SPSS for Windows: Basics
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING IBM SPSS STATISTICS
BASIC STEPS OF DATA ANALYSIS
STARTING SPSS
OPENING A DATA FILE
SPSS MAIN MENU AND TOOLBAR
RUNNING AN ANALYSIS
VIEWING RESULTS
EXITING SPSS
CHAPTER 2: USING SPSS HELP SYSTEM
STANDARD HELP
DIALOG BOX HELP
RIGHTMOUSE CONTEXT HELP
STATISTICS COACH
CASE STUDIES
CHAPTER 3: READING DATA
BASIC STRUCTURE OF AN SPSS DATA FILE
READING AN SPSS DATA FILE
READING DATA FROM SPREADSHEETS
READING DATA FROM A DATABASE
READING DATA FROM A TEXT FILE
SAVING DATA
READING FIXEDCOLUMN TEXT DATA
CHAPTER 4: USING THE DATA EDITOR AND DEFINING VARIABLE PROPERTIES
DATA EDITOR VIEWS
VARIABLE VIEW: DEFINING VARIABLE PROPERTIES
ENTERING DATA IN THE DATA VIEW
DEFINE VARIABLE PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX
VIEWING VARIABLE PROPERTIES
SAVING THE DATA AND EXITING SPSS
CHAPTER 5: WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES
BASIC HANDLING OF MULTIPLE DATA EDITOR WINDOWS
COPYING AND PASTING INFORMATION BETWEEN DATASETS
COPYING DATA PROPERTIES FEATURE
CHANGE OPTION SETTING TO SINGLE DATASET
EXITING SPSS WITH MULTIPLE DATA EDITOR WINDOWS
CHAPTER 6: SUMMARIZING INDIVIDUAL VARIABLES
OBJECTIVES OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT
SUMMARIZING NOMINAL VARIABLES
SUMMARIZING ORDINAL VARIABLES
SUMMARIZING SCALE VARIABLES
ASSESSING DEGREE OF MISSING DATA WITH THE DESCRIPTIVES PROCEDURE
REFERENCE: MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY AND DISPERSION
CHAPTER 7: MODIFYING DATA VALUES
CREATING A CATEGORY VARIABLE FROM A SCALE VARIABLE
RECODING CATEGORY VALUES
COMPUTING NEW VARIABLES
COMPUTING VARIABLES WITH MISSING VALUES
SAVING THE UPDATED DATA
CHAPTER 8: DESCRIBING MULTIPLE VARIABLE RELATIONSHIPS
OBJECTIVES AND APPLICATIONS
CROSSTABULATION TABLES
COUNTS VS PERCENTAGES
MEANS PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 9: SELECTING SUBSETS OF CASES
SELECT CASES
SELECT CASES USING IF CRITERIA
SPLIT FILE PROCESSING
CHAPTER 10: CREATING AND EDITING CHARTS
INTRODUCTION TO SPSS CHARTS
THE CHART BUILDER
THE CHART EDITOR
CREATING A PANELED CHART
