***ANY LINE IN THIS FILE THAT BEGINS WITH ONE OR MORE ASTERISKS CONTAINS ***DESCRIPTION OR INSTRUCTIONS AND IS IGNORED BY SPSS. EVERY OTHER LINE ***NOT BEGINNING WITH AN ASTERISK CONTAINS COMMANDS THAT WILL BE EXECUTED ***BY SPSS. * ***THIS PROGRAM MUST BE MODIFIED TO FIT YOUR PARTICULAR SCALE. ***SIMPLY FOLLOW DIRECTIONS INDICATED BY LINES WITH THREE ASTERISKS. ***ALSO, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS IN THE SEPARATE INSTRUCTIONS FILE: *** http://cac.psu.edu/~j5j/persona/courses/psy401/final401.html * UNNUMBERED TITLE 'PSY 401 FINAL PROJECT' SET COMPRESSION=ON LENGTH= NONE WIDTH=80 FILE HANDLE DATAIN1 /NAME='FINALDAT TXT' DATA LIST FILE=DATAIN1 RECORDS=14 NOTABLE /1 NAME (A20) GENDER 21 /2 DO CS SY SP SA IN EM RE SO SC GI CM WB TL AC AI IE PY FX FM V1 V2 V3 (23F2.0) /3 INT SCH ADJ PRU AMB SOC LIK VAL SOI RSL RLB CLR SLS MAN (14F3.0) /4 N E O A C (5F4.0) /5 I1 TO I72 1-72 /6 I73 TO I144 1-72 /7 I145 TO I216 1-72 /8 I217 TO I288 1-72 /9 I289 TO I360 1-72 /10 I361 TO I432 1-72 /11 I433 TO I504 1-72 /12 I505 TO I576 1-72 /13 I577 TO I648 1-72 /14 I649 TO I720 1-72 MISSING VALUES DO TO C (0) VALUE LABELS I1 TO I720 1 'FALSE' 2 'TRUE' 0 'MISSING' ***VARIABLE LABELS *** 1. 006 I am a spiritual person. *** 2. 036 The quest for spiritual truth plays an important role in my life. *** 3. 066 I meditate, pray, etc. at least once a week. *** 4. 076 I live life according to my spiritual ideals and beliefs. *** 5. 196 I believe I commune with a greater power than myself. *** 6. 216 There is no existence after death. *** 7. 220 I am a faithful religious follower. *** 8. 286 I just don't understand what people get out of religion. *** 9. 316 I have an active prayer or meditative life. ***10. 346 I am involved in some sort of religious community. ***11. 526 My spirituality has made me who I am. ***12. 556 I think religious activities of any kind are a waste. ***13. 004 I believe stealing is wrong. ***14. 010 I am an obedient person. ***15. 121 People should consider what is best for society. ***16. 156 The law of the land is more important than my own moral code. ***17. 172 If I won the lottery, I would hoard my money. ***18. 181 Society suffers when people only worry about themselves. ***19. 256 There are no absolutes to guide our actions with. ***20. 310 I am a dutiful person. ***21. 430 I am a disobedient person. ***22. 514 I always try to do the right thing in any situation. ***23. 620 I never think about the consequences of my actions. ***24. 