*------------------------Syntax to read in Excel file . GET DATA /TYPE=XLS /FILE='H:\Biostat 510\heartrate_2005.xls' /SHEET=name 'heartrate' /CELLRANGE=full /READNAMES=on . *------------------------Recode RAN into RRAN . RECODE Ran(0=2) (1=1) INTO RRAN . EXECUTE . value labels RRAN (1) "RAN" (2) "Did not Run". *--------------Compute BMI and get histogram using Explore. COMPUTE wtkg = weight/2.2046 . EXECUTE . IF (ht_units="in") htm = height/39.37 . EXECUTE . IF (ht_units="cm") htm = height/100 . EXECUTE . COMPUTE BMI = wtkg/htm**2. EXECUTE . EXAMINE VARIABLES=BMI /PLOT BOXPLOT HISTOGRAM /COMPARE GROUP /STATISTICS DESCRIPTIVES /CINTERVAL 95 /MISSING LISTWISE /NOTOTAL. *------------------------Alternative SPSS syntax for Descriptives and Histogram of BMI. GRAPH /HISTOGRAM=BMI /TITLE= 'HISTOGRAM OF BMI'. DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=BMI /STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX . *----------------------Automatic Recode to get Gender in to GENNUM. AUTORECODE VARIABLES=Gender /INTO GENNUM /PRINT. *----------------------List cases and display dictionary. list variables=all /cases = from 1 to 10. display dictionary. DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=ID Monbir Daybir Yearbir Height Weight HRS_Exercise Distance Hrtrate1 Year Ran Hrtrate2 activity RRAN wtkg htm BMI GENNUM /STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX . *---------------------Histogram, Box-plot and descriptives for Hrtrate2 for each level of RRAN. EXAMINE VARIABLES=Hrtrate2 BY RRAN /PLOT BOXPLOT HISTOGRAM /COMPARE GROUP /STATISTICS DESCRIPTIVES /CINTERVAL 95 /MISSING LISTWISE /NOTOTAL. *---------------------Independent Samples t-test for Mean of Hrtrate2 for Ran and did not run. T-TEST GROUPS = RRAN(1 2) /MISSING = ANALYSIS /VARIABLES = Hrtrate2 /CRITERIA = CI(.95) . *---------------------Paired t-test for Mean of Hrtrate1 vs. mean of Hrtrate2 for all students. T-TEST PAIRS = Hrtrate1 WITH Hrtrate2 (PAIRED) /CRITERIA = CI(.95) /MISSING = ANALYSIS. *---------------------Split the file by RRAN to get a separate analysis for each group. SORT CASES BY RRAN . SPLIT FILE SEPARATE BY RRAN . *------------Recalculate Paired t-test for Mean of Hrtrate1 vs. mean of Hrtrate2 for those who ran and those who did not run. T-TEST PAIRS = Hrtrate1 WITH Hrtrate2 (PAIRED) /CRITERIA = CI(.95) /MISSING = ANALYSIS. SPLIT FILE OFF. SAVE OUTFILE='C:\kwelch\510\2005\homework\heartrate.sav' /COMPRESSED.