SPSS 1: Descriptive Statistics and Coding

Wendiann SethiDirector of

Developmental MathematicsDepartment of Mathematics & Computer

ScienceWendiann.sethi@shu.edu

The first stages of using SPSS - creating a data set and then describing the data. We will be discussing data and best practices of creating a database within SPSS. Then we will cover the ways that we would describe the data through numerical and graphical representations.

Course description:

Getting into SPSS Data

◦ Creating a new data set◦ Multiple responses

Descriptive Statistics◦ Analyze – Descriptive statistics◦ Graph

Overview of workshop

SPSS

Main screen for the Data Editor

Toolbar:

Data Transform Analyze Graphs

Data view:

Variable view:

Using the handout, create a new data file

Codebook

Variable view

Data view

Setting up a codebook/data file

How to deal with questions were the participant can choose several choices.

ANALYZE>MULTIPLE RESPONSE◦ Define sets◦ Frequencies◦ Crosstabs

Example data: survey_sample.sav◦ Eth1, 2, 3 – multiple response method◦ News 1, 2, 3 – multiple dichotomy method

Multiple responses

Edit>Options◦ General◦ Output◦ Pivot tables

Changing how variables are listed

Analyze:

Graphs: