INTRODUCTION TO SPSS

Ass. Prof. Dr. Ramlee Ismail

SPSS environment

Data editor
Viewer
Draft Viewer
Pivot Table Editor
Chart Editor
Text Output Editor
Script Editor

Data Editor: data view

A spreadsheet system for defining,

entering, editing and displaying data
Rows are cases
Columns are variables
Cells contain values
The data file is rectangular

Variable view

Rows are variables

Columns are variable
attributes

Variable view

Input - The variable will be

used as an input (e.g.,
predictor, independent
variable).
Target - The variable will
be used as an output or
target (e.g., dependent
variable).
Both - The variable will be
used as both input and
output.
None - The variable has no
role assignment

Viewer and Draft Viewer

Outline view of
the output
contents

This panel contains:

Statistical tables,
charts and output

Pivot Table Editor

We can edit text, rearrange rows,

columns and layers, add colour,
create multidimensional tables,
and selectively hide and display
result

Pivot Table Editor

Chart Editor

Chart Editor:
High-resolution,
full-colour, bar charts,
Histograms, scatter plots,
3-D graphics and more

Syntax Editor

This window contains the command syntax

That reflects the choices you have made
selection in menu options. This commands
can then be edited (include special features
not available through the pull-down menus
and dialogue boxes-can be save in a file
for further use).

Menus: File

The Files menu allows you to

create, new files, open existing
files, read in files from other
software programs, save files
and print

Menus: Edit

This menu allows you to modify

or copy text from the output or
syntax windows, and to search
for and replace text or data.

Menus: View

This menu allows you to make the

status bar and toolbar active,
and to change particular
characteristic of the window.

Menus: Transform

To change certain variables in

the data file using commands
such as Recode and Rank
Cases, and create new
variables using the Compute
Command.

Menus: Data

The menu allows you to define

variables and create variable
template. We can also merging
files, inserting, sorting, and
transporting variables and
cases, selecting and
weighting cases.

Menus: Analyze

This menu allows you to select the

analysis you require. A variety
of statistical procedures are
available, ranging from
summarising data through to more
complex designs.

Menus: Graphs

This menu allows you to create

bar, line, area and pie charts,
histograms and scatter plots

Menus: Utilities

To display file and variable

information, it allows you to
define and use different
variable sets.

Menus: Window
This menu allows you to
arrange, select and control the
attributes of the various
Windows. You can move
efficiently among the data,
syntax, output and chart
windows

Menus: Help

This menu allows you to

access information on how
to use the many features of
SPSS

Other Features

Variables list

Command
pushbuttons

Other Features

Check boxes

Other Features

Radio buttons

THANK YOU

Ramlee Ismail
UPSI, Tg. Malim