For this assessment, you will complete an SPSS data analysis report using a one-way ANOVA for assigned variables. We are often confronted with a need to compare the means of more than two groups. We may also need to compare more than two scores among a sample of participants. ANOVA, AN alysis O f VA ariance, is a technique designed to address such questions. SHOW LESS By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 1: Analyze the computation, application, strengths, and limitations of various statistical tests. Develop a conclusion, including strengths and limitations of a one-way ANOVA. Competency 2: Analyze the decision-making process of data analysis. Analyze the assumptions of a one-way ANOVA. Competency 3: Apply knowledge of hypothesis testing. Articulate a research question, null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, and alpha level. Competency 4: Interpret the results of statistical analyses. Interpret the one-way ANOVA output. Competency 5: Apply a statistical program's procedure to data. Apply the appropriate SPSS procedures to check assumptions and calculate the one-way ANOVA to generate relevant output. Competency 6: Apply the results of statistical analyses (your own or others) to your field of interest or career. Develop a context for the data set, including a definition of required variables and scales of measurement. Competency 7: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members in the identified field of study. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the identified field of study. Competency Map CHECK YOUR PROGRESS Use this online tool to track your performance and progress through your course. Toggle Drawer ContextRead Assessment 4 Context [DOC]  for important information on the following topics: SHOW LESS The logic of a one-way ANOVA. Avoiding inflated Type I error. Hypothesis testing in one-way ANOVA. Assumptions of one-way ANOVA. Toggle Drawer Questions to ConsiderAs you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment. SHOW LESS Application of F -Tests Is there a research question from your professional life or career specialization that can be addressed by a one-way ANOVA? Why would a one-way ANOVA be the appropriate analysis for this research question? What is the expected outco.

1. For this assessment, you will complete an SPSS data analysis
report using a one-way ANOVA for assigned variables.
We are often confronted with a need to compare the means of
more than two groups. We may also need to compare more than
two scores among a sample of participants. ANOVA,
AN
alysis
O
f
VA
ariance, is a technique designed to address such questions.
SHOW LESS
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze the computation, application, strengths,
and limitations of various statistical tests.
Develop a conclusion, including strengths and limitations of a
one-way ANOVA.
Competency 2: Analyze the decision-making process of data
analysis.

2. Analyze the assumptions of a one-way ANOVA.
Competency 3: Apply knowledge of hypothesis testing.
Articulate a research question, null hypothesis, alternative
hypothesis, and alpha level.
Competency 4: Interpret the results of statistical analyses.
Interpret the one-way ANOVA output.
Competency 5: Apply a statistical program's procedure to data.
Apply the appropriate SPSS procedures to check assumptions
and calculate the one-way ANOVA to generate relevant output.
Competency 6: Apply the results of statistical analyses (your
own or others) to your field of interest or career.
Develop a context for the data set, including a definition of
required variables and scales of measurement.

3. Competency 7: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly,
professional, and consistent with the expectations for members
in the identified field of study.
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and
consistent with expectations for members of the identified field
of study.
Competency Map
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS
Use this online tool to track your performance and progress
through your course.
Toggle Drawer
ContextRead
Assessment 4 Context [DOC]
for important information on the following topics:
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The logic of a one-way ANOVA.
Avoiding inflated Type I error.
Hypothesis testing in one-way ANOVA.
Assumptions of one-way ANOVA.

4. Toggle Drawer
Questions to ConsiderAs you prepare to complete this
assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to
deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are
encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them
with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or
a member of your professional community. Note that these
questions are for your own development and exploration and do
not need to be completed or submitted as part of your
assessment.
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Application of
F
-Tests
Is there a research question from your professional life or career
specialization that can be addressed by a one-way ANOVA?
Why would a one-way ANOVA be the appropriate analysis for
this research question?
What is the expected outcome?
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ResourcesAPA Resources
Because this is a psychology course, you need to format this
assessment according to APA guidelines. Additional resources
about APA can be found in the Research Resources in the

5. courseroom navigation menu. Use the resources to guide your
work.
American Psychological Association. (2010).
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
(6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
This resource is available from the
Capella University Bookstore
.
Required Resources
The following resources are required to complete the
assessment.
Data Set Instructions
These are the same instructions used in Assessments 1–4.
Data Set Instructions [DOCX]
.
Assessment Template and Output Instructions
Data Analysis and Application (DAA) Template [DOCX]
.
Use this template to complete your assessment.

