Re: New to SPSS (Multiple responses)

Posted by rozdan on Aug 14, 2012; 11:50pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/New-to-SPSS-Multiple-responses-tp5714676p5714705.html

Here are my responses to all the questions. Sorry, I have combined all the questions in this post.

You have the same 170 cases and the same 22 variables in each of two files representing Time 1 and Time 2.  I assume the cases are in the same order in each file.  
Yes they are in the same order in each file.

Your variable names are very long (typical in some beginners’ work) and can be replaced by something much shorter, since the same info is already included in the variable labels.  
I will change that. Thank you.

The data needs tweaking to change the variable names for time 2 and then the files need to be merged so that all the data are in the same file.  It’s also advisable to create a new variable, SERIAL, for each case.  I suggest changing the variable names to something reflecting the sequence of items at each time (eg pf1.1 to pf1.22 and pf2.1 to pf2.22) and adding a serial number to each case.  This can be done simply.  I’ll get back to you after lunch with a new version of your file and the syntax which creates it.
Thanks so much. I have no idea how to merge and do the sequence. Feeling really dumb because I am so new with SPSS.

" I feel it is valuable because I am sure it shows something..."
WHY?
What are you attempting to achieve with this data?
I am trying to find out how students respond to peer feedback. I am looking for change in terms of for example, whether the students said that they have benefitted from doing peer feedback the second time. Say if 10 students said they have benefitted in the first peer feedback, after the second peer feedback, whether there is an increase in a number of students saying yes they have benefitted in peer feedback. I am trying to prove that if the students do more peer feedback activity consistently over a period of time, they would be able to for example be a better self-regulated learner since the peer feedback activity requires them to understand the criteria for success, giving the feedback accurately would mean they have understood the criteria for success and to use the feedback as feed forward would give the students opportunity to gauge their current competency level and actions that they need to take to close that incompetency gap.

For a start you should have some control variables in there somewhere, Total respondents etc. (you can use the COLPCT or ROWPCT for that.)
What is COLPCT or ROWPCT? Sorry.

What are you actually aiming to do with the data? What's your intended conclusion? (I'm with David Marso on this one)
See above response.

You could compare the significance of each answer with each other or compare certain demographics of the people who answered the first and second sets, the trends that each kind of person has according to the data.
I cant compare the demographics because they are the same group of students. What do you mean as compare the significance of each answer? Is it to find an explanation why there is an increase/decrease as to why say ‘take action’ decreased the second time round?

What was the actual question you were asking? was it an open ended question? I'm assuming so as you said 'I read these reflections and counted the number of times they said e.g. they have learnt'.
Yes it was open ended. Students need to tell me how they responded to the peer feedback activity in particular how they evaluate how much they have learnt during the peer feedback activity.

What was the time scale between the two samples? you said that it was the same population so what has changed during that time? Perhaps do a Line chart to show the differences, the rise and fall etc. (This would be better if you had 3 or more sets of data) Perhaps the time scale has affected the respondent's interpretation of the questions? Perhaps try finding the standard error (Standard deviation) of each of the answers.
The time scale is as follow-
Week 1-2 teacher talk lessons
Week 3 Peer feedback activity 1
Week 4- teacher talk lessons
Week 5 Peer feedback activity 2
Week 6-7 teacher talk lessons
Week 8-10 IBL project.
In between Week 3 and Week 5, there wasn’t any change. The teachers delivered content and there wasn’t any discussion or activity related to peer feedback.
I don’t have 3 or more sets of data. We only managed to do 2 peer feedback activities because of time constraints and the teacher wanting to deliver content because peer feedback activity was seen as taking too much precious curriculum time.
I will work on the standard deviation of each answer. Thanks for the suggestions.