Quick SPSS Guide for Beginners

]SPSSHEI..org High Ouality SPSS Help Quick SPSSGuide for Beginners SPSS Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Software package used for statistical analysis Two tabs: Data View and Variable View Accepts words and numbers Prefered of type data - numeric Basie facts about SPSE Each variable 'Value' tab - can be named meaningful value "String' - data made up of words Why should use SPSS moh It saves your time Possible to define specific cases It generates frequency tables and charts D Result - clean and efficient data organization How to write an SPSS command Command begins in column 1 To continue line, leave at least one space (period) - end of a command Case matters only in the file name Single and double quotes are accepted Four useful SPSS commands Defining and reading the data (FILE HANDLE and DATA LIST or GET FILE) 1. Data selection and modification 2. (SELECT IF, RECODE, COMPUTE, etc.) Statistical procedure (FREQUENCIES, CROSSTABS, REGRESSION etc.) 3. 4. Saving a "save file" [optional but recommended for repeated runs]. Sources: http://library.columbia.edu/locations/dssc/technology/spss_write.html http://www.slideshare.net/sspink/seminar-on-spss?next_slideshow=1