SPSS 15.0 Brief Guide

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. 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 A comprehensive system for analyzing data taken from almost any type of file to generate tabulated reports, charts and plots of distributions and trends, descriptive statistics, and complex statistical analyses