Introduction to SPSS 11'0 for Windows

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Introduction to SPSS 11.0 for Windows

• Information Technology Services
• User Services
• User Training Support

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Whats New in SPSS 11.0

• Mixed level model procedures in Advanced Models
• Data Restructure Wizard
• Percentage change in OLAP cubes
• Multinomial Logistic Regression in Regression
  Models

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Whats New in SPSS 11.0

• Density functions for continuous distributions
• Database Wizard Enhancements
• Text Wizard Enhancements
• Categorical Regression Enhancements

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SPSS 11.0 for Windows

• Comprehensive system for analyzing data
• Can take data from almost any type of file
• Distributions, trends, descriptive statistics,
  and complex statistical analysis
• Can generate
• tabulated reports
• charts
• plots

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SPSS 11.0 for Windows

• Statistical analysis convenient for the advanced
  user and approachable for the beginner
• Data View - Data Editor
• Variable View - Data Definitions
• Viewer

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Data Editor

• Spreadsheet-like window for entering and managing
  data
• Import data
• Transform and recode data
• Conduction of tests and analysis

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Viewer

• Results of commands in Data Editor are viewed in
  the Viewer
• Makes it easy to organize tables
• Flexible pivot tables

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SPSS 11.0 for Windows at MSU

• SPSS Base
• SPSS Regression Models
• SPSS Advanced Models

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MSU Site License

• Yearly site license
• Unlimited number of licenses for computers owned
  by MSU
• Each year the serial number expires and a new one
  must be entered
• Visit the web site http//www.its.msstate.edu/Serv
  ices/Software

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Workshop Today - Sample Data Set

• A modified part of an actual data set
• Section (nominal)
• Teaching technique
• Class (nominal)
• Undergrad or grad
• Gender (nominal)
• Group Embedded Figures Score (scale)

• Homework score (scale)
• Projects score (scale)
• Final exam score(scale
• Total points (scale)
• Pre-test computer anxiety (ordinal)
• Post-test computer anxiety (ordinal)

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Analyzing a Survey-Factors Effecting Learning

• Read an Excel spreadsheet into SPSS
• Enter Variable Labels and Value Labels to make
  output easy to read and understand
• Recode data
• into same variables
• into different variables
• Compute new variables

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In SPSS

• Look at SPSS Utilities
• Examine data with Descriptive Statistics
• N, Minimum,Maximum,Mean,Standard Deviation
• Examine correlations between variables
• Run the Paired T-test
• Run Regression Analysis

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In SPSS

• Examine SPSS Charting capabilities
• Pie Chart
• Interactive Pie Chart
• Look at SPSS Options
• Look at Help available within SPSS

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