Description
In this chapter, you will learn what is SPSS, its definition, its history. The section also lets you learn how to open SPSS in two ways. The other topics included in this section are
A layout of SPSS – Data View and Variable view, SPSS Viewer window, Syntax window
SPSS Menus and Icons – File, Edit, View, Data, Transform, Analyze, Graphs, Utilities, Add-Ons, Window, and Help.
How to exit SPSS
Data entry of a Questionnaire format
In this section, you will learn how to enter questionnaire data into SPSS. It includes an example showing how to create a number of different variables. It also shows you the step by step procedure of creating the data file in SPSS, adding values for questions and how to perform appropriate analysis in SPSS
The multiple response commands lets you analyze a number of separate variables all at the one time. This chapter explains to you how to input the data, set up variables for multiple response questions and analyze multiple choice questions.
Arranging columns in Ascending, Descending order
Sorting the data will help to rearrange the data in a specific order with respect to a specific variable. There are two ways of sorting the data – row sorting and column sorting. The different types of sorting are explained in detail in this chapter. The topics included are
Sorting using the data view
Sorting using the sort cases procedure
Sort variables
Choosing sort order under sorting types
Likert Scale is most commonly used in research where questionnaire method is used. In this method, the responses are done using scales. The respondents specify their level of agreement or disagreement for a series of statements. In this chapter, you will learn how to summarize Likert scale the data in SPSS and how to do the analysis of the Likert scale data in SPSS.
Analyse mean, median, mode
This tutorial will show you how to use SPSS to perform descriptive statistics. The frequency command is used to calculate the mean, median and mode in SPSS. You can go to this command using Analyze à Descriptive à Frequencies. The step by step procedure is given in this chapter along with screenshots to make you easily understand the calculation of mean, median and mode in SPSS.
Course Duration:-2h 08m
