User Guide

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Chapter 34
To Obtain a Runs Test
E From the menus choose:
Analyze
Nonparametric Tests
Runs...
Figure 34-8
Runs Test dialog box
E Select one or more numeric test variables.
Optionally, you can click
Options for descriptive statistics, quartiles, and control of
the trea
tment of missing data.
Runs Test Cut Point
Cut Point. Specifies a cut point to dichotomize the variables that you have chosen.
You can u
se either the observed mean, median, or mode, or a specified value as a cut
point. Cases with values less than the cut point are assigned to one group, and cases
with values greater than or equal to the cut point are assigned to another group. One
test is
performed for each cut point chosen.