Create an index variable that represents the total understanding of Christian doctrine for your sample.

• After reviewing the above documents, administer the Lab Project Survey to at least 12 people, either online or in-person, keeping in mind the IRB guidelines. Allow yourself plenty of time to complete this step.

• Score your completed surveys and enter the data into a new SPSS data file. Create an index variable that represents the total understanding of Christian doctrine for your sample. Instructions for scoring the survey, entering data, and creating the index variable are in the Step-by-Step Instructions in the Lab Project Folder, in the “Scoring” section.

◦ Ensure that your SPSS data file includes individual surveys as the cases, or rows, and the survey questions as the variables, or columns. The index variable representing total understanding of Christian doctrine will reside in column 11, as shown in the example below:

Create an index variable that represents the total understanding of Christian doctrine for your sample.
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