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Help Guide: Prepare & Analyze the NRP Data (2023-24)
NEW on April 3, 2024. Psi Beta chapter co-advisor Justin Estep reported a reverse coding error on item 7 of the GRIT scale. This error has been corrected on the final Excel and SPSS versions of this year’s NRP.? The table below reveals how the old and newly computed Grit scale scores compare. We are grateful to Professor Estep for providing corrective feedback. Updated versions of the Excel file and SPSS file are available upon request.?
? N Minimum Maximum Mean Standard Deviation
Updated Grit Scale 2038 1.13 5.00 3.27 .656
Original Grit Scale 2038 1.88 4.38 3.16 .357
N valid 2038 ? ? ? ?
TIPS for preparing your data file ? February 2024
Key files you’ll want to download
Please CLICK HERE to download the raw data file (2.16.2024 raw data download)
Please CLICK HERE to download the codebook
Please CLICK HERE to download a PDF copy of the research questionnaire to which participants responded
Steps to prepare the raw data file before you can analyze it. Note: the “raw data” file is an Excel data file.
1- Identify and remove cases having a lot of missing data, or in which the participant did not give informed consent, or if the participant was under 18 years of age.
3- Use the codebook to rename the variables on the spreadsheet. Rename them like shown on the codebook so it will be easier to use them later on.
4- Recode any variables having words instead of numbers.
5- Reverse code variables that need to be reverse coded.
6- Compute all the scales. CLICK HERE for a scale computation guide.
7. Save the file as a CSV file.
8- Import the CSV file into JASP. If you have another software available (e.g., SPSS).
Please CLICK HERE to dowload an Excel version of the data file that we have prepared using steps 1-6 above. NOTE: feel free to use this file to check your work after you prepare the raw data file for analyses (steps 1-6).
If you want a SPSS version of the fully prepared data file, contact jerryrudmann@gmail.com? ? we are not able to provide a download on the Psi Beta website.
Brief step-by-step videos to help you prepare the raw data for analysis ? each title below is a hot link.
Important NOTE: The video clips are meant to provide examples. The data being shown in the clips is from a prior study, but the clips show the process you need to follow on this year’s data file when you rename the variables, change words to numbers, and so on.
II. Tips for analyzing the data?
III. Tips for preparing and presenting your results (poster or written report) and more!
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