SPSS Lesson Plans

One hour each.

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.

2nd half hour? Analyze Regression (blocks)? Analyze Factor Analysis?
 * 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

For further help
See SPSS online documentation, the resources listed on the Statistical Programming Services (Web section).