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Spss1 Tutorial

This document provides step-by-step instructions for starting SPSS and opening an existing data file. It explains how to open the SPSS program, select an existing data file with the .sav extension, and view the data in both the Data View and Variable View windows. It also describes how to run frequency statistics on a variable and view the results in the SPSS Viewer output window.

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Spss1 Tutorial

This document provides step-by-step instructions for starting SPSS and opening an existing data file. It explains how to open the SPSS program, select an existing data file with the .sav extension, and view the data in both the Data View and Variable View windows. It also describes how to run frequency statistics on a variable and view the results in the SPSS Viewer output window.

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SPSS Tutorial # One

STARTING SPSS

Close all other


Windows applications.

Go to the Windows
Start icon on the
Windows Desktop
menu.

Click on Programs.

Click on SPSS for


Windows.

Click on SPSS 10.1 for


Windows.

The 'Open an existing


data source' option
should be marked. If it
is not, mark it by
clicking in the empty
circle. An enlargement
of this dialog box is
shown next...
Click OK. If you click
on Cancel, you may see
the next screen...

...with this dialog box


instructing you to insert
a disk into Drive A.

(If you see the SPSS


Data Editor screen,
scroll down to p. 7 to
see what to do next. )
Click on Cancel. This
will bring up the next
screen...

SPSS is looking for


files with the *.sav
extension. To find these
files, we need to go to
the C drive, that is
Local Disk (C:) as
shown in the next two
pictures...

By clicking on
Desktop, you will bring
up all of the available
drives...
Then click on Local
Disk (C:)...

This will bring up all


the available files on
the C drive...
Click on Program Files
as shown...

Find the SPSS folder by


using the scroll bar at
the bottom of the dialog
box and double click to
open...
This will open the
SPSS folder and reveal
other folders, but more
importantly, data files
with the *.sav
extensions. These are
shown by

this symbol.

Click on the Cars data


file as shown... and this
will bring up a data file
that we will use for this
tutorial. If you get to
this data file at this
point, please proceed to
a similar picture as the
one shown to the left
and follow those
instructions...

OR SCROLL DOWN
TO THE BEGINNING
OF p. 9
This is the SPSS Data
Editor screen... On
closer inspection, it
looks like the next
screen

This shows an
enlargement of the
SPSS Data Editor
menu.

Click on File > then


Open > then Data as
shown to the left...
This is the same SPSS
for Windows dialog
box we saw before...
Click OK.

You will open the SPSS


folder and reveal SPSS
DATA files that look
like

this
Click on the Cars data
file...

Or highlight the Cars


data file and click
Open...
EXAMINING DATA
USING THE Data
View This will open the
Cars data file into the
SPSS Data Editor
window...

Upon closer inspection,


we see the variable
names across the top of
each column. In the
first column we see
mpg or miles per
gallon, in the second
column we see engine,
third...horse,
fourth...weight, etc...

At the bottom left


corner of the SPSS
Data Editor screen we
see we are looking at
the Data View... Click
on the Variable View
and you will see the
next screen....
The Variable View
presents the variables in
rows while the columns
are characteristics of
the variables.  
The Variable View is
useful when you want
to enter your own data
for analysis...you will
define your variables
(what the variable is
measuring) and value
labels (what values are
associated with the
measure). A close-up
view of the Variable
View is shown below...

The first row details the


characteristics of the
mpg variable. Moving
from left to right,
columns contain
information that defines
the variable. The first
column is, obviously,
the Name of the
variable. Type shows
that the variable is
coded as a numeric
variable. Width shows
that the variable is 4
bytes. Decimals shows
the decimal places of
your measure. Label is
an expanded
explanation of what
your variable is
measuring.
To view the entire
Label for a variable you
can expand the size of
the column by moving
the column separator at
the top of the column,
to the right of the
Label...

Now you can see the


entire label for each
variable...

Try moving the active


cell across any row.
Buttons will appear in
all but two cells, the
Name and Label
columns. Click on the
button under the Type
column, to the right of
the Numeric cell and
you will see this view...
This brings up a
Variable Type dialog
box where you can
define the type of data,
how many spaces you
want to use to input
your data, and how
many decimal places
you used to record your
data... Please note, your
Width may be different
from the one shown.
Click on Cancel to
close this dialog box.

Under the Values


column, click on the
button next to

This will bring up the


Value Labels dialog
box where you can
define values for your
variables (like 1, 2, 3,
etc.) and give each
value a name (like
American, European,
etc.) An enlargement of
this dialog box and
other information is see
in the next picture...
Click on Cancel to
move to the next task.

Click on a cell under


the Missing column.
Click on the button to
the right of None. This
dialog box allows you
to define missing
values for each
variable. There are no
missing values for any
variable in the Cars
data set. However, you
may have missing
values in your own data
set in the future. SPSS
allows you to insert up
to three different
missing value codes.
For example, 1=
"no show",
while a 2 = "not
applicable". This
allows you to
discriminate between
different causes for
missing data. Click on
the Data View tab in
the lower left corner.
Click on Analyze and
then on Descriptive
Statistics and then on
Frequencies. This will
bring up a dialog box
called Frequencies as
seen in the next figure.

Click on Country of
Origin and move this
variable to the empty
box on the right by
clicking on the >
button between the two
boxes. This is shown in
the next figure.
Click on OK.

By clicking on OK, you


bring up a new
window, called Output1
- SPSS Viewer. The
SPSS Viewer screen
will automatically
appear as the active
window on your
computer monitor.
The SPSS Viewer
window has two large
display panes. On the
left, the Viewer Outline
pane shows the
structure of the SPSS
output. On the right, the
pane shows information
in the form of tables,
charts, and text
produced by SPSS
statistical procedures.

To view output in the


right pane, click on
specific information
you wish to see in the
left pane. In this
example, click on Notes
in the left pane.
This is an enlargement
of the Notes box.
This is what your
printout should look
like.

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