Click here for SPSS Text Instructions and Examples

SPSS Video Instructions

To Launch SPSS or PASW program: Click for the video tutorial on how to start SPSS.

Data File Creation and Data Processing

Learn Creating SPSS Data File Using Sample Data - Click here to view Sample Data

• Create, Edit, and Save SPSS Data File
• Delete Data Values and Declare Missing Values

Other Video Clips for Data Processing

• SPSS Data Editor

• Label Values for a Variable and Save Data File
• Compute Option: Variables Transformation (YouTube: BMI example)
• Recoding a variable (YouTube video by Rachael Barlow)
• Selected Cases Option
• Remove cases that have missing values

Descriptive Statistics

Learn SPSS From Using A Sample Data - Click here to download SPSS Sample Data file

- SPSS (15.0 or earlier version) text instruction for descriptive statistics.

- SPSS (16.0 or later version) text instruction for descriptive statistics

• Examine One Quantitative Variable

- Mean, Standard Deviation, Histogram, Boxplot, Stemplot, Normality Test, etc.

· Make a frequency table for numeric data [recode numeric data][YouTube]

• Examine One Qualitative Variable

- Frequency Table, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, etc.

• Examine Relation Between Two Quantitative Variables

- Scatter Plot

• Examine Relation Between Two Categorical Variables

- Cross Tabulation (Contingency Table), Cluster Bar Chart

• Relation Between One Quantitative Variable & One Categorical Variable

- Means for Subgroups and Side-by-side Boxplot

Videos for Time Plot:

• Sequence Chart for Time Series Data
• Line Chart for Time Series Data

Preparing Report with MS-Word

• Copy SPSS Chart to MS-Word
• Copy a Table from SPSS to MS-Word Document
• MS-Word Equation Editor and Math Symbols

Inference on One Population

• Confidence Interval Estimate for Population Mean
• One Sample t-Test for Population Mean
• Confidence Interval Estimate for Population Proportion (Weight Cases)
• Binomial Test for Population Proportion (Weight Cases)

Two Independent Samples t-Test

• Two Independent Samples t-Test Procedure
• Tests of Normality from Two Samples
• Interpretation of SPSS Output

Paired Sample t-Test and Normality Check

• Paired Sample t-Test
• Normality Test for the Paired-Difference

One-way ANOVA F-Test and Multiple Comparisons

• One-way ANOVA
• Interpretation of SPSS Output on One-way ANOVA

Nonparametric Tests

• Sign (Binomial) Test for a Population Median
• Sign Test and Signed Rank Test for a Population Median (Related Samples option)
• Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for Paired Samples
• Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test for Two Independent Samples
• Kruskal-Wallis Test [A YouTube Video by Todd Grande]

Chi-Square Tests and Contingency Tables

• Chi-square Test of Independence for Organized Data (Weight Cases)
• Chi-square Test of Independence for Un-organized Data
• Interpret SPSS Output for Chi-square Test
• McNemar Test for Paired Sample
• Mantel-Haenszel Procedure

Correlation & Linear Regression

• Pearson's Correlation Coefficient-----Example data: WeightbyAgeHeight.sav
• Simple Linear Regression, Prediction, Residual Plot

Logistic Regression

• Logistic Regression: Variables Definitions
• Logistic Regression: Use of SPSS and Interpretation of the
• Logistic Regression: Interpretation of Odds Ratio
• Logistic Regression: Probability Estimation

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