6. SPSS Data Analysis Report Guidelines [DOCX]
.
Use this document for instructions on completing the DAA
template.
Copy/Export Output Instructions [DOCX]
.
This document provides instructions for extracting output from
SPSS. You will insert your output into the assessment answer
template as indicated.
SPSS Software
The following statistical analysis software is required to
complete your assessments in this course:
IBM SPSS Statistics Standard or Premium GradPack
(recent version for Windows or Mac).
As a Capella learner, you have access to the more robust IBM
SPSS Statistics
Premium
GradPack arranged at an academic discount through a

7. contracted vendor.
Please refer to the
Statistical Software
page on Campus for general information on SPSS software,
including the most recent version made available to Capella
learners.
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Suggested Resources
The resources provided here are optional and support the
assessment. They provide helpful information about the topics.
You may use other resources of your choice to prepare for this
assessment; however, you will need to ensure that they are
appropriate, credible, and valid. The
XX-FP7864 – Quantitative Design and Analysis Library Guide
can help direct your research, and the Supplemental Resources
and Research Resources, both linked from the courseroom
navigation menu, provide additional resources to help support
you.
Statistics Concepts and Terminology
Assessment 4 Context [DOC]
.
Read this resource for information about the statistical
terminology and concepts needed to complete this assessment.

8. SPSS Software Procedures
IBM SPSS Step-by-Step Guide: One-Way ANOVA [DOCX]
.
This course file summarizes the steps to carry out a one-way
ANOVA in SPSS.
In your
IBM SPSS Statistics Step by Step
library e-book:
Chapter 12, "The One-Way ANOVA Procedure."
ANOVA
Lane, D. M. (2013).
HyperStat online: An introductory statistics textbook and online
tutorial for help in statistics courses
. Retrieved from http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat
StatSoft, Inc. (2013).
Electronic statistics textbook
. Tulsa, OK: StatSoft. Retrieved from
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook
ANOVA.

9. Skillsoft. (n.d.).
One-way ANOVA
[Video]
.
Program-Specific Resources
Some programs have opted to provide program-specific content
designed to help you better understand how the subject matter is
incorporated into your particular field of study.
School of Psychology Learners
Wang, P., Rau, P. P., & Salvendy, G. (2015).
Effect of information sharing and communication on driver's
risk taking
.
Safety Science
,
77
, 123–132.
School of Education Learners
Wabed, A., & Tang, X. (2010).
Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of research design
(pp. 27–29). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Additional Resources for Further Exploration

10. Khan Academy
. (2013). Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org
This website offers resources covering a range of subjects,
including statistics.
Assessment InstructionsPreparation
Read Assessment 4 Context (linked in the Resources) to learn
about the concepts used in this assessment.
You will use the following resources for this assessment. They
are linked in the Resources.
Complete this assessment using the
DAA Template
.
Read the
SPSS Data Analysis Report Guidelines
for a more complete understanding of the DAA Template and
how to format and organize your assessment.
Refer to
IBM SPSS Step-By-Step Instructions: One-Way ANOVA
for additional information on using SPSS for this assessment.
If necessary, review the

11. Copy/Export Output Instructions
to refresh your memory on how to perform these tasks. As with
your previous assessments, your submission should be narrative
with supporting statistical output (table and graphs) integrated
into the narrative in the appropriate place (not all at the end of
the document).
You will analyze the following variables in the
grades.sav
data set:
section.
quiz3.
Directions
Step 1: Write Section 1 of the DAA
Provide a context of the grades.sav data set.
Include a definition of the specified variables (predictor,
outcome) and corresponding scales of measurement.
Specify the sample size of the data set.
Step 2: Write Section 2 of the DAA
Analyze the assumptions of the one-way ANOVA.
Paste the SPSS histogram output for
quiz3
and discuss your visual interpretations.

12. Paste SPSS descriptives output showing skewness and kurtosis
values for
quiz3
and interpret them.
Paste SPSS output for the Shapiro-Wilk test of
quiz3
and interpret it.
Report the results of the Levene's test and interpret it.
Summarize whether or not the assumptions of the one-way
ANOVA are met.
Step 3: Write Section 3 of the DAA
Specify a research question related to the one-way ANOVA.
Articulate the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.
Specify the alpha level.
Step 4: Write Section 4 of the DAA
Begin by pasting SPSS output of the means plot and providing
an interpretation.
Also report the means and standard deviations of
quiz3
for each level of section.
Next, paste the SPSS ANOVA output and report the results of
the

13. F
test, including:
Degrees of freedom.
F
value.
p
value.
Calculated effect size.
Interpretation of the effect size.
Finally, if the omnibus
F
is significant, provide the SPSS post-hoc (Tukey HSD) output.
Interpret the post-hoc tests.
Step 5: Write Section 5 of the DAA
Discuss the conclusions of the one-way ANOVA as it relates to
the research question.
Conclude with an analysis of the strengths and limitations of
one-way ANOVA.