1. you have been given the following scale data (test scores)

scores 100, 109, 114, 118, 125, 135, 135, 138, 139, 140

you must set up a dataset in SPSS and then transform the data using the compute Variable and arithmetic functions to calculate new variables giving the log and the square root of the original test score. You must end up with a dataset consisting 10 cases and three variables named ‘test, “logtest”, and “sqrttest”. Show SPSS’s Data View once the operations complete.

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You need to create the variable test on Variable view with ype numeric and measurement level set to scale, then, on Data editor type in the cell values of the instructions

Then use the menu Transform - Compute and use the functions to create the other 2 variables.