INTRODUCTION TO SPSS by Tukwatanise Raymond

INTRODUCTION TO SPSS

1. SPSS presentation to DQAM&E
Please ask where
you will not have
understood
As I
present!
24/10/2019

2. Introduction to the SPSS
Tukwatanise Raymond
B. Econ & Stat
[email protected]
0788564051

3. Presentation objectives/content
What is SPSS?
Opening SPSS/SPSS interface
How to enter data in SPSS
How to import data into SPSS
How to edit data and save data in SPSS
Analysis;-descriptive statistics, regression, correlation, etc..
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4. What is SPSS?
SPSSisshortforStatisticalPackagefortheSocial
Sciences
Itisasoftwarepackageusedfortheanalysisof
statisticaldata.
SPSShassimilaritiestobothspreadsheetapplications
likeMs.ExcelanddatabaseslikeMs.Access.
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5. SPSS interface
•Data view
The place to enter data
Columns: variables
Rows: records
•Variable view
The place to enter variables
List of all variables
Characteristics of all variables
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Columns/
variables
Rows/
cases
Variable
View
Data
View
Data View

7. Variable View
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1. Click this
Window
1.Click Variable View
2.Type variable name under
Name column (AGE).
NOTE:Variable name can be 64
bytes long, and should be one
word.
3.Type: Numeric, string, etc.
4.Label: description of
variables.
5.Values: Define the numerical
values
2. Type
variable
name
3. Type:
numeric or
string
4.
Description
of variable

8. Data entry
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9. Defining variables
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10. Import data from Excel
•Select File Open Data
•Choose Excelas file type
•Select the file you want to import
•Then click Open
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11. Open Excel files in SPSS
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12. Saving in SPSS
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Save this
file as
SPSS data

13. Data analysis
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Dataanalysisisaprocessofinspecting,
transformingandmodelingdatawiththegoalof
discoveringusefulinformation,informing
conclusionandsupportingdecision-making.
Whatisdata?
Dataarefactsandstatisticscollectedtogetherfor
referenceoranalysis.
Dataisanysetofcharactersthatisgatheredand
translatedforsomepurpose,usuallyanalysis.

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Analyze Descriptive statistics Frequency
Qualitative Variables

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17. Thank you for listening
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