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Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

By : Ken Stehlik-Barry, Anthony Babinec
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Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

By: Ken Stehlik-Barry, Anthony Babinec

Overview of this book

SPSS Statistics is a software package used for logical batched and non-batched statistical analysis. Analytical tools such as SPSS can readily provide even a novice user with an overwhelming amount of information and a broad range of options for analyzing patterns in the data. The journey starts with installing and configuring SPSS Statistics for first use and exploring the data to understand its potential (as well as its limitations). Use the right statistical analysis technique such as regression, classification and more, and analyze your data in the best possible manner. Work with graphs and charts to visualize your findings. With this information in hand, the discovery of patterns within the data can be undertaken. Finally, the high level objective of developing predictive models that can be applied to other situations will be addressed. By the end of this book, you will have a firm understanding of the various statistical analysis techniques offered by SPSS Statistics, and be able to master its use for data analysis with ease.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
4
Dealing with Missing Data and Outliers
10
Crosstabulation Patterns for Categorical Data

Launching and using SPSS

After reviewing the options that you have available, click on Finish to exit the installation process. Launch SPSS Statistics by going to the main Windows menu and finding it under Recently added in the upper left of the screen. The first screenshot shown under the licensing SPSS section is displayed initially. The tutorials included with SPSS can be accessed via the link on this screen, but they are also available via the Help menu within SPSS. Close this dialog box and the SPSS Data Editor window will be displayed.

The Data Editor window resembles a spreadsheet in terms of the layout, with the columns representing fields and the rows representing cases. As no data file has been loaded at this point, the window will have no content in the cells. Go to the Edit menu and select Options at the very bottom, as shown in the following screenshot: