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2.1 Running SPSS
2.2 The Initial SPSS window(s)
Overview
The Title Bar
The Menu Bar
The (Power) Tool Bar
The Data Editor (Data View and Variable view)
The Status Bar
3. Sample SPSS session
Overview of this exercise
3.1 Open File
3.2 List Cases
3.3 Frequencies
3.4 Explore
3.5 Graphics
3.6 Non Parametric Wilcoxon Test
3.7 Correlation
3.8 Regression (Optional)
4. Creation of a small data file and computation of new variables
Overview
4.1 Preliminary considerations about data structures
4.2 Creation of a data dictionary
4.3 Entering data
4.4 Moving around the data
4.5 Editing data
4.6 Computation of new (or existing variables)
5. Data entry
6. Descriptive statistics
7.1Test for normality
7.2Test for homogeneity of variances
7.3Transformations
8. Comparative Statistics 1: Comparing means among groups
8.1 Comparing two groups using parametric statistics
8.1.1Two-sample t-test
8.1.2Paired T-test
8.2Comparing two groups using non-parametric statistics
8.2.1Mann Whitney U test
8.3Comparing three or more groups using parametric statistics
8.3.1One-way ANOVA and post-hoc tests
8.4Comparing three or more groups using non-parametric statistics
8.4.1Kruskal-Wallis test
8.5 For studies with two independent variables
8.5.1Two-way ANOVA
8.5.2ANCOVA
9.Comparative Statistics 2: Comparing frequencies of events
9.1 Chi Square Goodness of Fit
9.2 Chi Square Test of Independence
10.Comparative Statistics 3: Relationships among continuous variables
10.1 Correlation (no causation implied)
10.2 Regression (causation implied)
11.Graphing your data
11.1 Simple bar graph
11.2 Clustered bar graph
11.3 Box plot
11.4 Scatter plot
12.Printing from SPSS
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