Still the Significance test question

[OZGU GILL]

Hi there,

  I have sent a message yesterday to the list. I'm little bit impatient before the Thanks Giving holiday, since I need to finish this project and this is one part of it.

  My question was: I want prepare a significance test between two years in a survey question. there are # of responses tallied for each choice or classes. Let say

                        2005      2006

  Choice A          15         25
  Choice B           30        45
  Choice C           20        30
  Choice D          40         65 etc.

  It looks like when I put them in a graph there is a significant difference between 2005 and 2006 for  Choice D. What kind of test should I use in SPSS?  I'm confused here and I have no one to ask. Thanks in advance.

  Ozgu



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[Bob Schacht-3]

At 02:40 PM 11/22/2006, OZGU GILL wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>   I have sent a message yesterday to the list. I'm little bit impatient
> before the Thanks Giving holiday, since I need to finish this project and
> this is one part of it.

Perhaps it is because you haven't given us enough information.

>   My question was: I want prepare a significance test between two years
> in a survey question. there are # of responses tallied for each choice or
> classes. Let say
>
>                         2005      2006
>
>   Choice A          15         25
>   Choice B           30        45
>   Choice C           20        30
>   Choice D          40         65 etc.

What does this mean?
    * That in 2005, 15 people made Choice A, 30 made Choice B, etc.?
    * Are these choices independent or contingent? That is, do people get
to choose A OR B OR C OR D, or can they choose any combination?

>   It looks like when I put them in a graph there is a significant
> difference between 2005 and 2006 for  Choice D.
    * Why does the difference between 2005 & 2006 appear to you to be
"significant," whereas the others do not? That is, what is it about the 40
and 65 that seems more significant to you?


>What kind of test should I use in SPSS?  I'm confused here and I have no
>one to ask. Thanks in advance.

If you can give us more information, perhaps we can help you.

Bob

Robert M. Schacht, Ph.D. <[hidden email]>
Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Research & Training Center
1268 Young Street, Suite #204
Research Center, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96814

[samir-9]

You can perform proportion test using CTABLES command with COMPARETEST
option

----- Original Message -----
From: "OZGU GILL" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: 23 November, 2006 6:40 AM
Subject: Still the Significance test question

> Hi there,
>
>  I have sent a message yesterday to the list. I'm little bit impatient
> before the Thanks Giving holiday, since I need to finish this project and
> this is one part of it.
>
>  My question was: I want prepare a significance test between two years in
> a survey question. there are # of responses tallied for each choice or
> classes. Let say
>
>                        2005      2006
>
>  Choice A          15         25
>  Choice B           30        45
>  Choice C           20        30
>  Choice D          40         65 etc.
>
>  It looks like when I put them in a graph there is a significant
> difference between 2005 and 2006 for  Choice D. What kind of test should I
> use in SPSS?  I'm confused here and I have no one to ask. Thanks in
> advance.
>
>  Ozgu
>
>
>
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