SPSS 13.0 Base Users Guide

1. Overview

What’s New in SPSS 13.0?

Windows

Menus

Status Bar

Dialog Boxes

Variable Names and Variable Labels in Dialog Box Lists

Dialog Box Controls

Subdialog Boxes

Selecting Variables

Getting Information about Variables in Dialog Boxes

Getting Information about Dialog Box Controls

Basic Steps in Data Analysis

Statistics Coach

Finding Out More about SPSS

 

2. Getting Help

Using the Help Table of Contents

Using the Help Index

Getting Help on Dialog Box Controls

Getting Help on Output Terms

Using Case Studies

Copying Help Text from a Pop-Up Window

 

3. Data Files

Opening a Data File

To Open Data Files

Data File Types

Opening File Options

Reading Excel Files

How the Data Editor Reads Older Excel Files and Other Spreadsheets

How the Data Editor Reads dBASE Files

Reading Database Files

Selecting a Data Source

Database Login

Selecting Data Fields

Creating a Parameter Query

Aggregating Data

Defining Variables

Sorting Cases

Results

Text Wizard

File Information

Saving Data Files

To Save Modified Data Files

Saving Data Files in Excel Format

Saving Data Files in SAS Format

Saving Data Files in Other Formats

Saving Data: Data File Types

Saving Subsets of Variables

Saving File Options

Protecting Original Data

Virtual Active File

 

4. Distributed Analysis Mode

Distributed versus Local Analysis

 

5. Data Editor

Data View

Variable View

Entering Data

Editing Data

Go to Case

Case Selection Status in the Data Editor

Data Edit or Display Options

Data Editor Printing

 

6. Data Preparation

Defining Variable Properties

Copying Data Properties

Identifying Duplicate Cases

Visual Bander

Banding Variables

Automatically Generating Banded Categories

Copying Banded Categories

User-Missing Values in the Visual Bander

 

7. Data Transformations

Computing Variables

Functions

Missing Values in Functions

Random Number Generators

Count Occurrences of Values within Cases

Recoding Values

Recode into Same Variables

Recode into Different Variables

Rank Cases

Automatic Recode

Date and Time Wizard

Time Series Data Transformations

Scoring Data with Predictive Models

 

8. File Handling and File Transformations

Sort Cases

Transpose

Merging Data Files

Add Cases

Add Variables

Aggregate Data

Split File

Select Cases

Weight Cases

Restructuring Data

 

9. Working with Output

Viewer

Using Output in Other Applications

Pasting Objects into the Viewer

Paste Special

Pasting Objects from Other Applications into the Viewer

Export Output

Viewer Printing

Saving Output

 

10. Draft Viewer

To Create Draft Output

Controlling Draft Output Format

Fonts in Draft Output

To Print Draft Output

To Save Draft Viewer Output

 

11. Pivot Tables

Manipulating a Pivot Table

Working with Layers

Bookmarks

Showing and Hiding Cells

Editing Results

Changing the Appearance of Tables

Table Properties

To Change Pivot Table Properties

Table Properties: General

To Change General Table Properties

Table Properties: Footnotes

To Change Footnote Marker Properties

Table Properties: Cell Formats

To Change Cell Formats

Table Properties: Borders

To Change Borders in a Table

To Display Hidden Borders in a Pivot Table

Table Properties: Printing

To Control Pivot Table Printing

Font

Data Cell Widths

Cell Properties

To Change Cell Properties

Cell Properties: Value

To Change Value Formats in a Cell

To Change Value Formats for a Column

Cell Properties: Alignment

To Change Alignment in Cells

Cell Properties: Margins

To Change Margins in Cells

Cell Properties: Shading

To Change Shading in Cells

Footnote Marker

Selecting Rows and Columns in Pivot Tables

To Select a Row or Column in a Pivot Table

Modifying Pivot Table Results

Printing Pivot Tables

To Print Hidden Layers of a Pivot Table

Controlling Table Breaks for Wide and Long Tables

 

12. Working with Command Syntax

Syntax Rules

Pasting Syntax from Dialog Boxes

Copying Syntax from the Output Log

Editing Syntax in a Journal File

To Run Command Syntax

Multiple Execute Commands

 

13. Frequencies

Frequencies Statistics

Frequencies Charts

Frequencies Format

 

14. Descriptives

Descriptives Options

 

15. Explore

Explore Statistics

Explore Plots

Explore Options

 

16. Crosstabs

Crosstabs Layers

Crosstabs Clustered Bar Charts

Crosstabs Statistics

Crosstabs Cell Display

Crosstabs Table Format

 

17. Summarize

Summarize Options

Summarize Statistics

 

18. Means

Means Options

 

19. OLAP Cubes

OLAP Cubes Statistics

OLAP Cubes Differences

OLAP Cubes Title

 

