spss exercise 1 · 2018. 8. 14. · spss exercise 1 getting started due: objective: there are three...
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SPSSExercise1GettingStarted
Due:
Objective:Therearethreeobjectivestotheassignment.
1. SecuringtheSPSSsoftware2. SecuringthedatafortheSPSSassignments3. LearningabouttheSPSSinterface.
Software:Thesoftwareisavailableatnocosttoallstudents.GotoITHelpdeskinClarkHall(rm.102).IfyoudonothaveacomputeritispossibletoborrowthemfromtheKingLibrary.Data:
1. Thedataareavailableat(http://www.sjsu.edu/people/carlos.e.garcia/courses/soc104/)
2. Clickonthe“SPSSData”link.Thiswillopenanewpagewithunintelligibletext.
3. Savethefiletoyourdesktop.a. ForthoseusingFirefoxgounder“File”andselect“SaveTargetAs”and
savethefileas“WebPageHTMLOnly.”b. ChromeandExploreraresimilartoFirefox.c. WithSafaritryPageSourceandinthefollowupwindowselectuse
both.4. OncethefileissavedopenSPSSandfindthefilesavedinstep3.5. Atthispointsavethefilewithanewnamethatincorporatesyourlastname
(forexampleImightcallmine“GarciaSPSSWNT2018”).SPSSInterface:
1. OpentheSPSSdataset.SeeFigure1.1.2. Atthebottommiddleofthescreentherearetwoviewoptions“DataView”
(thisviewdisplaystheresponsesgivenbysurveyparticipants’usingthenumericcodeassignedtoresponses)and“VariableView”(thisviewdisplaysthevariablesinthedatasetandthetheircharacteristics.AlwaysworkfromtheVariableView.
3. Thefirstcolumninvariableviewis“Name.”Name(alsoknownasvariablename)displaysashort-handtagassignedtoaspecificvariable.Itusuallycontainsenoughinformationtodescribethevariableitrepresents(e.g.“Marital”referstorespondentsmaritalstatus.)NotethatNamehastohavealphanumericcharacters,nevercontainsspacesbetweencharacters,andarerarelylongerthat8characters.
4. Thesecondcolumninvariableviewis“Type.”Thisreferstowhetheravariableusesnumericoralphabeticcode.Inthisclasswewillalwaysusevariablesofthetype“Numeric.”
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5. Thethirdcolumnis“Width”.Widthisusedtodeterminehowmuchspacetogiverespondentstoanswer.Forexampleifrespondentswereaskedwhatyeartheywerebornthewidthwouldhavetobe4tocapturethefourspacestakenwhenrecordingyearofbirth(e.g.1986).Forthepurposeofthisclasswidthcanstayatdefaultbutnotethatbyclickingonacellunderwidthitispossibletoincreaseordecreaseavariableswidth.
6. Thefourthcolumnis“Decimal”andisusedtoandisusedwhenusingNOTWHOLENUMBERS.
7. Thefifthcolumnis“Label”(sometimesreferredtoasvariablelabel).Itistypicallyeitheraverbatimdescriptionofthevariableorashorthandversionofthevariable.Thecellspresentedhere,andalltheothers,canbeexpandedbyincreasingthewidthofthecolumn.
8. Thesixthcolumnis“Values.”DoubleclickonacellandawindowlikethatinFigure2willpopup.Thesecondwindowshowsthenumericvalueofeachattributeandthelabelassociatedwiththatlabel.InFigure1.2forexample,avalueof“1”representstheanswer“Yes.”
9. Theseventhcolumnis“Missing.”DoubleclickonacellandwindowlikethatinFigure1.3willpopup.Whenarespondentrespondstoaquestioninawaythatisnotusefulintheanalysisitcanberemovedbyplacingthenumericlabelinoneofthecellsprovided.InFigure3theresponsesof“0”and“9”areremovedfromanalysis.
10. Columnseight,nine,ten,andelevenwillnotbeusedthissemester.Assignment:
1. SecuretheSPSSsoftware2. Downloadthedataset3. ReadtheSPSSInterfacesectiontwice.4. Meetthreeclassmatesandexchangecontactinformation.5. Writeareport:
a. AskanyquestionsyouhaveabouttheSPSSinterface(itisokayifyoudon’thaveany).
b. Discussanyproblemsyoumighthavehadcompletingthisassignment(itisokaytosayyouhadnotproblemsifyoudidn’t)
c. Reportonwhoyoumet
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