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HE RESEARCHER H3 MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY 85 The Typical American Is there such a thing as a "typical" American? In this of the average American based on measures of central tendency chosen by you from the 2012 General Social Survey (GS$2012. Choose variables that you think are the most important in defining what it means to be a member of this soch ety and then choose an appropriate measure of central tendency for each variable. Use this information to write a description of the typical American. We will also use this opportunity to introduce a new SPSS program. exercise, you will develop a profile for ten variables Step 1: Choosing Your Variables Scroll through the list of available variables either in Appendix G or by using the Utilities Variables command in SPSS to see the online codebook. Select ten variabies that, in your view, are central to defining or describing the "typical Ame them in the table below. Select at least one variable from each of measurement. rican" and list Variable SPSS Name Explain exactly what this variable measures Level of Me 5 10 Step 2: Getting the Statistics Find and click the SPSS icon on your desktop. Load the 2012 GSS (GSS2012) data set. Using the "Frequencies" Procedure for the Mode and Median The only SPSS procedure that will produce all three measures of central tendency is Frequencies. In this step, you will use Frequencies to get modes and medians for any nominal- and ordinal-level variables you selected in step 1 Click Analyze Descriptive Statistics Frequencies. In the Frequencies" dialog box, find the names of your nominal- and ordinal-level variables in the list on the left and click the arrow button in the middle of the screen to move the names to the Variables" box on the right. the Statistics button, find the Central Tendency" box on the right, and click and Mode. Click Continue, and you will be returned to the "Frequencies" dialoa box. Click (uncheck) the Display frequency tables box so that SPSs will not produce frequency distribution tables. Click ok and record your results in the

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