1. SPSS Overview

2. The opening screen 2

3. The SPSS windows 3

4. Obtain the data Download the Demo File from the data folder in the course Blackboard site Save it on the desk top Open the saved file with SPSS PASW (SPSS) 4

5. Data Editor Variable descriptions Drop down menus Action buttons PASW (SPSS) 5

6. Data Editor Action buttons PASW (SPSS) 6

7. SPSS Viewer Drop down menus Action buttons Navigation window Output window 7

8. SPSS Viewer – export results 8

9. 9 PASW (SPSS)

10. Syntax Editor Drop down menus Action buttons Navigation window Syntax window 10

11. HELP! PASW (SPSS) 11

12. Customizing SPSS 12 PASW (SPSS)

13. DATA MANAGEMENT WITH SPSS 13

14. Data management with SPSS Read an existing data set – Action buttons: Open data document button – Menu: File → Open → Data Entering data –Menu: File → New → Data Select a subset of the data –Action buttons: Select cases button –Menu: File → Data → Select cases 14

15. Select all the data for the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA PASW (SPSS) Close the original data set once the subset has been created. 15

16. Additional hints on data management Defining variable labels – VARIABLE LABELS varname ‘variable label’. Define variable level of measurement – VARIABLE LEVEL varname (NOMINAL). Define values for code-set – VALUE LABELS varname 1 ‘label1’ 2 ‘label2’... 16

17. Merging datasets Add new variables or add new cases Both datasets must be open at the same time Select one dataset to be the “master” – The second dataset will be the source of the new cases or new variables BOTH datasets must have the same unique case (or record) identifier. 17

18. How to add a variable 18 PASW (SPSS)

19. UNIVARIATE STATISTICS 19

20. Measures of central tendency  Menu: Analyze → Descriptive Statistics → Frequencies 20

21. Alternative method to obtain descriptive statistics 21

22. Statistics and chart options 22

23. Do females have a higher after-tax income than males? 23

24. BI-VARIATE ANALYSIS 24

25. Cross-tabulations Specify cell-level statistics – Row, column and total % – Chi-square – Other measures of association – Measures of correlation 25

26. Do women travel further to get to work? 26