SPSS: Introduction for Beginners

BeginnersPrerequisites

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).

• All current University members (departments and colleges)
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

Familiarity with simple statistical concepts.

Number of sessions: 2

• Introduction to user interface menus, data views, and output formats
• Obtaining built-in assistance for data analyses
• Producing simple tables
• Understanding dialog boxes and output
• Simple data entry
• Creating and changing variables
• Sorting and filtering data
• Basic data manipulation and analyses - just enough to get started and do useful work

• Preparing data and importing data from MS Excel
• Sub-setting data for analysis
• Applying some simple statistical tests
• Working with various types of outputs
• Exporting output to other applications
• Working with pivot tables
• Creating and formatting tables and charts

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

SPSS v. 22 on MCS Windows

• 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.

Two sessions of half a day

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