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SPSS Basics Training
SPSS Basics Training
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» SPSS is a Statistical Software Package
» SPSS is a tool
It only does what it’s ‘told’ to do.
It does not think for you
It is not a black box
» You need to know the correct statistics for your
research BEFORE using SPSS.
» If you understand the statistics, then you are ready to
do analysis in SPSS.
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Select SPSS 21
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from the list
Categorical Scale
Qualitative Quantitative
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Level of
Measurement?
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0 = Male
1 = Female
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Level of
Measurement?
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Measurement? 1
3
4
1
2
1 = Strongly Disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = I don’t know
4 = Agree
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Data has been coded
Now we’re ready to enter it in SPSS
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1. Enter & define variables from Variable View.
• Variable names
• Must begin with a letter
• No spaces and no special characters (except _ )
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1. Enter & define variables from Variable View.
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• Type
• Should (almost) always be numeric
• SPSS cannot analyse non-numeric data
• Decimals
• How many decimal places do you want to see in
the Data View?
• Label
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• Missing
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• Measure
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• Variable names
• Will become column headings in Data View.
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On your H drive OR
On your pen drive
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Name it appropriately
Extension . sav
New
output file
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Existing
output file
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Click here to
recode the 3
variable
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Click Add.
MISSING -> -1 6
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