SPSS 14.0 Brief Guide

SPSS 14.0 Brief Guide......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 9
Sample Files......Page 15
Starting SPSS......Page 16
Opening a Data File......Page 17
Running an Analysis......Page 20
Viewing Results......Page 24
Creating Charts......Page 25
Exiting SPSS......Page 27
2. Using the Help System......Page 29
Help Contents Tab......Page 30
Help Index Tab......Page 32
Dialog Box Help......Page 33
Statistics Coach......Page 34
Case Studies......Page 42
Basic Structure of an SPSS Data File......Page 45
Reading an SPSS Data File......Page 46
Reading Data from Spreadsheets......Page 47
Reading Data from a Database......Page 50
Reading Data from a Text File......Page 58
Saving Data......Page 66
Entering Numeric Data......Page 69
Entering String Data......Page 72
Adding Variable Labels......Page 74
Changing Variable Type and Format......Page 75
Adding Value Labels for Numeric Variables......Page 76
Adding Value Labels for String Variables......Page 78
Using Value Labels for Data Entry......Page 79
Handling Missing Data......Page 80
Missing Values for a Numeric Variable......Page 81
Missing Values for a String Variable......Page 83
Copying and Pasting Variable Attributes......Page 84
Defining Variable Properties for Categorical Variables......Page 88
5. Working with Multiple Data Sources......Page 95
Basic Handling of Multiple Data Sources......Page 96
Renaming Datasets......Page 98
Level of Measurement......Page 99
Summary Measures for Categorical Data......Page 100
Charts for Categorical Data......Page 101
Summary Measures for Scale Variables......Page 103
Histograms for Scale Variables......Page 106
Using the Viewer......Page 109
Accessing Output Definitions......Page 112
Pivoting Tables......Page 113
Creating and Displaying Layers......Page 116
Editing Tables......Page 118
Hiding Rows and Columns......Page 119
Changing Data Display Formats......Page 120
Using Predefined Formats......Page 122
Customizing TableLook Styles......Page 123
Changing the Default Table Formats......Page 125
Customizing the Initial Display Settings......Page 127
Displaying Variable and Value Labels......Page 128
Pasting Results as Word Tables......Page 131
Pasting Results as Metafiles......Page 133
Pasting Results as Text......Page 135
Exporting Results to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Files......Page 136
Exporting Results to HTML......Page 146
Chart Creation Basics......Page 149
Using the Chart Builder Gallery......Page 150
Defining Variables and Statistics......Page 153
Adding Optional Elements......Page 156
Creating the Chart......Page 159
Chart Editing Basics......Page 160
Using the Properties Window......Page 161
Changing Bar Colors......Page 162
Formatting Numbers in Tick Labels......Page 164
Editing Text......Page 166
Displaying Data Value Labels......Page 167
Using Templates......Page 168
Defining Chart Options......Page 174
Pie Chart......Page 178
Grouped Scatterplot......Page 190
Pasting Syntax......Page 199
Editing Syntax......Page 202
Saving Syntax......Page 203
Opening and Running a Syntax File......Page 204
Creating a Categorical Variable from a Scale Variable......Page 205
Computing New Variables......Page 211
Using Functions in Expressions......Page 213
Using Conditional Expressions......Page 215
Working with Dates and Times......Page 217
Calculating the Length of Time Between Two Dates......Page 218
Adding a Duration to a Date......Page 222
Sorting Data......Page 227
Split-File Processing......Page 228
Turning Split-File Processing On and Off......Page 231
Selecting Subsets of Cases......Page 232
Selecting a Random Sample......Page 233
Selecting a Time Range or Case Range......Page 234
Case Selection Status......Page 236
Summarizing Data......Page 239
Frequencies......Page 240
Explore......Page 242
Comparing Means......Page 243
Means......Page 244
Paired-Samples T Test......Page 245
Univariate Analysis of Variance......Page 247
Partial Correlations......Page 249
Regression Analysis......Page 250
Linear Regression......Page 251
Chi-Square......Page 252
Index......Page 255