SPSS: Introduction for Beginners BeginnersPrerequisites
Tue 19 Nov - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Description
SPSS is a powerful general purpose statistical package with high quality graphics and tabulation facilities, and a reputation for being relatively user-friendly. This course is for beginners. Basic concepts and use of SPSS will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below).
Target audience
All University and College staff and students
Prerequisites
Familiarity with simple statistical concepts.
Sessions
Number of sessions: 2
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 19 Nov 2013 09:30 - 12:30 | 09:30 - 12:30 | Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site | map | Dr D.C. Orton |
| 2 | Wed 20 Nov 2013 09:30 - 12:30 | 09:30 - 12:30 | Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site | map | Dr D.C. Orton |
Topics covered (session 1)
- Introduction to user interface menus, data views, and output formats
- Obtaining built-in assistance for data analyses
- Simple data entry
- Understanding dialog boxes and output
- Creating and changing variables
- Reorganizing and reshaping data
- Basic data manipulation and analyses - just enough to get started and do useful work
Topics covered (session 2)
- Preparing data and importing data from MS Excel
- Working with various types of outputs
- Exporting output to other applications
- Working with pivot tables
- Creating and formatting tables and charts
- Describing data with tables and charts
Format
Presentations, demonstrations and practicals
Taught using
SPSS v. 21 on MCS Windows
Notes
- No attempt is made to teach statistical techniques, though simple examples are used to show the principles of SPSS use. You may be interested in the 'Statistics for the Terrified' self-taught tutorial which can be found on MCS computers.
Duration
Two sessions of half a day
Frequency
Termly
Theme
Statistical and Mathematical Software
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