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Blofeld
post May 9 2014, 12:09 PM

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QUOTE(xortz @ May 9 2014, 03:14 AM)
Hye

In my questionnaire , there are random items but some of them categorized in one construct. Example

Question no. : Q1, Q3, Q5, Q10 = Construct Belief

My question is, how do I categorized all questions in one group so when I try to analyze those questions in order to found out the relationship between gender & belief in t-test or range of age & belief in anova, the spss will summarized the result?
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Go to Transform, then click Compute Variable

Key in (Q1+Q3+Q5+Q10)/4 and you will get a summated score for Construct Belief.

Anyway, have you run factor analysis and reliability analysis for your variables in the first place?
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post Oct 23 2014, 11:24 PM

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QUOTE(mumeichan @ Oct 23 2014, 10:38 PM)
That's not right, you're just measuring the relationship between the mean score of all those questions. I don't think that is what the TS is asking

The correct answer is that you cannot test a multivariate factor with a t test unless there is valid reason that all the 5 questions are simply different samples of the same variable. Them you take the sample mean and test it.

If it's 5 questions testing slightly different things, you need to use multiple factor analysis to find the underlying variable that is affecting the dependent variable.
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LOL.

I didn't notice that he was saying that he is going to test the relationship between two variables using the t test. laugh.gif

Yup, the factor analysis is needed to ensure that the five questions will converge into one factor as theorised.

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post Oct 23 2014, 11:57 PM

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QUOTE(Critical_Fallacy @ Oct 23 2014, 11:53 PM)
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