My research had a multiple answer dependent variables. How can I use spss to find the correlation of the dependent variable and independent variables? Should I use define multiple response set first?
Multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA) extends the capabilities of analysis of variance (ANOVA) by assessing multiple dependent variables simultaneously.
It is simple to conduct correlation analysis in SPSS by going to analyze & click on correlation analysis. Select all the study variables (dependent & independent variables). Since correlation analysis is an interdependent statistical technique, there is no need to identify dependent or independent variables. As you mentioned about multiple answers to dependent variable, then I think there will not be any problem in calculating correlation coefficient.
If all your separate items measure the same underlying concept in the same way (e.g., a series of 5-point Likert-scored items), then you may be able to sum them into a single scale. You can assess this using Cronbach's alpha coefficient.
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