Introduction to SPSS

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Introduction to SPSS

• Welcome to ITs seminar on statistical packages
• Sam Gordji, ccsam_at_olemiss.edu
• Weir 107

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List of Statistical Packages

• SPSS
• SAS
• Mathematica
• MathWorks (Matlab)
• VNI (IMSL, PV-WAVE)

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Statistical PackageSAS/PC (cont.)

• 50 copies are available for faculty use
• For each copy purchased, a faculty member can get
  a free copy (to be installed on a student PC)
• The cost is 100 per copy per year
• To obtain a copy of SAS please email
• ccsam_at_olemiss.edu , or
• assist_at_mcsr.olemiss.edu

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List of Statistical Packages

• Mathematica
• A free copy for faculty, staff, and students. To
  obtain a copy of Mathematica please visit
• http//www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage.php?pagena
  memathematica.inc

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List of Statistical Packages

• Matlab
• Matlab is available on willow and sweetgum
• Other packages such as Fortran, IMSL, etc. will
  be mentioned briefly

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List of Statistical Packages

• IMSL
• IMSL is a comprehensive package containing Math,
  stat., and special functions
• IMSL is available only on sweetgum
• IMSL is a set of subroutines called by a Fortran
  program

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General Information

• Email contact
• Email your questions to ccsam_at_olemiss.edu
• To download this and other materials visit
• http//www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage.php?p
  agenameaugcamp08.inc
• Please fill out the performance report and leave
  your email address so we may contact you for
  follow up questions

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General Information

• This seminar covers Introduction to SPSS
• SPSS, SAS, and Mathematica are available in Weir
  Student Lab, Weir 107, and several other labs
  around campus
• Well look at a few short and simple examples of
  SPSS

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General Information

• SAS performs statistical analysis
• SPSS performs statistical analysis and is similar
  to SAS
• Mathematicas main function is to perform
  mathematical operations including statistics
• MathWorks is similar to Mathematica and is
  available on willow and sweetgum

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General Information

• IT staff will assist users to access these
  packages. We also assist users to find the proper
  procedure to analyze their data. If you need
  assistance please send an email to Sam Gordji at
  assist_at_mcsr.olemiss.edu, or ccsam_at_olemiss.edu

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Available SPSS Modules At UM

• SPSS Base (Linear Regression)
• Professional Stats (Non-Linear Reg.)
• Advanced Stats

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Downloading SPSS

• 110 copies of SPSS are available in various Lab
  around campus
• A faculty or staff may download a copy of SPSS to
  their PC, please visit
• http//www.olemiss.edu/helpdesk/resources.htmlsof
  tware
• Internet connection is needed to run SPSS
• Commuter License is available

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Useful Links

• Main link for SPSS
• http//www.spss.com
• Link for statistics
• http//www.spss.com/statistics/

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Today Well Cover

• A simple SPSS example (freq1_0829.sps)
• Using the above data to run descriptive
  statistics (Point Click)
• Using dataset (survey08-12_var_Aug13.xls) to run
  correlation
• Running one way AOV (oneway_0919.sps)
• Using Data from SPSS Data file C\Program
  Files\SPSS15\SPSS\coffee.sav