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• Live and On-Demand stats workshops and courses

• Consulting with experts for personalized help
• Custom Programs delivered to your group

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Topics for Today
• What is SPSS ?
• Navigating the interface
• Data management
• Statistical analysis and visualization

• Online resources are prevalent, such as here and here

• UCLA's OARC is probably the best, here
What is SPSS
• One of the oldest and most popular stats packages
• In over 76,000 paper in PubMed from 2016 – 2021:

• It combines spreadsheet and analysis/visualization functions

Navigating the Interface
• Data View and Variable View
• GUI and drop-down menus
• Output viewer

• SPSS Syntax editor also available

Data Management
• Importing/Exporting data
• Data types: numeric, string, dates, etc.
• Measure: Scale (continuous), ordinal (ordered categorical), nominal
• Modifying variables: transformations and recoding
• Data file: Math Assessment.sav
Statistical Analysis and Visualization 1
• Descriptive Statistics includes frequencies, descriptives, explore, crosstabs, ratio, P-P plots and Q-Q plots
procedures; can use Graphs for histograms, etc.
• Data file: Math Assessment.sav
• Compare Means includes mean procedure, t-test procedure and one-way ANOVA; can use Graphs for Error
Bar or other plots
• Data file: Supermarket.sav
• General Linear Model includes univariate ANOVA procedures (including ANCOVA), multivariate (MANOVA)
procedures, repeated measures ANOVA, and variance components analysis.
• Data file: Supermarket.sav
• Generalized Linear Models includes generalized linear models for non-normal data types and generalized
estimating equations.
Statistical Analysis and Visualization 2
• Correlate includes bivariate and partial correlation, and distance measures.
• Data file: Body Fat.sav
• Regression includes linear regression, curve estimation, partial least squares, several types of logistic regression, nonlinear
models, two-stage least squares, etc.
• Data file: Body Fat.sav
• Mixed Models procedure is an expansion of the GLM, allowing data to have correlated and non-constant variability
(includes linear mixed models); think multilevel models or HLM, etc.
• Classify includes two-step clustering, k-mean clustering, hierarchical clustering and discriminant analysis.
• Data Reduction includes factor analysis, correspondence analysis and optimal scaling.
• Data file: Tech Survey.sav
• Scale gives reliability analysis and multidimensional scaling.
• Data file: Tech Survey.sav
You Can Get Start with SPSS Today!
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• Live and on-demand workshops
• Personalized consulting and advice
• Custom programs for your group

• 1) Data Management Using SPSS Syntax

• 2) Regression and Moderation Analysis with PROCESS in SPSS
• 3) Introduction to Multilevel Modeling
• 4) Introduction to Survival and Time-to-Event Data Analysis (June 20)