SPSS

Elementary functions

• Inputting data - from a data sheet
• Inputting data - data view
• Inputting data - variable view - nominal variable
• Inputting data - variable view - string variable
• Variable View - adding value labels - Note: for dichotomous nominal data, e.g., female/ male - always start with 0 - for example - female = 0, male = 1 (zeros allow for easier statistical testing)
• Variable View - adding variable labels
• Naming Variables/ setting number of decimal places
• Importing Data - Excel file
  authored by Dennis Kerkman, PhD, Park University
• Importing Data - Text file - tab or delimited
• Importing Data - Text file - nondelimited

Immediate Functions

• Recode data
• Select cases

Statistical Analyses

• Descriptive
• Cross Tabs
• Mean/ Standard deviations

Inferential

• Chi Square
• t-tests
• ANOVA