Introduction to SPSS 16'0 Part 2

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Introduction to SPSS 16.0Part 2

• Kevin Schoepp

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Outline

• Running an analysis- explore differences, t test,
  ANOVA
• Creating charts/graphs
• Edit Tables
• Moving charts and graphs into Word

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Find differences between groups
1. Click Analyze- Descriptive Stats- Explore
2. Move a scale variable to dependent, move the
category variable to factor- click Statistics
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Find differences between groups
3. Select Descriptors- click continue- click Plots
4. Select the following- click Continue
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Find differences between groups
5. Click OK
The results will appear
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Running Analyses (t- test)
6. Click Analyze- Compare Means- Independent
Samples t test
7. Select the test variable and the grouping
variable, then click Define Groups
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Running Analyses (t- test)
8. Label the groups (in this case f or m)
9. Select OK
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Running Analyses (t- test)
The results will appear
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Running Analyses (ANOVA)
10. Click Analyze- Compare Means- One-Way ANOVA
11. Move the Numerical variable to the dependent
list and move the categorical variable to the
Factor list
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Running Analyses (ANOVA)
12. Click Options
13. Select Descriptive then Continue- then select
PostHoc
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Running Analyses (ANOVA)
14. Select Tukey then Continue
15. Click OK
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Running Analyses (ANOVA)
Results will appear
The stars tell you where the significant
differences occur
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Creating Charts
The simplest way to make a chart is to create it
as you are running an analysis (not always
possible)
16. Click Descriptive Stats- Frequencies
17. Move the correct variables to the right side
and then click Charts
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Creating Charts
18. Select the appropriate options and then click
continue
19. Click OK
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Creating Charts
The chart will appear in the output window
20. Double click the chart to open the chart
editor
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Creating Charts
You get edit options by double clicking on an
item. The changes are automatically added to the
output page once you close the chart editor
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Table Edit
21. Right click on any table- select SPSS Pivot
Table Object- Open
22. In the Pivot table window, click Table looks
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Table Edit
23. Select the Table look you like and then click
OK
24. Double click any item to further alter it
within the Pivot table window
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Table Edit
25. Click Format- Table Properties to further
alter the table
26. Click the appropriate tab and make changes as
desired
Close the Pivot Table when done and all changes
will appear in the output
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Table Edit
With a Pivot Table Open, you can hide any
unwanted columns or rows
27. Use Ctrl Alt click to select the row or
column to be hidden
28. Right click on the column or row and click
hide category
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Table Edit
The data is hidden but not gone
29. Within the Pivot Table, click Edit- Undo Hide
to make the data visible again
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Export Charts and Graphs to Word
The steps for charts and graphs are the same.
30. Right click on the chart and select copy.
31. In the correct location in the Word document,
right click and select paste.
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Export Charts and Graphs to Word
The chart will appear in an editable format in
the document.
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Export Charts and Graphs to Word
32. To edit a pasted graph, right click the graph
and click Edit Picture.
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Table Edit- Set Default Table

•      Activate a pivot table (double-click
  anywhere in the table).
•      From the menus choose
•   Format   TableLooks
•      Select a TableLook from the list and click
  Edit Look.
•      Adjust the table properties for the
  attributes that you want.
•      Click Save Look or Save As to save the
  TableLook and click OK.
•      Deselect the pivot table.
•      From the menus choose
•   Edit   Options
•      Click the Pivot Tables tab.
•      Select the TableLook from the list and
  click OK.

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Creating Charts (Chart Builder)
Charts can be built using Chart Builder
Refer to the SPSS Tutorial- Chart Creation Basics
for step-by-step guidance
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Resources

• Texas A M- a huge selection of helpful movies
  http//www.stat.tamu.edu/spss.php
• UCLA- SPSS 12.0 Starter Kit (useful movies,
  FAQs, etc) http//www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/spss/sk/de
  fault.htm
• Indiana University- Getting Started (useful
  instructions with screenshots)
• http//www.indiana.edu/statmath/stat/spss/win/
• University of Toronto- A Brief Tutorial
  (screenshots, instructions and basic stats)
• http//www.psych.utoronto.ca/courses/c1/spss/page
  1.htm
• Central Michigan- Tutorials and Clips (movies,
  screenshots, instructions- slow loading but good)
• http//calcnet.mth.cmich.edu/org/spss/toc.htm
• SPSS Statistics Coach and Tutorial (under Help)
  as well as the ZU library
• Online Statistics Textbook
• http//www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html