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Make Descriptive Analysis For 3 Variables (One Nominal, One Ordinal and One Scale) and Interpret The Results

The document analyzed three variables from a data set: sex (nominal), highest education completed (ordinal), and number of cigarettes smoked (scale). For sex, 42.1% of participants were male and 57.9% were female. For education, the highest percentage of participants had completed undergraduate degrees (28%). The number of cigarettes smoked had a median of 0, mean of 16.59, and was positively skewed with most participants reporting smoking 0 cigarettes.

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Make Descriptive Analysis For 3 Variables (One Nominal, One Ordinal and One Scale) and Interpret The Results

The document analyzed three variables from a data set: sex (nominal), highest education completed (ordinal), and number of cigarettes smoked (scale). For sex, 42.1% of participants were male and 57.9% were female. For education, the highest percentage of participants had completed undergraduate degrees (28%). The number of cigarettes smoked had a median of 0, mean of 16.59, and was positively skewed with most participants reporting smoking 0 cigarettes.

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Make descriptive analysis for 3 variables (one nominal, one ordinal and one scale) and

Interpret the results.


1. Nominal (Sex)
Statistics
sex
N

Valid
Missing

Mode

439
0
2

Std. Deviation

.494

Variance

.244

Range

Minimum

Maximum

sex
Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative
Percent

Valid

MALES

185

42.1

42.1

42.1

FEMALES

254

57.9

57.9

100.0

Total

439

100.0

100.0

Interpretation of Data
Total percentage of male participant is 42.1% and female participant is 57.9%. The mean is
1.58 and standard deviation is 494.

2. Ordinal (Highest education completed)


Statistics
highest educ completed
N

Valid

439
0

Missing

Median

4.00

Std. Deviation

1.226

Variance

1.504

Range

Minimum

Maximum

highest educ completed


Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative
Percent

PRIMARY

.5

.5

.5

SOME SECONDARY

53

12.1

12.1

12.5

COMPLETED

85

19.4

19.4

31.9

120

27.3

27.3

59.2

123

28.0

28.0

87.2

56

12.8

12.8

100.0

439

100.0

100.0

HIGHSCHOOL
SOME ADDITIONAL
Valid

TRAINING
COMPLETED
UNDERGRADUATE
POSTGRADUATE
COMPLETED
Total

Interpretation of Data
The percentage of participants completed undergraduate is 28.0%, completed postgraduate is
12.8%, some additional training is 27.3%, completed high school is 19.4%, secondary is
12.1% and primary is 5%. The mean is 4.09 and standard deviation is 1.226.

Scale (Smoked num)


Statistics
smokenum
N

Valid
Missing

360
79
.00

Median
Std. Deviation
Variance

44.901
2016.137

Range

280

Minimum

Maximum

280

smokenum
Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative
Percent

Valid

276

62.9

76.7

76.7

.7

.8

77.5

.7

.8

78.3

1.1

1.4

79.7

.5

.6

80.3

.9

1.1

81.4

1.1

1.4

82.8

10

.7

.8

83.6

20

1.4

1.7

85.3

25

.7

.8

86.1

30

.7

.8

86.9

35

.2

.3

87.2

40

.9

1.1

88.3

50

.7

.8

89.2

60

.9

1.1

90.3

70

.2

.3

90.6

80

.5

.6

91.1

90

.2

.3

91.4

100

1.6

1.9

93.3

110

.2

.3

93.6

120

.2

.3

93.9

125

.2

.3

94.2

140

1.1

1.4

95.6

150

1.6

1.9

97.5

160

.2

.3

97.8

200

1.1

1.4

99.2

210

.5

.6

99.7

280

.2

.3

100.0

360

82.0

100.0

79

18.0

439

100.0

Total
Missing

System

Total

Interpretation of Data
The results presented in table indicate that the standard deviation of the smoke num is 44.901
and variance is 2016.137. The median is 00 and mean is 16.59. From the histrogram, it is
positively skewed.

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