My dissertation is on predicting sporting habits (measured using Borg Exertion Scale and frequency) using socio-demographic factors and the Big Five Personality Inventory. I'm struggling to find a way to analyses it in SPSS. Which tests should I be running?
I've collected over 100 samples, and have generated scores for each of the BFI scales. I've had a look at correlations and ran individual ANOVA & t tests for each but I'm not sure which ones are best suited and how to display them in my diss.
Details of demographics:
age, gender, ethnicity, employment status, marital status, and education level
It sounds like the measure of sporting habits is your dependent variable, and that your key independent variables are the Big Five dimensions, along with a set of socio-demographic factors as control variables. If so, then regression would be an appropriate analysis technique.
David L Morgan thank you so much for your response. I'm wondering what data should I be including in my report with a multiple regression analysis. The ones I'm already including are the coefficients, ANOVA, and the descriptive stats. I'm hoping I am not forgetting anything else.
What gets reported in any statistical analysis can vary from one discipline to another, so I suggest you look at some papers in your field that have reported regressions, and then use one of them for a model.
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