SPSS Orientation

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 About SPSS

SPSS stands for Statistical Packages for Social Sciences. This software is developed by International Business Machines (IBM) corporation. The initial release was in 1968. This software is operated in Windows, Linux, Unix and mac operating systems. This SPSS is a JAVA platform.

Researchers use this SPSS software for data analysis and data management. This SPSS software is very helpful for social science research. You can download the SPSS software as the free version. You can purchase it as a licensed copy. SPSS version 26 is now (the year 2022) available.

File name extension is .sav. Example pizza.sav

SPSS can be used for any of the following functions

ü   Creating a database to input data

ü   Data import from other sources like MS Excel

ü   Data management

ü   Data analysis

ü  Graphical presentation of data

SPSS has Five windows

ü   Variable window

ü   Data window

ü   Output window

ü   Graph window

ü  Syntax window

Menus in SPSS



Variable Window

•        Creating the variables

•         Give the specification of the created variables

–    the type of variable

–    levelling the name of the variable. Helps to extra knowledge about the variable.

–    giving the “value levels” of the variables (for qualitative variable)

–  specifying the level of measurement of the variables like nominal, ordinal and scale (for interval and ratio)

Data Window

This window is used to input data that is collected from the field level. 

Output Window


You can copy any table from the output window into an MS word document of the research report.

Sources of Data

ü  MS Excel data

ü   Text data

ü   Database data (e.g. MS Access) etc.

Data Analysis

  • Descriptive  analysis
  • Inferential analysis


Md. Abdur Rashid

 



 

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