In my research, I have four categories in my questionnaire, each category comprises a set of items. My data proved not normally distributed, so a non-parametric statistical procedure will be used to determine the relationship among variables, i.e., the Spearman rank-order correlation is chosen. My question is: what do I choose from the function list in the Compute Variables option on SPSS, so I create new representative-to-sets-of-items variables to use when I carry out Spearman correlation? Is it the overall mean or median for each set of items?
Thank you.
Beyond the lack of clarity of your exposition, is it possible that the university you attend doesn't have adequately trained statisticians?
Gioacchino de Candia, how relevant is your question to mine? Assume my university doesn't even have statisticians. So what? ...and I do think my question is crystal clear.
Mohamed Sola you prove you don't know statistics... you prove you don't know "your" university... (even).
You should close it here.
Gioacchino de Candia, you too proved you knew zero statistics. It's obvious that if I had known statistics, you wouldn't have had the privilege and pleasure of seeing this post, but you again prove too unintelligent to recognise such common sense.
My response is not related to the question asked. This is very unfortunate in a scientific community. Unpleasant exchange of harsh words. If someone asks a question here that means he/she does not have that knowledge or support. If it is possible, help. If not, please ignore.
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