Social Science Research Lab 4: Quantitative Data

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Lab 4: Quantitative Data Analysis

Univariate Analysis

Examine your data and complete the following:

SHORT NAME

LONG NAME

% Yes

CIGEVER

EVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE

ALCEVER

EVER HAD DRINK OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

MJEVER

EVER USED MARIJUANA/HASHISH

COCEVER

EVER USED COCAINE

CRKEVER

EVER USED CRACK

HEREVER

EVER USED HEROIN

IRSEX

IMPUTATION REVISED GENDER

The sample in this study is __50____ % male and ____50__ % female.

Write a brief sentence describing the pattern of drug use by those surveyed in this study. Hint: Which drugs are more frequently used than others? Try using the data (%) in your description.

According to the results given above, many people are currently using illicit drugs of varying kinds. The statistics show that alcohol is the substance, which is most abused by a percentage of 81.6 out of 100 often in form of beverages. 36.9% of people used marijuana while cocaine, crack, and heroin are used at 12.3, 22.4, and 1.4% respectively (National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2001, 2012).

Bivariate Analysis

Hypothesis: Men are more likely to have drunk alcohol as compared to women (Soodeen, 2008).

Independent variables: sex (male, female)

Dependent variable: drank alcohol (yes, no)

3. Using the data from the tables you just created, complete the following table. Be very careful to extract the correct information.

SHORT NAME

LONG NAME

% "yes" male

% "yes" female

CIGEVER

EVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE

72.2

62.2

ALCEVER

EVER HAD DRINK OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

85.4

78.1

MJEVER

EVER USED MARIJUANA/HASHISH

41.1

33.0

COCEVER

EVER USED COCAINE

14.9

9.9

CRKEVER

EVER USED CRACK

23.8

20.6

HEREVER

EVER USED HEROIN

1.8

.9

4. Reexamine the hypothesis you wrote in the earlier step. Were you right? Was I right? Explain.

According to the results in the table, the hypothesis is valid. It is true that men used alcohol more than women by 85.4 and 78.1% respectively.

5. Are there any patterns that you can find in these data on SEX and drug use? Explain using the data, comparing the percents.