SPSS 15.0 Brief Guide provides a set of tutorials to acquaint you with the components of the SPSS system. Topics include using the help system and Data Editor, reading data, examining summary statistics for individual variables, working with output, creating and editing charts, working with syntax, modifying data values, sorting and selecting data, and performing additional statistical procedures.
Author(s): Inc. SPSS
Edition: 1
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 191
SPSS 15.0 Brief Guide......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 8
Starting SPSS......Page 13
Variable Display in Dialog Boxes......Page 14
Opening a Data File......Page 15
Running an Analysis......Page 17
Viewing Results......Page 20
Creating Charts......Page 21
Exiting SPSS......Page 23
2. Using the Help System......Page 24
Help Contents Tab......Page 25
Help Index Tab......Page 26
Dialog Box Help......Page 27
Statistics Coach......Page 28
Case Studies......Page 32
Reading an SPSS Data File......Page 34
Reading Data from Spreadsheets......Page 36
Reading Data from a Database......Page 38
Reading Data from a Text File......Page 45
Saving Data......Page 52
Entering Numeric Data......Page 53
Entering String Data......Page 56
Defining Data......Page 57
Changing Variable Type and Format......Page 58
Adding Value Labels for Numeric Variables......Page 59
Adding Value Labels for String Variables......Page 61
Using Value Labels for Data Entry......Page 62
Handling Missing Data......Page 63
Missing Values for a Numeric Variable......Page 64
Missing Values for a String Variable......Page 65
Copying and Pasting Variable Attributes......Page 66
Defining Variable Properties for Categorical Variables......Page 70
Basic Handling of Multiple Data Sources......Page 76
Copying and Pasting Information between Datasets......Page 77
Renaming Datasets......Page 78
Summary Measures for Categorical Data......Page 79
Charts for Categorical Data......Page 81
Summary Measures for Scale Variables......Page 83
Histograms for Scale Variables......Page 84
Chart Creation Basics......Page 86
Using the Chart Builder Gallery......Page 87
Defining Variables and Statistics......Page 88
Adding Text......Page 91
Chart Editing Basics......Page 92
Selecting Chart Elements......Page 93
Changing Bar Colors......Page 94
Formatting Numbers in Tick Labels......Page 96
Editing Text......Page 98
Displaying Data Value Labels......Page 99
Using Templates......Page 100
Defining Chart Options......Page 105
Using the Viewer......Page 109
Accessing Output Definitions......Page 111
Pivoting Tables......Page 112
Creating and Displaying Layers......Page 115
Editing Tables......Page 117
Changing Data Display Formats......Page 118
Using Predefined Formats......Page 120
Customizing TableLook Styles......Page 121
Changing the Default Table Formats......Page 122
Customizing the Initial Display Settings......Page 123
Displaying Variable and Value Labels......Page 125
Pasting Results as Word Tables......Page 128
Pasting Results as Metafiles......Page 129
Pasting Results as Text......Page 130
Exporting Results to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Files......Page 132
Exporting Results to PDF......Page 141
Exporting Results to HTML......Page 144
Pasting Syntax......Page 146
Editing Syntax......Page 148
Saving Syntax......Page 149
Opening and Running a Syntax File......Page 150
Creating a Categorical Variable from a Scale Variable......Page 151
Computing New Variables......Page 157
Using Functions in Expressions......Page 159
Using Conditional Expressions......Page 161
Working with Dates and Times......Page 162
Calculating the Length of Time between Two Dates......Page 163
Adding a Duration to a Date......Page 166
Sorting Data......Page 168
Split-File Processing......Page 169
Selecting Subsets of Cases......Page 171
Selecting Cases Based on Conditional Expressions......Page 172
Selecting a Time Range or Case Range......Page 173
Treatment of Unselected Cases......Page 174
Case Selection Status......Page 175
Frequencies......Page 176
Explore......Page 178
More about Summarizing Data......Page 179
Means......Page 180
Paired-Samples T Test......Page 181
More about Comparing Means......Page 182
Univariate Analysis of Variance......Page 183
Partial Correlations......Page 184
Linear Regression......Page 185
Chi-Square......Page 187
Index......Page 189
