If we wanted to find the mean anxiety scores for males and females separately in our sample, how would we do this?
A) Run the descriptive statistics.
B) Use the select cases function, then run the frequency statistics.
C) Use the split file function, then run the frequency statistics.
D) Use the split file function, then run the descriptive statistics.

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The correct approach to find the mean anxiety scores for males and females separately in a sample is to use the split file function, which organizes the data by groups (in this case, by gender), and then run the descriptive statistics to calculate the mean for each group.

If We Wanted to Find the Mean Anxiety Scores for Males