SPSS is a popular statistical software package that allows users to perform complex data analysis and manipulation with simple instructions. It contains four main windows - the data editor, output viewer, syntax editor, and script window. The data editor allows users to define, enter, edit and display data. The output viewer displays results of analyses. The syntax editor is used to write analysis instructions. The script window allows writing of full programs. SPSS imports data, allows sorting and transforming of variables, and can run various statistical analyses such as frequencies, descriptive statistics, and linear regression.

1. SPSS: Quick Look

2. Introduction: What is SPSS? Originally it is an acronym of Statistical Package for the Social Science but now it stands for Statistical Product and Service Solutions One of the most popular statistical packages which can perform highly complex data manipulation and analysis with simple instructions IBM SPSS Statistics 18 (formerly SPSS Statistics) puts the power of advanced statistical analysis in your hands.

3. SPSS Program Flow

4. 4 Data Import Functions Primary Functions of the Data Import: Create SPSS data files from external files Modify, manipulate or enhance existing SPSS data files Successful Transfer data to accepted format for processing

5. The Four Windows in SPSS

6. The Four Windows: Data Editor Data Editor: Spreadsheet-like system for defining, entering, editing, and displaying data. Extension of the saved file will be “sav.”

7. The Four Windows: Output Viewer Output Viewer: Displays output and errors. Extension of the saved file will be “spv.”

8. The Four Windows: Syntax editor Syntax Editor: Text editor for syntax composition. Extension of the saved file will be “sps.”

9. The Four Windows: Script Window Script Window: Provides the opportunity to write full-blown programs, in a BASIC-like language. Text editor for syntax composition. Extension of the saved file will be “sbs.”

10. Launching SPSS The default window will have the data editor There are two sheets in the window: 1. Data view 2. Variable view

11. Click Data View window The Data View window This sheet is visible when you first open the Data Editor and this sheet contains the data Click on the tab labeled Variable View

12. Variable View window: Type

13. Click Saving the data To save the data file you created simply click ‘file’ and click ‘save as.’ You can save the file in different forms by clicking “Save as type.”

14. Sorting the data Click ‘Data’ and then click Sort Cases

15. Transforming data Click ‘Transform’ and then click ‘Compute Variable…’

16. Click Transforming data Example: Adding a new variable named ‘numbers’ which is the natural log of height Type in numbers in the ‘Target Variable’ box. Then type in ‘numbers’ in the ‘Numeric Expression’ box. Click OK

17. Frequencies This analysis produces frequency tables showing frequency counts and percentages of the values of individual variables. Descriptive This analysis shows the maximum, minimum, mean, and standard deviation of the variables Linear regression analysis Linear Regression estimates the coefficients of the linear equation BasicAnalysis

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