646 Material things may pass away, but there are other things in the universe that are eternal. *** NOW YOU NEED TO RECODE YOUR ITEMS THAT ARE REVERSED-SCORED, *** SO THAT A 'FALSE' WILL COUNT AS A POINT RATHER THAN A 'TRUE.' *** FOR EXAMPLE, IF ABC123 WANTED TO REVERSE-SCORE ITEMS 254, 443, *** AND 497, SHE WOULD ADD THE STATEMENT: *** RECODE I254 I443 I497 (1=2) (2=1) *** THE RECODE STATEMENT MAY EXTEND TO ADDITIONAL LINES AS LONG AS *** YOU LEAVE A BLANK SPACE IN THE FIRST COLUMN OF THE CONTINUATION *** LINE. PLEASE FILL IN THE RECODE STATEMENT FOR YOUR REVERSED *** ITEMS NOW, OR DELETE IT IF YOU HAVE NO REVERSED ITEMS. * | * V RECODE * * *** THE K CONSTANT BELOW IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF ITEMS IN *** YOUR SCALE. K DOESN'T AFFECT RELIABILITY OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH *** OTHER VARIABLES, BUT IS NECESSARY TO GET THE CORRECT MEAN FOR *** YOU SCALE. INITIALLY IT IS SET TO 24; IF YOU REVISE YOUR SCALE *** BY ELIMINATING OR ADDING ITEMS, CHANGE K TO THE NEW TOTAL NUMBER *** OF ITEMS. * COMPUTE K=24 * ***THE FOLLOWING COMPUTE STATEMENT CALCULATES YOUR SCALE SCORE ***BUT WILL ONLY BE ACCURATE IF REVERSE-SCORED ITEMS ARE RECODED AS ***DESCRIBED ABOVE. IF YOU WISH TO REVISE YOUR SCALE YOU CAN ADD ***OR DELETE ITEMS. IF YOU ADD REVERSE-SCORED ITEMS, THEY SHOULD ***BE RECODED. DON'T FORGET TO ADJUST K WITH THE COMPUTE COMMAND ABOVE. * COMPUTE JMS391=I6 +I36 +I66+ I76 +I196 +I216 +I220 +I286 +I316 +I346 +I526 +I556 +I4 +I10 +I121 +I156 +I172 +I181 +I256 +I310 +I430 +I514 +I620 +I646 -K * ***THE FOLLOWING RELIABILITY STATEMENT SHOWS HOW ABC123 WOULD CALCULATE ***THE RELIABILITY OF HER INITIAL SCALE. YOU ***WILL NEED TO DELETE HER SCALE NAME AND LIST OF ITEMS AND REPLACE ***THEM WITH YOURS. AN EASY WAY TO DO THIS IS TO DELETE HER LINES ***WITH D IN THE PREFIX AREA, THEN USE THE COPY COMMAND (CC) TO COPY ***YOUR COMPUTE STATEMENT ABOVE TO THE LINE AFTER RELIABILITY VARIABLES=. ***THEN REMOVE THE WORD "COMPUTE", THE "=", THE + AND - SIGNS, AND THE ***"-K" AT THE END OF THE SECOND LINE BY SPACING OVER THEM WITH THE SPACE ***BAR. THESE TWO LINES CAN BE COPIED AGAIN BELOW THE LINE ***/SCALE( )=. OR, IF THIS IS TOO MUCH OF A BOTHER FOR YOU, JUST ***TYPE IN YOUR VARIABLES BY HAND. * RELIABILITY VARIABLES= JMS391 I6 I36 I66 I76 I196 I216 I220 I286 I316 I346 I526 I556 I4 I10 I121 I156 I172 I181 I256 I310 I430 I514 I620 I646 /SCALE(JMS391) I6 I36 I66 I76 I196 I216 I220 I286 I316 I346 I526 I556 I4 I10 I121 I156 I172 I181 I256 I310 I430 I514 I620 I646 /SUMMARY = TOTAL * ***THE FREQUENCIES COMMAND BELOW WILL SHOW YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE ANSWERED ***YOUR ITEMS TRUE OR FALSE. * FREQUENCIES VARIABLES= I6 I36 I66 I76 I196 I216 I220 I286 I316 I346 I526 I556 I4 I10 I121 I156 I172 I181 I256 I310 I430 I514 I620 I646 * ***FINALLY, THE COMMAND BELOW WILL HELP YOU EXAMINE THE CONSTRUCT ***VALIDITY OF YOUR SCALE. INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERPRETING THE RESULTS IN ***THE SEPARATE INSTRUCTIONS FILE, final401.html * CORRELATIONS VARIABLES=JMS391 WITH GENDER TO C /STATISTICS=DESCRIPTIVES FINISH