SPSS Resources on the Web

Academic Technology Services is currently developing SPSS help materials for the CSUSM campus. Until our home-grown resources are available, we have prepared this collection of links to SPSS resources at other universities.

PPT: Introduction to SPSS

Allen Risley

Module 1: Preparing for Analysis
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The module introduces you to the basic data entry steps. Attachments: Instructions, a sample data set, and a sample survey. We will use it to get started with preparing data for analysis.

Module 2: Working with Variables

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Module 2 will cover adding and moving variables, combining variables into new variables, reverse scoring, using formulas, and creating a subset. Materials: instructions, a sample data set, and a sample survey.

Module 3: Descriptive Statistics

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Module 3 will cover summaries and descriptive statistics. Attachments include instructions, sample data, and sample survey.

Module 4: Correlation and Regression

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Module 4 will cover correlation and regression. Attachments include instructions, sample data, and sample survey.

Module 5: Chi Square

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Module 5 will cover Chi-Square. Attachments include instructions, sample data, and sample survey.

Module 6: t Test and ANOVA

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Modules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 covered preparing data for analysis, working with variables, summaries and descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, and chi-square. Module 6 will cover t Test and ANOVA. Attachments include instructions, sample data, and sample survey.

Text-based web site examples

The following web sites are resources for SPSS users at other universities. All of these sites are text-based, rather than video tutorials. Most include screenshots from SPSS to illustrate the particular point being made at the time.

ITC - Introduction to SPSS, Part 1

http://itc.virginia.edu/research/spss/training/part_1/home.html#structure

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ITC - Introduction to SPSS, Part 1

ITCWeb: Frequently Asked Questions about SPSS

http://itc.virginia.edu/research/spss/faq.html

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ITCWeb: Frequently Asked Questions about SPSS

Research Technologies at Indiana University

http://www.indiana.edu/~statmath/stat/spss/win/index.html

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Indiana University has a web-based "tutorial" that consist of several pages of text (with illustrations) describing some basic SPSS tasks.

Research Technologies at Indiana University

University of Rhode Island - SPSS for Windows

http://www.uri.edu/its/instructional_on-line_materials/spss101.html

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University of Rhode Island - SPSS for Windows

UCLA - Resources to help you learn and use SPSS

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/STAT/spss/

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UCLA - Resources to help you learn and use SPSS

Brown University - Statistics Tutorials

http://dl.lib.brown.edu/gateway/ssds/StatsTut.htm

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Brown University - Statistics Tutorials

University of Texas - SPSS for Windows: Getting Started

http://www.utexas.edu/its-archive/rc/tutorials/stat/spss/spss1/

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University of Texas - SPSS for Windows: Getting Started

University of San Francisco School of Education - SPSS Resource and Tutorial

http://www.soe.usfca.edu/current_students/spss_tutorial/index.html

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University of San Francisco School of Education - SPSS Resource and Tutorial

Video-based web site examples

These SPSS resources are animated presentation. Some have both video and audio while others are video-only. These videos allow you to see real-time how the steps are carried out in the SPSS program.