[...]... Programming .319 Tutorials for SPSS and Statistics 319 SPSS Wiki .321 PSPP, a Free SPSS 321 Glossary 323 Index 331 xv xvi SPSS For Dummies Introduction G ood news! You don’t have to know diddly-squat about statistics to be able to come up with well-calculated conclusions and display them in fancy graphs All you need is the SPSS software and a bunch of... chapter For other jobs, you need to read only a single section 5 6 SPSS For Dummies Part I The Fundamental Mechanics of SPSS T In this part his is a look at SPSS from 10,000 feet Even if you know nothing whatsoever about SPSS, after you read this part you will have a good idea of how it all works You won’t know about all the details, but you will have a clear understanding of the general operation of SPSS. .. predictions, and the SPSS people could always figure out what they should do next Chapter 1: Introducing SPSS The Four Ways to Talk to SPSS More than one way exists for you to command SPSS to do your bidding And you don’t have to choose one and stick with it — you can perform tasks using whichever of the four interfaces you prefer You can use any of the four approaches to perform any of the SPSS functions,... demonstrate capabilities of SPSS These files are all in one of two places Most are in the same directory you use to install SPSS That is, the action of installing SPSS also installs a number of data files ready to be loaded into SPSS and used for analysis A few of the files used in the examples can be found in the compressed file spss. zip found at this Web site: www .dummies. com/go /spss You can also get the... graphic formats SPSS can produce lots of different kinds of graphs and maps Fortunately, it’s an easy thing to do — you simply select variable names and how you want them displayed Part IV: Analysis Hidden down inside SPSS are lots of statistical methods This thing manufactures numbers like McDonald’s manufactures hamburgers Part IV explains how to manufacture the numbers you want 3 4 SPSS For Dummies. .. .311 Advanced Multivariate Models 311 Exact Tests 312 SPSS Categories 312 SPSS Trends 313 SPSS Map .313 SPSS Complex Samples 314 Chapter 21: Ten Useful Things You Can Find on the Internet 315 SPSS Humor 316 The SPSS Home Page 316 SPSS Developer Center 316 User Groups 317 Mailing Lists... are freely available to you The files are either installed with SPSS in the SPSS installation directory at \Program Files \SPSS (unless you chose another location during installation) or designed for this book and available on the following Web site: www .dummies. com/go /spss You can also find the files at my Web site: www.belugalake.com /spss Different kinds of files are available Most are data files... programming languages inside SPSS? ) Who This Book Is For In general terms, this book is for anyone new to SPSS No prior knowledge of statistics or mathematics is needed or even expected In specific terms, this book was written with two groups in mind: students who are not majoring in mathematics but are instructed to use SPSS and office workers who are instructed to use SPSS For most people generating... Programming SPSS with Command Syntax 4 Part VI: Programming SPSS with Python and Scripts 4 Part VII: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 5 Part I: The Fundamental Mechanics of SPSS 7 Chapter 1: Introducing SPSS 9 Garbage In, Garbage Out 9 From Whence SPSS? .10 The Four Ways to Talk to SPSS. .. approach is that, at each step, SPSS will make sure that you enter everything necessary before proceeding to the next step This is the preferred interface for those just starting out — and if you don’t do much with SPSS, this may be the only interface you ever use ߜ Syntax: This is the internal language used to command actions from SPSS It was known as the command syntax of SPSS, hence its name It is often . Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies. com, and related trade dress. Programming 319 Tutorials for SPSS and Statistics 319 SPSS Wiki 321 PSPP, a Free SPSS 321 Glossary 323 Index 331 xv Table of Contents 02_113448 ftoc.qxp 2/26/07 10:19 PM Page xv SPSS For Dummies xvi 02_113448. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" SPSS ® FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Arthur Griffith 01_113448 ffirs.qxp 2/26/07 10:18 PM Page i 01_113448 ffirs.qxp 2/26/07 10:18 PM Page iv SPSS ® FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Arthur Griffith 01_113448