I have a cross sectional sample of around 300 respondents. The sample collects data on individuals living with a certain mental health disorder.
The variables are as follows:
- Continuous dependent variable named "Life events", measured on a Likert scale 1-5.
- Dichotomous independent variable named "Comorbidity status", that states whether an individuals is living with an additional comorbidity (additional disease) or not.
What test can I run to analyze whether mean scores of life events (the continuous dependent variable) differ between the comorbidity status (the dichotomous independent variable)? I want to analyze my data using SPSS.