“Now that you have made it through the halfway point in your SPSS work, are you feeling more confident in your ability to manage these assignments? Look back to where you started in January. Is there anything that has surprised you?”

I certainly feel much more confident in the program. At first I was immensely frustrated. I didn’t understand why I was getting problems wrong and was at wits end! Recently I have really slowed down and have taken the approach of doing all of the given problems in the book before even opening any  of the online canvas questions. I have felt far less rushed and have found better results. I am happy with the program and feel like I can really navigate it on my own. For example, after conducting a Independent T samples Test on problem 3-A I had miscoded the grouping variable. Instead of scratching my head, I instantly realized there were probably more codes than 1 and 2 for religious affiliations, and bopped over to the dataset to find the right ones. Just a few weeks ago I would have been totally derailed and confused by this. This familiarity has surprised me!

James