SPSS Step-by-Step Tutorial: Part 2

SPSS Step-by-Step
Tutorial: Part 2
For SPSS Version 11.5© DataStep Development 20041 Transformations and recoding
revisited 5
Introduction 5
Value labels 5
SPSS Tutorial and Help 6
Using online help 6
Using the Syntax Guide 7
Using the statistics coach 8
Moving around the output window 10
Sorting Revisited: Sorting by multiple
variables 11
Utilities: variable and file information 12
Utilities > Variables 12
Utilities > File Info 13
Data Transformations 14
Computing new variables 14
Performing calculations with a variable and a function 14
Creating expressions with more than one variable 16
Conditional expressions 18
Creating subsets 20
Deeper into crosstabs 23
Crosstab Statistics 23
Crosstab cells 24
Adding layers to crosstabs 26
When to include zeros in a mean 27
Gender, geography, and exercise: the universal
variables 28
Summary 28
2 Statistical procedures 31
Introduction 31
Measuring association 31
Bivariate correlations 32
Partial correlation 35Multiple correlation (multiple regression) 36
Crosstabs 37
Measuring differences 39
T-Tests 39
ANOVA 42
One-Way ANOVA 43
Summary 471 Transformations and
recoding revisited
Introduction
In the first session, we’ll explored the SPSS interface, some elimentary data man-
agement and recodes, and some basic charting. In this second session, we’ll explore
work with more complex data transformations like combining variables and subset-
ting populations and work with some of the primary statistical functions. We’ll also
look ...