COURSE PROJECT

You are required to demonstrate knowledge of PSPP (an alternative to SPSS) byusing the “PRACTICUM DATA” to analyze data from National HealthEpidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS).

You are expected to examine the association between gender and years ofsmoking. You should organize your paper under the following suggested headings:

1. Title of your project.

2. Research Question and HypothesesState the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.State the dependent variable and the independent variable.

3. Frequency DistributionsRun frequency distributions of the dependent and the independent variables,and interpret the results.

4. Statistical analysisUse appropriate statistical test to test the hypothesisInterpret the findings and draw your conclusion