Was the test statistically significant? How would you report the significance/ lack of significance in relationship to the hypothesis?

Lab: SPSS Outputs.

For the following outputs answer the following questions for each output:
1. What statistical test is used in the SPSS output?

2. What are the assumptions about the variables for this test?

3. What are the variables being tested and what level of measurement is each variable? Also if applicable which variable is the independent variable and which variable is the dependent variable?

4. What is the hypothesis/hypotheses being tested?

5. Was the test statistically significant?

6. How would you report the significance/ lack of significance in relationship to the hypothesis?

Output 1
Case Processing SummaryCase Processing Summary, table, 3 levels of column
headers and 1 levels of row headers, table with 7 columns and 5 rows
Cases
Valid Missing Total
N Percent N Percent N Percent
Probation/Parole
Status * Race recode
402 100.0% 0 0.0% 402 100.0%
Probation/Parole Status * Race recode CrosstabulationProbation/Parole Status * Race recode
Crosstabulation, table, Count, 1 layers, 2 levels of column headers and 2 levels of row headers,
table with 7 columns and 8 rows
Count
Race recode
TotalWhite only
Blackonly

Multiracial
women of
color
includes
Hispanic

Unclear or
other

Probation/Parole
Status
,
Probation
147 97 56 5 305
Parole
39 33 19 2 93
Both
1 3 0 0 4
Total
187 133 75 7 402

ChiSquare Tests ChiSquare Tests, table, 1 levels of column headers and 1 levels of row headers, table with 4 columns and 7 rows
Value
df
Asymptotic
Significance (2-
sided)

Pearson Chi-Square
4.535a 6 .605
Likelihood Ratio
4.865 6 .561
Linear-by-Linear
Association

.742
1 .389
N of Valid Cases
402
a. 5 cells (41.7%) have expected count less than 5. The
minimum expected count is .07.

Output 2
ANOVA

ANOVA, table, 1 levels of column headers and 2 levels of row headers, table with 7 columns and 8 rows

Sum of Squares
df
Mean
Square
F Sig.
Total of felony arrest
prior to current
conviction

Between
Groups

371.504
2 185.752 45.151 .000
Within Groups
1641.501 399 4.114
Total
2013.005 401
Total of all arrests all
dispositions prior to
current conviction

Between
Groups

620.897
2 310.448 22.924 .000
Within Groups
5403.511 399 13.543
Total
6024.408 401

Post Hoc Tests
Multiple ComparisonsMultiple Comparisons, table, Tukey HSD, 1 layers, 2 levels of column headers and 3 levels of row headers, table with 8 columns and 17 rows

Tukey HSD

Dependent
Variable

(I) Probation/Parole
Status

(J) Probation/Parole
Status

Mean
Difference
(I-J)

Std.
Error
Sig.
95% Confidence
Interval

Lower
Bound

Upper
Bound

Total of felony
arrest prior to
current conviction

Probation
Parole -1.889* .240 .000 -2.45 -1.32
Both
-5.879* 1.021 .000 -8.28 -3.48
Parole
Probation 1.889* .240 .000 1.32 2.45
Both
-3.989* 1.036 .000 -6.43 -1.55
Both
Probation 5.879* 1.021 .000 3.48 8.28
Parole
3.989* 1.036 .000 1.55 6.43
Total of all arrests
all dispositions
prior to current
conviction

Probation
Parole -2.536* .436 .000 -3.56 -1.51
Both
-7.001* 1.852 .001 -11.36 -2.64
Parole
Probation 2.536* .436 .000 1.51 3.56
Both
-4.465* 1.879 .047 -8.89 -.04
Both
Probation 7.001* 1.852 .001 2.64 11.36
Parole
4.465* 1.879 .047 .04 8.89
*. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.

Output 3
ANOVA

ANOVA, table, 1 levels of column headers and 2 levels of row headers, table with 7 columns and 8 rows

Sum of Squares
df
Mean
Square
F Sig.
Total of felony arrest
prior to current
conviction

Between
Groups

83.464
3 27.821 5.739 .001
Within Groups
1929.541 398 4.848
Total
2013.005 401
Total of all arrests all
dispositions prior to
current conviction

Between
Groups

133.840
3 44.613 3.014 .030
Within Groups
5890.568 398 14.800
Total
6024.408 401
Post Hoc Tests

Multiple ComparisonsMultiple Comparisons, table, Tukey HSD, 1 layers, 2 levels of column headers and 3 levels of row headers, table with
8 columns and 29 rows

Tukey HSD

Dependent Variable
(I) Race recode (J) Race recode
Mean
Difference (I-J)
Std.
Error
Sig.
95% Confidence
Interval

Lower
Bound

Upper
Bound

Total of felony arrest prior to
current conviction

White only
Black only -1.031* .250 .000 -1.68 -.39
Multiracial women of
color includes Hispanic

-.466
.301 .409 -1.24 .31
Unclear or other
-.099 .848 .999 -2.29 2.09

Black only White only 1.031* .250 .000 .39 1.68
Multiracial women of
color includes Hispanic

.565
.318 .286 .26 1.39
Unclear or other
.932 .854 .695 1.27 3.14
Multiracial women of
color includes Hispanic

White only
.466 .301 .409 -.31 1.24
Black only
-.565 .318 .286 -1.39 .26
Unclear or other
.368 .870 .975 -1.88 2.61
Unclear or other
White only .099 .848 .999 -2.09 2.29
Black only
-.932 .854 .695 -3.14 1.27
Multiracial women of color includes Hispanic
-.368 .870 .975 -2.61 1.88
Total of all arrests all
dispositions prior to current
conviction

White only
Black only -1.257* .436 .022 -2.38 -.13
Multiracial women of color includes Hispanic
-.095 .526 .998 -1.45 1.26
Unclear or other
-.392 1.481 .994 -4.21 3.43
Black only
White only 1.257* .436 .022 .13 2.38
Multiracial women of
color includes Hispanic

1.162
.556 .158 -.27 2.60
Unclear or other
.865 1.492 .938 -2.98 4.71
Multiracial women of
color includes Hispanic

White only
.095 .526 .998 -1.26 1.45
Black only
-1.162 .556 .158 -2.60 .27
Unclear or other
-.297 1.520 .997 -4.22 3.63
Unclear or other
White only .392 1.481 .994 -3.43 4.21
Black only
-.865 1.492 .938 -4.71 2.98
Multiracial women of
color includes Hispanic

.297
1.520 .997 -3.63 4.22
*. The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.

 

Was the test statistically significant? How would you report the significance/ lack of significance in relationship to the hypothesis?
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