1 Introduction to SPSS 16.0 Part 2 Kevin Schoepp.

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Introduction to SPSS 16.0Part 2

Kevin Schoepp

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Outline

• Running an analysis- explore differences, t test, ANOVA

• Creating charts/graphs• Edit Tables• Moving charts and graphs into

Word

Find differences between groups

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1. Click Analyze- Descriptive Stats- Explore

2. Move a scale variable to dependent, move the category variable to factor- click Statistics

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Find differences between groups

3. Select Descriptors- click continue- click Plots

4. Select the following- click Continue

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Find differences between groups

5. Click OK

The results will appear

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Running Analyses (t- test)6. Click Analyze- Compare Means- Independent Samples t test

7. Select the test variable and the grouping variable, then click Define Groups

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Running Analyses (t- test)

9. Select OK

8. Label the groups (in this case f or m)

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Running Analyses (t- test)The results will appear

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Running Analyses (ANOVA)10. Click Analyze- Compare Means- One-Way ANOVA

11. Move the Numerical variable to the dependent list and move the categorical variable to the Factor list

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Running Analyses (ANOVA)12. Click Options

13. Select Descriptive then Continue- then select PostHoc…

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Running Analyses (ANOVA)14. Select Tukey then Continue

15. Click OK

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Running Analyses (ANOVA) Results will appear

The stars tell you where the significant differences occur

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Creating Charts

17. Move the correct variables to the right side and then click Charts

16. Click Descriptive Stats- Frequencies

The simplest way to make a chart is to create it as you are running an analysis (not always possible)

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Creating Charts

19. Click OK

18. Select the appropriate options and then click continue

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Creating Charts

20. Double click the chart to open the chart editor

The chart will appear in the

output window

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Creating ChartsYou get edit options by double clicking on an item. The changes are automatically added to the output

page once you close the chart editor

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Table Edit21. Right click on any table- select SPSS Pivot Table Object- Open

22. In the Pivot table window, click Table looks

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Table Edit

24. Double click any item to further alter it within the Pivot table window

23. Select the Table look you like and then click OK

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Table Edit

26. Click the appropriate tab and make changes as desired

25. Click Format- Table Properties to further alter the table

Close the Pivot Table when done and all changes will appear in the output

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Table EditWith a Pivot Table Open, you can hide any

unwanted columns or rows

27. Use Ctrl + Alt + click to select the row or column to be hidden

28. Right click on the column or row and click hide category

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Table EditThe data is hidden but not gone

29. Within the Pivot Table, click Edit- Undo Hide to make the data visible again

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Export Charts and Graphs to Word

The steps for charts and graphs are the same.

30. Right click on the chart and select copy.

31. In the correct location in the Word document, right click and select paste.

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Export Charts and Graphs to Word

The chart will appear in an editable format in the document.

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Export Charts and Graphs to Word

32. To edit a pasted graph, right click the graph and click Edit Picture.

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Table Edit- Set Default Table1.      Activate a pivot table (double-click anywhere in the table).2.      From the menus choose:  Format

   TableLooks…3.      Select a TableLook from the list and click Edit Look.4.      Adjust the table properties for the attributes that you want.5.      Click Save Look or Save As to save the TableLook and click OK.6.      Deselect the pivot table.7.      From the menus choose:  Edit

   Options…8.      Click the Pivot Tables tab.9.      Select the TableLook from the list and click OK.

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Creating Charts (Chart Builder)Charts can be built using Chart Builder

Refer to the SPSS Tutorial- Chart Creation Basics for step-by-step guidance

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Resources• Texas A & M- a huge selection of helpful movies

http://www.stat.tamu.edu/spss.php• UCLA- SPSS 12.0 Starter Kit (useful movies, FAQs, etc)

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/spss/sk/default.htm • Indiana University- Getting Started (useful instructions with

screenshots)http://www.indiana.edu/~statmath/stat/spss/win/

• University of Toronto- A Brief Tutorial (screenshots, instructions and basic stats)http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/courses/c1/spss/page1.htm

• Central Michigan- Tutorials and Clips (movies, screenshots, instructions- slow loading but good)http://calcnet.mth.cmich.edu/org/spss/toc.htm

• SPSS Statistics Coach and Tutorial (under Help) as well as the ZU library

• Online Statistics Textbookhttp://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html