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SPSSExercise1GettingStarted

Due:

Objective:Therearethreeobjectivestotheassignment.

1. SecuringtheSPSSsoftware2. SecuringthedatafortheSPSSassignments3. LearningabouttheSPSSinterface.

Software:Thesoftwareisavailableatnocosttoallstudents.GotoITHelpdeskinClarkHall(rm.102).IfyoudonothaveacomputeritispossibletoborrowthemfromtheKingLibrary.Data:

1. Thedataareavailableat(http://www.sjsu.edu/people/carlos.e.garcia/courses/soc104/)

2. Clickonthe“SPSSData”link.Thiswillopenanewpagewithunintelligibletext.

3. Savethefiletoyourdesktop.a. ForthoseusingFirefoxgounder“File”andselect“SaveTargetAs”and

savethefileas“WebPageHTMLOnly.”b. ChromeandExploreraresimilartoFirefox.c. WithSafaritryPageSourceandinthefollowupwindowselectuse

both.4. OncethefileissavedopenSPSSandfindthefilesavedinstep3.5. Atthispointsavethefilewithanewnamethatincorporatesyourlastname

(forexampleImightcallmine“GarciaSPSSWNT2018”).SPSSInterface:

1. OpentheSPSSdataset.SeeFigure1.1.2. Atthebottommiddleofthescreentherearetwoviewoptions“DataView”

(thisviewdisplaystheresponsesgivenbysurveyparticipants’usingthenumericcodeassignedtoresponses)and“VariableView”(thisviewdisplaysthevariablesinthedatasetandthetheircharacteristics.AlwaysworkfromtheVariableView.

3. Thefirstcolumninvariableviewis“Name.”Name(alsoknownasvariablename)displaysashort-handtagassignedtoaspecificvariable.Itusuallycontainsenoughinformationtodescribethevariableitrepresents(e.g.“Marital”referstorespondentsmaritalstatus.)NotethatNamehastohavealphanumericcharacters,nevercontainsspacesbetweencharacters,andarerarelylongerthat8characters.

4. Thesecondcolumninvariableviewis“Type.”Thisreferstowhetheravariableusesnumericoralphabeticcode.Inthisclasswewillalwaysusevariablesofthetype“Numeric.”

5. Thethirdcolumnis“Width”.Widthisusedtodeterminehowmuchspacetogiverespondentstoanswer.Forexampleifrespondentswereaskedwhatyeartheywerebornthewidthwouldhavetobe4tocapturethefourspacestakenwhenrecordingyearofbirth(e.g.1986).Forthepurposeofthisclasswidthcanstayatdefaultbutnotethatbyclickingonacellunderwidthitispossibletoincreaseordecreaseavariableswidth.

6. Thefourthcolumnis“Decimal”andisusedtoandisusedwhenusingNOTWHOLENUMBERS.

7. Thefifthcolumnis“Label”(sometimesreferredtoasvariablelabel).Itistypicallyeitheraverbatimdescriptionofthevariableorashorthandversionofthevariable.Thecellspresentedhere,andalltheothers,canbeexpandedbyincreasingthewidthofthecolumn.

8. Thesixthcolumnis“Values.”DoubleclickonacellandawindowlikethatinFigure2willpopup.Thesecondwindowshowsthenumericvalueofeachattributeandthelabelassociatedwiththatlabel.InFigure1.2forexample,avalueof“1”representstheanswer“Yes.”

9. Theseventhcolumnis“Missing.”DoubleclickonacellandwindowlikethatinFigure1.3willpopup.Whenarespondentrespondstoaquestioninawaythatisnotusefulintheanalysisitcanberemovedbyplacingthenumericlabelinoneofthecellsprovided.InFigure3theresponsesof“0”and“9”areremovedfromanalysis.

10. Columnseight,nine,ten,andelevenwillnotbeusedthissemester.Assignment:

1. SecuretheSPSSsoftware2. Downloadthedataset3. ReadtheSPSSInterfacesectiontwice.4. Meetthreeclassmatesandexchangecontactinformation.5. Writeareport:

a. AskanyquestionsyouhaveabouttheSPSSinterface(itisokayifyoudon’thaveany).

b. Discussanyproblemsyoumighthavehadcompletingthisassignment(itisokaytosayyouhadnotproblemsifyoudidn’t)

c. Reportonwhoyoumet

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