PPT - Office of Institutional Research

January 14, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: Math, Statistics And Probability, Statistics
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Understanding SPSS Michael Rose, Graduate Assistant David Dysart, Graduate Assistant Salena Soria, IR Casual Worker 2014-15 Workshop Series October 10, 2014

Office of Institutional Research (IR) • Accountability • Internal • External

• Assessment • Continual Improvement Support • Surveys and Measures

• Planning • Enrollment Management/Resource Allocation • Decision-making and Policy Formation

• Research • Qualitative and Quantitative Research • Dissemination

• Visit us at: http://ir.csusb.edu

IR Staff • AVP for Institutional Effectiveness and Director of IR • Muriel Lopez-Wagner

• Assistant Director • Tanner Carollo

• Institutional Effectiveness Associate • Joanna Oxendine

• Research Technician • Allan Taing

• Administrative Support Coordinator • Yamira Murga

• Student Assistants • Lauren Albrecht, Eric Cazares, David Dysart, Michael Rose, Salena Soria

Opening Excel Files • Open SPSS • Opening Window • Recent Files

• Open a dataset • File -> Open -> Data • File Type: • SPSS Statistics (*.sav) • Excel (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm)

• Read Variable names from the first row of data

• Save File

Data View • Data View • Each row is a different case • Each column is a different variable • Can drag and move variables (unlike Excel) • Variables can be used to group participants • (ex. “program”)

• Change to Variable View • Click Variable View tab • Double-click variable

Variable View: Describing your Data • Edit Variables • Each row is a variable • Name • Edit variable names • No special characters (spaces, $, /, etc.) • First character has to be a letter

• Type (String = alphanumeric, Numeric = numbers only) • Width • Change GPA to 2 decimal places

• Label: • Full Name from Excel

Variable View: Describing your Data (cont’d) • Value Labels • Gives a label to simple values • Label program

• Missing Values • Force SPSS to exclude a value • EX: GPA = 0 (may want to use 99)

• Align • Similar to Excel

• Measure • Nominal – Gender • Ordinal – Level • Scale – GPA

• Can copy/paste Labels, Values, and Missing • Change to Data View • Click Data View tab • Double-click variable number

Frequencies and Descriptives • Frequencies • • • •

Analyze -> Descriptive Statistics -> Frequencies Class level, GPA, Gender, Program Statistics and Charts buttons Interpret (Frequency, Percent, Missing ClassLevel)

• Descriptives • • • • • •

Analyze -> Descriptive Statistics -> Descriptives GPA, Gender Interpret (N, Minimum, Maximum, Mean, Gender) Remove Missing value from GPA Right click variable -> Descriptives Interpret (Different way to get information, different mean because of Missing)

Program Exercise • Rename the “Program” variable so that it represents a program that is relevant to your area of expertise. • Enter a number for each case • 1 = participating, 2 = Not participating

• Check the characteristics of the variable to make sure teat they are appropriate.

Select/Split Cases • Data -> Split Files • Move program into the box, check ‘Compare groups’ • Obtain the Descriptives of GPA

• Data -> Select Cases • If condition is satisfied • Gender = 1 AND ClassLevel = Freshman‘ • Filter out unselected cases • Copy Selected cases to a new dataset • Delete unselected cases

• Descriptives of GPA

Search (case/variable) • Data View • Click GPA -> Ctrl+F

• Variable View • Click Name/Label -> Ctrl+F

Thank You! • Questions/comments? • Upcoming Workshops: • November 14: SPSS Basics, Part 2 • January 15: Adobe Illustrator

• Contact Us • AD-170 • 909-537-5052 • [email protected]

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