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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...
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.…
References
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2001 (2012, August 18). National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2001 . SDA 3.5: Tables. Retrieved August 16, 2012, from http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/SDA/SAMHDA/hsda3
Soodeen, F. (2008, January 22). Men 'drink far more than women' . BBC News. Retrieved August 16, 2012, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7201874.stm
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