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Hands-on workshops tailored to suit you and your staff.

Day One: THE BASICS

GENERAL CONCEPTS

• Overview of data analysis processes using SPSS
• Survey versus Experiment
• SPSS program options and defaults
• Window types: data, output, syntax.
• File types: data, listing.

SETTING UP THE DATA

• The concept of a "case"
• The right measurement for the right results
• Creation of variables and choosing suitable data types
• Variable and value labels
• Using files of other formats
• Calculating new variables
• Variable recode

GETTING RESULTS

• Frequency tables
• Crosstabulations
• Charts: frequency, cluster/stacked, and value bar chart
• Simple statistics on groups: comparing means, standard deviation

COMMUNICATING RESULTS

• Modifying output (tables and charts) for pleasing presentation
• Using chart templates
• Using TableLooks
• Including output in Word and/or Publisher documents

DATA MANAGEMENT

• Dealing with missing values
• Using weight variables
• Selecting cases
• Using sets
• The "Visual Bander"
• Split and aggregate files
• Dealing with multi-response questions
• Data restructuring
• Working with dates, times, and durations
• Merging files (adding cases and variables)

GETTING RESULTS

• A taste of using SPSS syntax
• Means on nested subgroups
• The concept of significance
• Using Chi-square