0G53BUA - IBM SPSS Statistics Essentials (V26)

Course topics

1. Introduction to IBM SPSS Statistics
Review basic concepts in IBM SPSS Statistics
Identify the steps in the research process
Review basic analyses
Use Help

2. Reading data and defining metadata
Overview of data sources
Read from text files
Read data from Microsoft Excel
Read data from databases
Define variable properties

3. Selecting cases for analyses
Select cases for analyses
Run analyses for groups
Apply report authoring styles

4. Transforming variables
Compute variables
Recode values of categorical and scale variables
Create a numeric variable from a string variable

5. Using functions to transform variables
Use statistical functions
Use logical functions
Use missing value functions
Use conversion functions
Use system variables
Use the Date and Time Wizard

6. Setting the unit of analysis
Remove duplicate cases
Create aggregate datasets
Restructure datasets

7. Merging data files
Add cases from one dataset to another
Add variables from one dataset to another
Enrich a dataset with aggregated information

8. Summarizing individual variables
Define levels of measurement
Summarizing categorical variables
Summarizing scale variables

9. Describing the relationship between variables
Choose the appropriate procedure
Summarize the relationship between categorical variables
Summarize the relationship between a scale and a categorical variable

10. Creating presentation-ready tables with Custom Tables
Identify table layouts
Create tables for variables with shared categories
Create tables for multiple response questions

11. Customizing pivot tables
Perform Automated Output Modification
Customize pivot tables
Use table templates
Export pivot tables to other applications

12. Working with syntax
Use syntax to automate analyses
Create, edit, and run syntax
Shortcuts in the Syntax Editor

13. Controlling the IBM SPSS Statistics environment
Set options for output
Set options for variables display
Set options for default working foldersa