SPSS 16 for Windows.ppt

(CSSCR) Zou SPSS 16 for Windows A Course for Beginners Consultant: Betty Zou Topics Covered Getting Started Entering Data Analyzing Data (for beginners) Frequencies Descriptives Explore Crosstabs Sorting Data Selecting Cases Recoding Data Chart Builder Getting Started (1) Compatibility: SPSS 13 and 16 are mutually compatible But some graphs/charts saved on SPSS 16 will not open on SPSS 13 Getting Started (2) Getting Started (3) Getting Started (4) Entering Data (1) Set the characteristics of your variables Type the name of the variable Choose the type of variable Automatically set on numeric, enter numbers only String allows you to enter characters Specify the width and decimals Entering Data (2) Insert value labels 1.00 = Male 2.00 = Female Value labels will appear in output window Entering Data (3) Specify any missing values Describe under value labels 99 = Respondent refused to answer 999 = Question did not apply Important to flag for special treatment or excluded from calculations Entering Data (4) 3 kinds of measurement Nominal and Ordinal: Data can be string or numeric, and are treated as categorical Scale: Data must be numeric Entering Data (5) Click the value labels button to change between the number and the label Descriptive Statistics The sample dataset we will use: world95.sav File open data c:/program files/SPSSInc/SPSS16/Samples/world95.sav Available on the computers at CSSCR Frequencies (1) You want to know the number of people/cases that gave the same response Frequencies (2) A pop-up window will show variables on the left column Choose the variable you want (religion) Click the arrow to put it in the Variables box Click OK Frequencies (3) The frequency table shows up in the Output Viewer A Note on the Output Viewer Descriptives (1) You want to know the mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, etc… Variables should be scale and can be meaningfully measured Analyze Descriptive Statistics Descriptives Descriptives (2) Choos