Fin1131/Fin3154

First Semester, AY 2021-2022

Laboratory Activity 1

General Direction: Using SPSS, perform the appropriate statistical analysis for the given
problems. Write all your answers in separate word file and submit it via our Daigler classroom.

1. The following data represent the responses to two questions asked in a survey of 40 college
students majoring in business: What is your gender? (M = male; F = female) and What is your
major? (A = Accounting; C = Computer Information Systems; M = Marketing.
Construct a frequency distribution and pie chart for each of the variables: Gender and
Major. Discuss briefly the results

2. For the given set of data: The file contains the overall miles per gallon (MPG) of 2020 small
SUVs:

Generate results for the following:

a.) Compute: Mean, Median, and Mode,
b.) Compute the Variance, Standard Deviation, Range, SE of Mean, Kurtosis and Skewness.
c.) Determine the 95% confidence interval that the sample mean falls within.
d.) Compute the z-value of each score in the data set. Are there any outliers? Explain.
e.) Using Shapiro Wilk test, determine if the given data set is normally distributed?
f.) Based on the results of (a) through (e), what conclusions can you reach concerning the
overall miles per gallon (MPG) of 2020 small SUVs?