Manipulating cases - selecting subsets of data for analysis, filtering files, splitting files, sorting cases.Creating new variables - recoding, computing, count, performing calculations on subsets via DO IF - END IF, making multiple calculations using DO REPEAT loops.Defining and documenting data, variable names, variable labels, value labels, missing value, formatting data.Reading data into SPSS from other formats - handling text format, Excel format data,.Some simple SPSS commands - opening and saving files, describing data via frequencies, descriptives and crosstabs.Starting with syntax - why use SPSS syntax, the basics of writing and running syntax determining when your command runs.The course will cover the following topics:
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point and click) is expected, no previous experience in using the SPSS syntax language is required. Whilst some previous experience of using SPSS via the menus (i.e. Course examples and data sets will largely come from survey data, but the skills learned are applicable and widely transferable to an incredibly wide variety of scenarios. Using the SPSS syntax language to import, organise and manipulate your data is substantially more efficient time-wise than using the menus, and has the dual advantages of simple repeatability and of providing an audit trail for your work. the analysis of it, safe in the knowledge that you are working from an accurate, fully documented data set. Learn to improve your data managment skills and hence create more time for the more interesting parts of a study i.e. And if it is not, then it is more than likely that the results from your analysis of it will be incorrect too. There are very few grey areas in managing data - your data is either accurate or it is not. This course is aimed at a very wide audience, namely anyone who ever has to handle data using SPSS!
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NOTE - this course requires you to have your own PC or laptop with SPSS installed - any of versions v21 onwards will do. This course is promoted by Falcon Training Chris Stride Management using SPSS Syntax