SPSS 13.0 brief guide

Inc. SPSS0-13-154242-7

The SPSS 13.0 Brief Guide provides a set of tutorials designed to acquaint you with the various components of the SPSS system. You can work through the tutorials in sequence or turn to the topics for which you need additional information. You can use this guide as a supplement to the online tutorial that is included with the SPSS Base 13.0 system or ignore the online tutorial and start with the tutorials found here.

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Table of contents :
Title page……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 9
Sample Files……Page 15
Starting SPSS……Page 16
Opening a Data File……Page 17
Running an Analysis……Page 21
Viewing Results……Page 24
Creating Charts……Page 25
Exiting SPSS……Page 27
2. Using the Help System……Page 29
Help Contents Tab……Page 30
Help Index Tab……Page 31
Dialog Box Help……Page 32
Statistics Coach……Page 33
Case Studies……Page 41
Basic Structure of an SPSS Data File……Page 43
Reading an SPSS Data File……Page 44
Reading Data from Spreadsheets……Page 45
Reading Data from a Database……Page 48
Reading Data from a Text File……Page 55
Saving Data……Page 63
Entering Numeric Data……Page 65
Entering String Data……Page 68
Adding a Variable Label……Page 70
Changing Variable Type and Format……Page 71
Adding Value Labels for Numeric Variables……Page 72
Adding Value Labels for String Variables……Page 74
Using Value Labels for Data Entry……Page 75
Handling Missing Data……Page 76
Missing Values for a Numeric Variable……Page 77
Missing Values for a String Variable……Page 79
Copying and Pasting Value Attributes……Page 80
Defining Variable Properties for Categorical Variables……Page 86
Level of Measurement……Page 93
Summary Measures for Categorical Data……Page 94
Charts for Categorical Data……Page 95
Summary Measures for Scale Variables……Page 97
Histograms for Scale Variables……Page 100
Using the Viewer……Page 103
Accessing Output Definitions……Page 106
Pivoting Tables……Page 107
Creating and Displaying Layers……Page 110
Editing Tables……Page 112
Changing Data Display Formats……Page 114
Using Predefined Formats……Page 116
Customizing TableLook Styles……Page 117
Changing the Default Table Formats……Page 119
Customizing the Initial Display Settings……Page 121
Displaying Variable and Value Labels……Page 123
Using Results in Other Applications……Page 125
Pasting Results as Rich Text……Page 126
Pasting Results as Metafiles……Page 127
Pasting Results as Text……Page 129
Exporting Results to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Files……Page 130
Exporting Results to HTML and Text Formats……Page 137
Chart Creation Basics……Page 141
Chart Editing Basics……Page 144
Selecting Chart Elements……Page 145
Using the Properties Window……Page 146
Changing Bar Colors……Page 147
Formatting Numbers in Tick Labels……Page 149
Editing Text……Page 151
Displaying and Editing Data Value Labels……Page 152
Using Templates……Page 155
Defining Chart Options……Page 159
Pie Chart……Page 163
Grouped Scatterplot……Page 175
Pasting Syntax……Page 185
Editing Syntax……Page 188
Typing Syntax……Page 189
Opening and Running a Syntax File……Page 190
Creating a Categorical Variable from a Scale Variable……Page 191
Computing New Variables……Page 197
Using Functions in Expressions……Page 199
Using Conditional Expressions……Page 201
Computing Variables with Missing Values……Page 203
Working with Dates and Times……Page 208
Calculating the Length of Time Between Two Dates……Page 210
Adding a Duration to a Date……Page 214
Sorting Data……Page 219
Split-File Processing……Page 220
Turning Split-File Processing On and Off……Page 223
Selecting Subsets of Cases……Page 224
Selecting a Random Sample……Page 225
Selecting a Time Range or Case Range……Page 226
Case Selection Status……Page 228
Summarizing Data……Page 231
Frequencies……Page 232
Explore……Page 234
Comparing Means……Page 236
Means……Page 237
Paired-Samples T Test……Page 238
Univariate Analysis of Variance……Page 240
Partial Correlations……Page 242
Linear Regression……Page 244
Chi-Square……Page 245
Time Series Analysis……Page 247
Exponential Smoothing……Page 248
Index……Page 253