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    Statistical Analysis 1

    Made Easy: A
    Beginner’s Tutorial
    on How to Use SPSS
    Software

    STEVEN HECHT, PHD


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    include your name


    and email address in
    your best handwriting
    so that I can email
    you these notes! 
    Get IBM SPSS 3

     You can rent SPSS.


     Different options depending on the
    analysis you want to do and how long
    you plan to use IBM SPSS

     http://www.onthehub.com/spss/
    Before the data entry 4

     You need a code book/scoring guide


     You give ID number for each case (NOT real
    identification numbers of your subjects) if you use
    paper survey.
     If you use online survey, you need something to
    identify your cases.
     You also can use Excel to do data entry.
    SPSS Data file (.sav) Has two 5
    Screens
     Data view
    The place to enter data
    Columns: variables
    Rows: records
     Variable view
    The place to enter variables
    List of all variables
    Characteristics of all variables
    Before the data entry 6

     You need a code book/scoring


    guide
     You give ID number for each case
    (NOT real identification numbers of
    your subjects) if you use paper
    survey.
     Ifyou use online survey, you need
    something to identify your cases.
     You also can use Excel to do data
    entry.
    Enter data in SPSS 7

    Columns:
    variables

    Rows:
    cases

    Data
    View Tab
    Enter variables
    8

    Under
    Variable
    View
    Enter variables 9

    4.
    2. Type Description
    variable of variable
    name

    3. Type:
    numeric or
    string
    Based on Enter Value Labels
    for variables if needed
    your code
    book!
    Enter data for your cases
    11

    Under
    Data View
    Import data from
    Excel! 12

     Select File Open


    Data
     Choose Excel as file type
     Select the file you want to
    import
     Then click ok
    Clean data after data file
    is opened in SPSS 13

     Key in values and labels for each


    variable
     Run frequency for each variable
     Check outputs to see if you have
    variables with wrong values.
     Check missing values and physical
    surveys if you use paper surveys, and
    make sure they are really missing.
     Sometimes, you need to recode string
    variables into numeric variables
    Continue 14

    Wrong
    entries!
    Sort and select cases 15

     Suppose you had a large dataset and you wanted to explore


    a subsample of the data.
     Let’s use the divorce.sav dataset

     One thing you could do is sort the cases and then look at the
    data.

     You could decide to analyze only data from a certain group.


    Sort and select cases 16

     Sort cases by sex: Data Sort Cases


     You can use Sort Cases to: find missing
    Values, mis-keys, explore data, etc.
    Select cases 17

     Now suppose we want to analyze data only for females


     Select cases
     Example 1. Select Females for analysis.
    1. Go to Data Select Cases
    2. Click If button
    3. Select the gender variable
    Lets say we want females
    only….
    18

    Go to variable view and


    find out which number
    represents females.

    All 1’s are


    female
    Sort and select cases 19

     Select cases
     Example 1. Select Females for analysis.
    1. Go to Data Select Cases
    2. Click If button
    3. Select the gender variable
    Now we can examine 20

    data based on gender


     Descriptive statistics
     Purposes:
    1. Find wrong entries
    2. Have basic knowledge about the sample and targeted
    variables in a study
    3. Summarize data

    Analyze Descriptive statistics Frequency


    Continue 21
    Frequency table 22
    Ahh..histogram can be
    used to see a lot of the
    23

    data more efficiently than


    a frequency
    chart!

    Norma
    Curve
    24

    Any Questions? 
    25

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    include your name
    and email address in
    your best handwriting
    so that I can email
    you these notes! 

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