What is SPSS?
SPSS is a statistical software which was actually developed as an analysis program for social scientist . Abbreviation of SPSS is Statistical Package for Social Science and now it is modified to Superior Performing Software.
Why we use SPSS?
-SPSS performs four main tasks:
- Manipulates and manages data
- Products reports and table
- Perform simple and complex statistical analysis
- Produces graphical output
Interface:
Mainly there are four window-
1.data editor
2.output viewer
3.syntax editor
4.script windows
There are two interface in data editor.
i.variable view:
In this view , we can insert our variable name .
Variable view |
ii.data view:
In this view , we can input our data for our inserted variable.
Data view |
How can we enter data in SPSS?
We can enter data in spss by using two different ways.
- Manually
- Import data from excel
Manually entering data |
- After open spss software , at first we have to write the variable name in the "Name" column.
- click on "Type" and select the variable type.
- then we have to write the variable description in the "Label" column.
Selecting variable type |
then we have to go to the "Values" column and click on it. Then we can see a new box named value labels .
Add value labels |
Now we have to enter a value on that box and define the value by a label and click "Add". After adding all values then click "Ok".
By using above process we can easily entering our data in spss manually .
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How to analyze data using SPSS (for beginners)-part 1
How to analyze data using SPSS (part-2), how to input data in SPSS
How to analyze data using SPSS (part-3), how to import data in SPSS from excel file
How to analyze data using SPSS (part-4), how to sort data in SPSS
How to analyze data using SPSS ( part-5) how to merge file in SPSS?
How to analyze data using SPSS ( part-6), how to merge file in SPSS
How to analyze data using SPSS (part-7), Finding missing values, Replacing missing values, Coding missing values in SPSS
How to analyze data using SPSS (part-8), variable transformation, Recoding variables in spss
Univariate analysis| How to analyze data using spss (part-9)
Bivariate analysis| How to analyze data using spss (part-10)
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