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MBA Salaries

This document provides instructions for answering questions about an MBA program's student data using SPSS. The MBA program has two semesters - fall and spring. Students should analyze variables like starting salary and satisfaction. They should provide summary statistics, graphs, and conduct additional analyses like predicting salaries based on available data. Screenshots of SPSS outputs should be included.

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MBA Salaries

This document provides instructions for answering questions about an MBA program's student data using SPSS. The MBA program has two semesters - fall and spring. Students should analyze variables like starting salary and satisfaction. They should provide summary statistics, graphs, and conduct additional analyses like predicting salaries based on available data. Screenshots of SPSS outputs should be included.

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Additional Information

The business school in the case offers a one year MBA program. The program has 2
semesters. The programs first semester is called the fall semester and the
programs second semester is called the spring semester.
Instructions
Read the case carefully, look at the raw data provided(i.e. what type of variables are
present, how is the data stored, etc.), and then answer the questions below.
In case you dont know or dont remember how to use a particular SPSS functions,
use a search engine like Google to help you out.
Provide readable Screenshots of your output from SPSS.
Case Questions
Q1) What is the profile of the students who were enrolled in this MBA Program?
(Hint: Ask yourself what type of information would you like to have if you were
considering enrolling in their MBA program)
Q2) Provide the following summary statistics and graphical information on their
starting salary & degree of satisfaction:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)

Mean
Median
Standard Deviation
Minimum
Maximum
Range
Histogram
Response Rate (no of people who answered the question(s) vs total students)
Scatterplot & Correlation between their salary and their degree of satisfaction

Q3) Provide the following summary statistics on starting salary & degree of
satisfaction for males and females:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Mean
Median
Standard Deviation
Minimum
Maximum
Range

Which gender earns more on average? Compare and comment on the dispersion of
salaries for both male and females.

Q4) Provide the following summary statistics on starting salary & degree of
satisfaction for those whose first language is English and for those whose first
language is not English:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

Mean
Median
Standard Deviation
Minimum
Maximum
Range

Which group earns more on average? Compare and comment on the dispersion of
salaries for both those whose first language is English and for those whose first
language is not English.
Q5) In Questions 2, 3 & 4, did you exclude any observations? If so, then which ones
were excluded, why were they excluded and how did you exclude them? If not, then
explain why not?
Q6) Can starting salaries be predicted based on this data? If so, then state how. Run
any data analysis procedures you think are need in order to predict starting salaries.

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