66 124 2.1 2.4 73.5
67 109 1.8 2.1 75.5
68 120 2.0 2.3 77.9
69 108 1.8 2.1 79.9
70 91 1.5 1.7 81.7
71 112 1.9 2.2 83.8
72 99 1.7 1.9 85.7
73 83 1.4 1.6 87.3
74 105 1.8 2.0 89.4
75 85 1.4 1.6 91.0
76 82 1.4 1.6 92.6
77 71 1.2 1.4 93.9
78 80 1.3 1.5 95.5
79 53 .9 1.0 96.5
80 52 .9 1.0 97.5
81 31 .5 .6 98.1
82 33 .6 .6 98.7
83 11 .2 .2 98.9
84 56 .9 1.1 100.0
Total 5202 87.6 100.0  
Missing System 733 12.4    
Total 5935 100.0    

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

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selfworth COMPUTE selfworth=v98 + v99 + v100 + v101 + v102 + v103
  Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid 6 22 .4 .4 .4
7 3 .1 .1 .4
8 8 .1 .1 .6
9 13 .2 .2 .8
10 15 .3 .3 1.1
11 14 .2 .2 1.3
12 24 .4 .4 1.7
13 31 .5 .5 2.3
14 44 .7 .8 3.0
15 52 .9 .9 3.9
16 81 1.4 1.4 5.3
17 96 1.6 1.7 7.0
18 180 3.0 3.1 10.1
19 186 3.1 3.2 13.4
20 272 4.6 4.7 18.1
21 309 5.2 5.4 23.5
22 421 7.1 7.3 30.8
23 450 7.6 7.8 38.6
24 613 10.3 10.7 49.3
25 560 9.4 9.7 59.0
26 525 8.8 9.1 68.2
27 497 8.4 8.6 76.8
28 475 8.0 8.3 85.1
29 361 6.1 6.3 91.4
30 496 8.4 8.6 100.0
Total 5748 96.8 100.0  
Missing System 187 3.2    
Total 5935 100.0    

 

What level of measurement is the variable above? __________________
What is your evidence? __________________________________________________________

Interpret the variable using all appropriate information.