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10 - 11 SPSS Introduction PDF

This document provides an overview of how to use SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software. It describes the main SPSS windows and menus, how to obtain and open data files, navigate the data editor and viewer interfaces, customize SPSS, perform data management tasks like merging datasets, and run univariate and bivariate analyses. The document is a tutorial that walks users through the basic functions and processes in SPSS.

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10 - 11 SPSS Introduction PDF

This document provides an overview of how to use SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software. It describes the main SPSS windows and menus, how to obtain and open data files, navigate the data editor and viewer interfaces, customize SPSS, perform data management tasks like merging datasets, and run univariate and bivariate analyses. The document is a tutorial that walks users through the basic functions and processes in SPSS.

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SPSS Overview

The opening screen

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The SPSS windows

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Obtain the data
• Download the Demo File from the data folder
in the course Blackboard site
• Save it on the desk top
• Open the saved file with SPSS

PASW
(SPSS)

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Drop down
menus
Data Editor
Variable
descriptions Action
buttons

PASW
(SPSS)

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Data Editor Action
buttons

PASW
(SPSS)

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Drop down
menus Action
SPSS Viewer buttons
Navigation
window

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SPSS Viewer – export results

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SPSS Viewer – export results

PASW
(SPSS)

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Drop down
menus
Syntax Editor
Navigation Action
window buttons

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HELP!

PASW
(SPSS)

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Customizing SPSS

PASW
(SPSS)

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DATA MANAGEMENT WITH SPSS

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Data management with SPSS
• Read an existing data set
– Action buttons: Open data document button
– Menu: File → Open → Data
• Entering data
– Menu: File → New → Data
• Select a subset of the data
– Action buttons: Select cases button
– Menu: File → Data → Select cases

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Additional hints on data management
• Defining variable labels
– VARIABLE LABELS varname ‘variable label’.
• Define variable level of measurement
– VARIABLE LEVEL varname (NOMINAL).
• Define values for code-set
– VALUE LABELS varname 1 ‘label1’ 2 ‘label2’ ...

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Merging datasets
• Add new variables or add new cases
• Both datasets must be open at the same time
• Select one dataset to be the “master”
– The second dataset will be the source of the new
cases or new variables
• BOTH datasets must have the same unique
case (or record) identifier.

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How to add a variable

PASW
(SPSS)

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UNIVARIATE STATISTICS

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Measures of central tendency
 Menu: Analyze → Descriptive Statistics → Frequencies

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Alternative method to obtain
descriptive statistics

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Statistics and chart options

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Do females have a higher after-tax
income than males?

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BI-VARIATE ANALYSIS

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Cross-tabulations
• Specify cell-level
statistics
– Row, column and total %
– Chi-square
– Other measures of
association
– Measures of correlation

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Do women travel further to get to
work?

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