20. T Tests

Independent-Samples T Test

Paired-Samples T Test

One-Sample T Test

 

21. One-Way ANOVA

One-Way ANOVA Contrasts

One-Way ANOVA Post Hoc Tests

One-Way ANOVA Options

 

22. GLM Univariate Analysis

GLM Model

GLM Contrasts

GLM Profile Plots

GLM Post Hoc Comparisons

GLM Save

GLM Options

UNIANOVA Command Additional Features

 

23. Bivariate Correlations

Bivariate Correlations Options

CORRELATIONS and NONPAR CORR Command Additional Features

 

24. Partial Correlations

Partial Correlations Options

 

25. Distances

Distances Dissimilarity Measures

Distances Similarity Measures

 

26. Linear Regression

Linear Regression Variable Selection Methods

Linear Regression Set Rule

Linear Regression Plots

Linear Regression: Saving New Variables

Linear Regression Statistics

Linear Regression Options

 

27. Curve Estimation

Curve Estimation Models

Curve Estimation Save

 

28. Discriminant Analysis

Discriminant Analysis Define Range

Discriminant Analysis Select Cases

Discriminant Analysis Statistics

Discriminant Analysis Stepwise Method

Discriminant Analysis Classification

Discriminant Analysis Save

 

29. Factor Analysis

Factor Analysis Select Cases

Factor Analysis Descriptives

Factor Analysis Extraction

Factor Analysis Rotation

Factor Analysis Scores

Factor Analysis Options

 

30. Choosing a Procedure for Clustering

 

31 Two Step Cluster Analysis

Two Step Cluster Analysis Options

Two Step Cluster Analysis Plots

Two Step Cluster Analysis Output

 

32. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis

Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Method

Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Statistics

Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Plots

Hierarchical Cluster Analysis Save New Variables

 

33. K-Means Cluster Analysis

K-Means Cluster Analysis Efficiency

K-Means Cluster Analysis Iterate

K-Means Cluster Analysis Save

K-Means Cluster Analysis Options

 

34. Nonparametric Tests

Chi-Square Test

Binomial Test

Runs Test

One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test

Two-Independent-Samples Tests

Two-Related-Samples Tests

Tests for Several Independent Samples

Tests for Several Related Samples

 

35. Multiple Response Analysis

Multiple Response Define Sets

Multiple Response Frequencies

Multiple Response Crosstabs

Multiple Response Crosstabs Define Ranges

Multiple Response Crosstabs Options

MULT RESPONSE Command Additional Features

 

36. Reporting Results

Report Summaries in Rows

Report Summaries in Columns

REPORT Command Additional Features

 

37. Reliability Analysis

Reliability Analysis Statistics

RELIABILITY Command Additional Features

 

38. Multidimensional Scaling

Multidimensional Scaling Shape of Data

Multidimensional Scaling Create Measure

Multidimensional Scaling Model

Multidimensional Scaling Options

ALSCAL Command Additional Features

 

39. Ratio Statistics

Ratio Statistics

 

40. Overview of the Chart Facility

Creating and Modifying a Chart

Chart Definition Options

 

41. ROC Curves

ROC Curve Options

 

42. Utilities

Variable Information

Data File Comments

Variable Sets

Define Variable Sets

Use Sets

Reordering Target Variable Lists

 

43. Options

General Options

Viewer Options

Draft Viewer Options

Output Label Options

Chart Options

Interactive Chart Options

Pivot Table Options

Data Options

Currency Options

Script Options

 

44. Customizing Menus and Toolbars

Menu Editor

Customizing Toolbars

Show Toolbars

To Customize Toolbars

 

45. Production Facility

Using the Production Facility

Export Options

User Prompts

Production Macro Prompting

Production Options

Format Control for Production Jobs

Running Production Jobs from a Command Line

Publish to Web

Smart Viewer Web Server Login

 

46. SPSS Scripting Facility

To Run a Script

Scripts Included with SPSS

Autoscripts

Creating and Editing Scripts

To Edit a Script

Script Window

Starter Scripts

Creating Autoscripts

How Scripts Work

Table of Object Classes and Naming Conventions

New Procedure (Scripting)

Adding a Description to a Script

Scripting Custom Dialog Boxes

Debugging Scripts

Script Files and Syntax Files

 

47. Output Management System

Output Object Types

Command Identifiers and Table Subtypes

Table Labels

OMS Options

Logging

Excluding Output Display from the Viewer

Routing Output to SPSS Data Files

OXML Table Structure

OMS Identifiers

 

Appendices

A. Database Access Administrator

B. Customizing HTML Documents

To Add Customized HTML Code to Exported Output Documents

Content and Format of the Text File for Customized HTML

To Use a Different File or Location for Custom HTML Code

 

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