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SPSS at a glance
SPSS stands for Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences
SPSS was made to be easier to use then other
analysis
*You must save the data editor window and output viewer window
separately. Make sure to save both if you want to save your changes in data or analysis.*
Name, Type, Width, Decimals, Label, Missing, etc. Scale age, weight, income Nominal categories that cannot be ranked (ID number) Ordinal categories that can be ranked (level of satisfaction)
For example,
dividing a number by zero. SPSS indicates that a value is system-missing by one period in the data cell.
to recognize as missing. For example, 9999 is a common user-defined missing value. To define a variables user-defined missing value
Look at your variables in VARIABLE VIEW Find the column labeled MISSING Find the variable that you would like to work
with. Select that variables missing cell by clicking on the gray box in the right corner. click DISCRETE MISSING VALUES enter 9999 to define this variables missing value
A range can also be used if you only
can fill in the missing data with surrounding information so it does not affect your analysis.
click TRANSFORM click REPLACE MISSING VALUES select the variable with missing
values and move it to the right using the arrow SPSS will rename and create a new variable with your filled in data. click METHOD to select what type of method you would like SPSS to use when replacing missing values. click OK and view your new data in data view
Descriptive Statistics
Lets say we are interested in
STATISTICS
Click ANALYZE Click DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Click DESCRIPTIVES Move MAIL over with the arrow
Click OPTIONS we can choose which statistics we are interested in
looking at
make sense for every variable. For example, we should not be asking for the mean of nominal variables like gender or race.
Graphing Data
Click GRAPH Click CHART BUILDER Click HISTOGRAM Put MEN on the X axis. Click ELEMENT PROPERTIES. Check
the box labeled DISPLAY NORMAL CURVE. This will impose a normal curve onto your graph. You can also change the style of your graph in this element properties window. into word and excel files.
Graphing Continued
There are other ways to make
graphs.
Click ANALYZE Click DESCRIPTIVE
STATISTICS Click FREQUENCIES Click services Click CHART Click BAR CHART Click PERCENTAGES
the researcher can select only certain cases for analysis click DATA click SELECT CASES click RANDOM SAMPLE OF CASES select your preferences
TOTALSALES fill in numeric expression = men+women+jewel create an IF statement by clicking on the IF button click INCLUDE IF CASE SATISFIES CONDITION enter condition MAIL>10000
This new variable TOTALSALES tells us what the total sales are for
variable with a different set of parameters click TRANSFORM click RECODE INTO DIFFERENT VARIABLE
move mail over to
the right
click RANGE
to create ranges of old values click VALUE to create a new value for that range
own.
Try finding the descriptive statistics of
variable click TRANSFORM click RECODE INTO DIFFERENT VARIABLE click OLD AND NEW VALUES click RANGE to create range of old values click VALUE to set new value to 0 or 1
descriptive statistics Charts Data manipulation select cases, recoding, dummy variables
Other Resources
There are many resources online to help you learn
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