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Business Research Methods, Chapter 12: Using SPSS for Windows

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) SPSS is the most widely used method to analyze quantitative research.
b) SPSS makes it possible to process a large amount of data sets.
c) SPSS reduces the mistakes in the calculation of statistical data.
d) All of the above

Question 2:


a) It is the area of SPSS in which data is entered
b) It is the area where diagrams are shown
c) It is a table that shows the number of answers to one question
d) None of the above

Question 3:


a) It is a table that show the number of answers to one question
b) It is a diagram which shows the results of an analysis
c) It is a spreadsheet in which data can be entered
d) It is a spreadsheet and displays information on variables

Question 4:


a) Redistribute a range of variables into a new set of categories
b) Create a diagram
c) Create a set of random variables
d) Redistribute a range of categories into a new spreadsheet

Question 5:


a) Click on ‘Graph’ and then click ‘Bar’
b) Click on ‘Analyze’ and then click ‘Descriptive statistics’
c) Click on ‘Analyze’, then click ‘Descriptive statistics’, and then click ‘Explore’
d) Click on ‘Analyze’, then click ‘Descriptive statistics’, and then click ‘Crosstabs’

Question 6:


a) Click on ‘Chart editor’, then click on ‘Elements’, and then click ‘Show data labels’
b) Open ‘Dialogue box statistics’, then click on ‘Elements’, and then click ‘Show data labels’
c) Open ‘Graphs’, select ‘Variables’, then click ‘Show data labels’
d) None of the above

Question 7:


a) ‘Analyze’, ‘Correlate’, ‘Bivariate’, ‘Select variables’, ‘Spearman’, and then ‘OK’
b) ‘Analyze’, ‘Descriptive Statistics’, ‘Crosstabs’, ‘Reason for visiting’, ‘Spearman’, and then ‘OK’
c) ‘Analyze’, ‘Correlate’, ‘Crosstabs’, ‘Spearman’, and then ‘OK’
d) ‘Graphs’, ‘Frequencies’, ‘Select variables’, ‘Spearman’, and then ‘OK’

Question 8:


a) Go to the data viewer, then select ‘File’, and then ‘Save as’
b) Go to the variable viewer, then select ‘File’, and then ‘Save as’
c) Go to the data editor, then select ‘File’, and then ‘Save as’
d) None of the above

Question 9:


a) Statistics: ‘Pearson’
b) Crosstabs: ‘Statistics’
c) Compare means: ‘Anova table’
d) None of the above

Question 10:


a) Statistic viewer: ‘File’, then ‘Print’
b) Data viewer: ‘File’, then ‘Print’
c) Output viewer: ‘File’, then ‘Print’
d) None of the above