Tips and Tricks for Easier Data Management

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Tips and Tricks for Easier Data Management

• Jennifer Galvan
• August 21st, 2003

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Commonly Asked Questions

• 1. Will I be able to get copies of the slides
  after the event?
  
• 2. Is this web seminar being taped so I or others
  can view it after the fact?

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Commonly Asked Questions

• 1. Will I be able to get copies of the slides
  after the event?
  

Yes
2. Is this web seminar being taped so I or
others can view it after the fact?

Yes
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Do you

• Use spreadsheets to manage your data?
• Want to learn time savings tips and tricks?
• Merge files?
• Use formulas in your spreadsheet?
• Analyze segments of data?
• Want to learn how you can automate repetitive
  tasks?
  

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Todays data management tricks and timesavers

• Will include
• Merging data sets without worrying about matching

• Sorting files with flexibility

• How to eliminate the need for resetting
  formulas
  

• Visually show the distribution of data and
  interactively display categories
  

• Select cases and split files to run analysis on
  segments of data
  

• Automating repetitive tasks

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Plus, analysis and reporting tips, tricks and
timesavers!

• Including
• How to drill down and look at different views of
  your data with OLAP cubes.

• Extracting more value from your data through
  broader analysis techniques accessible to
  novices and advanced analysts

• Flexibility in creating tables and output

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Todays demonstration

• Will be in SPSS for Windows providing much more
  functionality than a spreadsheet package.
  
• What is it?
• A modular, tightly integrated, full-featured
  product line for the analytical process. Today we
  will focus on how it can be used for data
  management primarily, but also cover
• Data access
• Analysis
• Reporting

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Demonstration
If you are not automatically taken to the "Shared
Application" screen during the demonstration,
please click on the "Shared Application" button
at the bottom of your screen.
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In summary

• If youre using spreadsheets, youre likely
  working harder than you need to.
  
• SPSS Base can simplify and improve your data
  management process and save you TONS of time.
  
• It will also allow you to access a broader set of
  analysis capabilities, and lend more credibility
  to your analysis.
  
• And, it allows you to easily turn your analysis
  into high-quality reports that can be exported to
  other software programs.
  

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Quote
I don't know how we did what we did before we
purchased SPSS. . . . SPSS has made our jobs far
less complicated and made us more productive.
We've become avid users of SPSS. There isn't a
day that goes by that we aren't deep in the
software.       David Jedele         Owner
         Marketing Dynamics
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North American Pricing

• Single User 1145
• Contact sales_at_spss.com for server, GSA and
  academic pricing
  

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stories and more.
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Thank you!

• Purchase SPSS Base by September 22 and receive
  150 off the price!!!
  

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