Spss Presentation To Dqam&E: Please Ask Where You Will Not Have Understood Asi Present!
Spss Presentation To Dqam&E: Please Ask Where You Will Not Have Understood Asi Present!
Spss Presentation To Dqam&E: Please Ask Where You Will Not Have Understood Asi Present!
SPSS presentation
to DQAM&E
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What is SPSS?
SPSS is short for Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences
It is a software package used for the analysis of
statistical data.
SPSS has similarities to both spreadsheet applications
like Ms. Excel and databases like Ms. Access.
SPSS interface
• Data view
The place to enter data
Columns: variables
Rows: records
• Variable view
The place to enter variables
List of all variables
Characteristics of all variables
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Data View
Columns/
variables
Rows/
cases
Data
View
Variable
View
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Variable View
1. Click Variable View
2. Type variable name under
Name column (AGE).
NOTE: Variable name can be 64
bytes long, and should be one
word.
2. Type 4. 3. Type: Numeric, string, etc.
variable Description 4. Label: description of
name of variable variables.
3. Type: 5. Values: Define the numerical
numeric or values
string
1. Click this
Window
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Data entry
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Defining variables
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Import data from Excel
• Select File Open Data
• Choose Excel as file type
• Select the file you want to import
• Then click Open
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Open Excel files in SPSS
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Saving in SPSS
Save this
file as
SPSS data
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Data analysis
Data analysis is a process of inspecting,
transforming and modeling data with the goal of
discovering useful information, informing
conclusion and supporting decision-making.
What is data?
Data are facts and statistics collected together for
reference or analysis.
Data is any set of characters that is gathered and
translated for some purpose, usually analysis.
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Qualitative Variables
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