Dear List: I have just received an SPSS data file from a colleague that contains responses from a City’s elderly residents who reported on safety hazards within their homes/apartments. Each room could have anywhere from 10 to 14 hazards that the residents had to check off. We are interested in getting a total hazards score for the five rooms (across the kitchen, living room, bedroom, dining room, and bathroom). However, I have noticed that not all of the residents had five rooms. Some lived in efficiency apartments and only had two rooms. If I totaled up the number of hazards across all rooms those with fewer rooms would automatically have lower hazards. If I obtained the mean across all of the rooms than residents could have the same mean number of hazards but it would be based upon a different number of rooms. I am trying to figure out how to factor in the number of rooms. Some way of weighting the scores but I am a bit dumbfounded on this. I realize that this is not an SPSS question but would appreciate suggestions (if you would like to chime in) as I begin to figure out how to analyze the data. Thanks in advance, martin
Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director of Masters Education in Psychology: Thesis Track
Loyola University Maryland
Department of Psychology
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