Question: B1. For these exercises, you will be using the SPSS dataset Polit2SetC. This file contains responses to individual items on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies
B1. For these exercises, you will be using the SPSS dataset Polit2SetC. This file contains responses to individual items on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies—
Depression (CES-D) Scale. This scale presents respondents with 20 statements about their mood and feelings.
They are asked to rate each item for its frequency in the prior week on the following scale: 1 (rarely or never—less than 1 day), 2 (some or a little—1–2 days), 3 (occasionally or a moderate amount—3–4 days), or 4 (most or all—5–7 days). The CES-D has been used in thousands of studies, and has undergone rigorous psychometric testing. Still, it is worthwhile to assess its dimensionality and psychometric adequacy for a population of low income minority women. Let us begin by running basic frequency information. In the file, you will find that there are 24 CESD items because four items (item 4, 8, 12, and 16) are worded positively (e.g., “I was happy,”), and so to consistently measure depression these items have to be reverse scored. We have done this for you. Run basic descriptives for the 24 variables (starting at cesd1 and ending at cesd20) and?
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