24/10/2019

SPSS presentation
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Introduction to the SPSS
Tukwatanise Raymond
B. Econ & Stat
tukwataniseraymond@gmail.com
0788564051
Presentation objectives/content
What is SPSS?
Opening SPSS/SPSS interface
How to enter data in SPSS
How to import data into SPSS
How to edit data and save data in SPSS
Analysis;- descriptive statistics, regression, correlation, etc..

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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

Analyze Descriptive statistics Frequency

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