SPSS FOR WINDOWS: THE BASICS

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SPSS FOR WINDOWS THE BASICS

• Kimberly R. Barber, PhD
• Director of Research / Genesys
• Adjunct Faculty
• University of Michigan-Flint

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Overview Weeks 1 - 5

• Introducing SPSS
• Looking at Windows
• Sources of Data
• Defining Data
• Summarizing Data
• Modifying Data Values

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Introduction to SPSS

• Starting SPSS
• Data management
• Descriptive Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
• Summary displays (graphics)

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Starting SPSS

• Windows based
• Point and click
• Open program
• Open file or
• Create new file
• Save file

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Tool Bar

• File
• Edit
• Data
• Transform
• Statistics
• Graphs
• Utilities
• Help

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File and Edit

• Open
• Data, output, other
• Open database
• New, edit, query
• Save
• Print
• Recently used data
• Recently used files

• Undo / redo
• Cut / copy / paste
• Find
• Variable, data point, name

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Data

• Insert variables
• Insert cases
• Sort cases
• Transpose
• Mean of variable for missing data
• Restructure
• Group of variables into cases
• Merge files
• Split file
• Select cases
• Conditional expression

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LOS GENDER RACE AGE 12.00 1 1.0 51 12.00
0 1.0 51 12.00 1 0.0 45 9.00
0 1.0 64 5.00 1 0.0 69 Name
variable Type numeric, alpha, date Width
1,2..columns Decimal1,2..columns Labels value
labels Column cumulative place
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Transform

• Compute
• Q1 Q2 New Q
• Recode
• Change maleM to male1
• Reverse labels from 12 to 21
• Categorize variables
• Group age, weight, blood pressure
• Replace missing values
• Insert missing values with 999

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Analyze

• Descriptive statistics
• Means, frequencies, cross-tabulations
• Compare means
• One sample, independent, paired, ANOVA
• Correlations
• Regressions
• Linear, logistic, ordinal
• Scale
• Reliability analysis, multidimensional scaling
• Non Parametric tests
• Chi-square

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Graphs

• Gallery
• Main chart selection
• Interactive
• Bar charts, pie charts, line graphs, scatterplots
• Cosmetics
• 3-dimensional, color, shading

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Utilities and Help

• Variable information
• Definitions
• Go to variable
• Seeks and places cursor
• Help contents
• Index
• Commands
• Statistics coach

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Class Goals

• Create database in SPSS
• Create variables, Define labels, transform
  variables
• Manage database
• Enter data, clean data, transpose
• Analyze Data
• Run descriptives, frequencies,
• Run inferential statistics
• Create graphs