SPSS Lesson Plans
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One hour each.
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SPSS Part 1
Starting SPSS, Opening Existing Data Files Viewing data files (two views, Variable View, Data View) Data Entry, Working with Value Labels Analyze/ Means Analyze/ Descriptives - Frequencies Analyze/ Descriptives - Crosstabs Analyze/ Compare Means/ Independent Samples T-Test Saving your work
SPSS Part 2
Recall Dialog Paired Sample T-Tests Exploring options from Frequencies Calculating new variables – Transform/Compute Recoding variables – Tranform/Recode/Into different variable Analyzing subsets of cases - Data/ Select if Data/ Sort Cases Data/ Split File Output Management (making changes to the default tables and titles, briefly, if time) File/ Read Text wizard
SPSS Part 3
Correlation, graphs (plots and charts), regressions
- Bar Charts
- Scatter plots
- Analyze/ Correlation
- Interactive graphs (modifying graphs)
- Analyze/ Regression
- Identifying and removing outliers (Data Select cases – review, if time)
- Exporting Graphics
SPSS Part 4
Aggregating and merging data and more advanced multivariate analyses.
- Review of Data/ Sort cases
- Selecting Cases
- Sort cases
- One key
- Two keys (one descending)
- Aggregate
- Cutting up a file (cake splitting ex.)
- Putting it back together again
2nd half hour? Analyze Regression (blocks)? Analyze Factor Analysis?
For further help
See SPSS online documentation, the resources listed on the Statistical Programming Services (Web section).

