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    Overview of SPSS

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    SPSS is a statistical software package used for data analysis. It was first released in 1968 and was developed by Norman H. Nie and C. Hadlai Hull. It has four main windows: the data editor, output viewer, syntax editor, and script window. The data editor displays data files. The output viewer displays statistical results and graphs. The syntax editor is used to create SPSS command syntax. The script window runs syntax files. The presentation covered the history of SPSS and an overview of its main windows and features for analyzing data.

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    SPSS is a statistical software package used for data analysis. It was first released in 1968 and was developed by Norman H. Nie and C. Hadlai Hull. It has four main windows: the data editor, output viewer, syntax editor, and script window. The data editor displays data files. The output viewer displays statistical results and graphs. The syntax editor is used to create SPSS command syntax. The script window runs syntax files. The presentation covered the history of SPSS and an overview of its main windows and features for analyzing data.

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    SPSS is a statistical software package used for data analysis. It was first released in 1968 and was developed by Norman H. Nie and C. Hadlai Hull. It has four main windows: the data editor, output viewer, syntax editor, and script window. The data editor displays data files. The output viewer displays statistical results and graphs. The syntax editor is used to create SPSS command syntax. The script window runs syntax files. The presentation covered the history of SPSS and an overview of its main windows and features for analyzing data.

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    Overview of SPSS

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    SPSS is a statistical software package used for data analysis. It was first released in 1968 and was developed by Norman H. Nie and C. Hadlai Hull. It has four main windows: the data editor, output viewer, syntax editor, and script window. The data editor displays data files. The output viewer displays statistical results and graphs. The syntax editor is used to create SPSS command syntax. The script window runs syntax files. The presentation covered the history of SPSS and an overview of its main windows and features for analyzing data.

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    Overview of SPSS

    Lab Instructor: Carol Diamond A. Kushida, RMT


    Powerpoint notes adapted from: Sir Leo Teophane B, Sinco,
    RMT, MLS (ASCPI)
    Presentation Outline

    Key topics for discussion


    • Definition
    • History
    • The 4 windows of SPSS
    HISTORY:
    • SPSS means: Statistical Package for Social Science.

    • SPSS was first released in 1968 after being developed by Norman H. Nie and C.
    Hadlai Hull.

    Norman H. Nie C. Hadlai Hull


    Overview of SPSS
    SPSS is a Window based full-featured
    data analysis program that offers a
    variety of applications such as SPSS is comprehensive, easy-to-use and
    statistical analysis, graphics, predictive analytics tools for agricultural
    users, business users, analysts and statistical
    reporting, and data base programmers.
    management.

    It is one of the most popular


    statistical packages which can
    perform highly complex data
    manipulation and analysis with
    simple instruction.
    THE 4 WINDOWS OF SPSS:

    DATA EDITOR OUTPUT VIEWER

    SYNTAX EDITOR SCRIPT WINDOW


    SPSS DATA EDITOR:
    The Data Editor displays the contents of the
    working data file. There
    are two related windows in the data editor
    window:

    Data View displays the


    data in a spreadsheet format with variable
    names listed for column headings,
    and

    Variable View displays


    information about the variables of data set.
    SPSS Viewer/Output:
    Statistical results and graphs are displayed in
    the Viewer window. The Viewer window is
    divided into two panes.

    The right-hand pane contains the


    all the output and the left-hand pane
    contains a tree-structure of the results.

    One can use the left-hand pane for


    navigating through,
    editing and printing of results. The output
    files are saved with .spo or *.spv extension
    depending upon the version available.

    A Viewer window opens automatically the


    first time when the procedure generates
    output.
    SPSS Syntax Editor:
    The Syntax Editor is used to create SPSS
    command syntax for using the SPSS
    production facility.

    Usually one will be using the point and


    click facilities of SPSS, and hence, there is
    no need to use the Syntax Editor
    SCRIPT WINDOW
    TASK BAR FEATURES

    CHART EDITOR FILE MENU EDIT MENU


    The chart editor is used to edit From the file menu one can
    graphs. When we One can cut, copy,
    open several different
    double-click on figure or
    existing files or a database file paste, insert
    graph, it will reappear in a
    such as an excel file or read in variables,insert
    chart editor window. One
    a text file.
    can change the colors, select cases, or use find in the
    different type of fonts and One can also save any
    changes to the current file.
    Data Editor window.
    sizes etc.
    TASK BAR FEATURES

    DATA MENU: TRANSFORM MENU ANALYZE MENU:


    The transform menu is
    The data menu The analyze menu is
    where one will find the
    allows defining variable where all statistical
    options to do some analysis takes place. It is
    properties, sort cases,
    computations on from descriptive statistics
    merge files, split files,
    variables, to create new to regression analysis to
    select cases and use a
    variables from existing nonparametric tests to
    variable to weight ROC curve.
    ones or recode old
    cases. variables.
    TASK BAR FEATURES

    ANALYZE MENU GRAPHS MENU UTILITIES MENU


    The analyze The graph menu is
    menu is where all where one can create
    statistical analysis Use this menu to
    high resolution
    takes place. It is from
    plots and graphs to be view variable
    descriptive
    edited in the chart labels for each
    statistics to regression
    editor window or one variable.
    analysis to
    can create
    nonparametric tests to
    interactive graphs.
    ROC curve.
    TASK BAR FEATURES

    WINDOW: ADD-ONS MENU: HELP:


    From the add-ons menu one This menu gives the
    From the window menu can run other SPSS software index of help topics,
    you can change the active like conjoint, classification tutorials, SPSS home
    window. The window with trees, Neural Networks. Also
    page, Statistics coach
    a check mark is the active there are programmability
    and some basic
    one. In this case it is the extensions that allow us to
    integrate programs like R and questions.
    data editor window.
    Python into SPSS.
    For Next Meeting (week 2):
    • Activity 1: ENCODING OF DATA IN SPSS AND
    EXCEL
    • Discussion on TYPES OF DATA /VARIABLES

    Assignments:
    • Continue downloading SPSS
    • Create a group chat in FB messenger & Add
    me to the group.

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