SPSS STATISTICS BASICS SPSS WINDOWS Data View Used to display data Columns represent variables Rows represent individual units or groups of units that share common values of variables Variable View Used to display information on variables in dataset TYPE: Allows for various styles of displaying LABEL: Allows for longer description of variable name VALUES: Allows for longer description of variable levels MEASURE: Allows choice of measurement scale Output View Displays Results of analyses/graphs CREATING SPSS DATA FILES In this part we will learn two ways to create SPSS data files. The first one is creating data sets manually and the second one is importing data from other sources (excel or txt files) and converting them to SPSS data sets. 1. Entering Data Manually Using the SPSS Statistics Data Editor You can manually enter data directly into SPSS by using the Data Editor. Open the Data Editor window, click Variable View and define the variables to be entered. The properties of the data to be entered is given below.
SPSS STATISTICS BASICS SPSS WINDOWS Data View Used to display data Columns represent variables Rows represent individual units or groups of units that share common values of variables Variable View Used to display information on variables in dataset TYPE: Allows for various styles of displaying LABEL: Allows for longer description of variable name VALUES: Allows for longer description of variable levels MEASURE: Allows choice of measurement scale Output View Displays Results of analyses/graphs CREATING SPSS DATA FILES In this part we will learn two ways to create SPSS data files. The first one is creating data sets manually and the second one is importing data from other sources (excel or txt files) and converting them to SPSS data sets. 1. Entering Data Manually Using the SPSS Statistics Data Editor You can manually enter data directly into SPSS by using the Data Editor. Open the Data Editor window, click Variable View and define the variables to be entered. The properties of the data to be entered is given below.