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Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics: Implementing data modeling, descriptive statistics and ANOVA

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Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

Accessing and Organizing Data

This chapter shows you how to read common file formats such as an Excel sheet or a delimited text file to IBM SPSS Statistics. The rationale for showing the reading of these formats is that most software programs read these file formats. In addition, many analysts use Excel for simple data activities such as data handling and producing charts. However, beyond these simple activities, Excel is limited in the data analytic capabilities it provides, so researchers have turned to IBM SPSS Statistics for its extensive statistical and analytical capabilities.

In order to use IBM SPSS Statistics, you must first read your data to the IBM SPSS Statistics Data Editor window. Once you successfully read the data, you provide variable properties to enrich the description of the data. After you have established the variable properties for the variables in your...

Accessing and organizing data overview

Once you read the data to IBM SPSS Statistics, you should at least do a cursory data check of the inputted data. Do you see numeric data? String data? Is the data in the expected scale and range? Is the data complete?

Of course, even if your data is not really very large in either the number of rows or columns, it can be difficult to assess via a simple visual inspection. For this reason, you might use SPSS Statistics to produce a tabular summary of variables showing counts and percentages. Doing so produces tables showing all the data codes in the designated variables. Once you have defined the SPSS Variable Properties such as value labels, you can control the tabular display to show data values (the data codes), value labels, or both.

A further consideration is how the data values are represented for categorical variables. Let's...

Reading Excel files

Here is a snapshot of a portion of an Excel spreadsheet:

Note that row 1 of the Excel spreadsheet is a header row containing variable names for the columns.

When working with Excel spreadsheets or delimited text files, use row 1 of the file to supply variable names that you intend to use in SPSS Statistics.

IBM SPSS Statistics can directly read an Excel sheet. There are different implementations in different recent releases of IBM SPSS Statistics but, in general, the capability exists on the File menu. In IBM SPSS Statistics 24, use the following path:

File | Import Data

Here is the Read Excel File dialog box:

By default, IBM SPSS Statistics shows the entire range of data that it encounters in the Excel sheet. You can use the Range portion of the dialog box to specify a subset range. Also by default, IBM SPSS Statistics expects to find variable names in...

Reading delimited text data files

Here is a snapshot of a portion of a comma-delimited text file:

A delimiter is a character such as a comma that serves as a separator between elements across a line of data. A text file is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text, often using the ASCII character set. Such a file is easily viewed in Windows accessories such as Notepad. Note that row 1 of the comma-delimited text file is a header row containing variable names for the columns.

IBM SPSS Statistics can directly read a delimited text file. There are different implementations in different recent releases of IBM SPSS Statistics, but the capability exists on the File menu. In IBM SPSS Statistics 24, use the following path:

File | Import Data

Here is the Read CSV File dialog box:

The Read CSV File dialog box shows the name of the file and a...

Saving IBM SPSS Statistics files

Use the SAVE command to save a data file in the IBM SPSS Statistics format, which contains data plus a dictionary. The dictionary contains a name for each variable, plus variable metadata (variable properties) such as assigned variable labels, value labels, missing values, and formats. As an aside, the dictionary also contains text that was specified on the DOCUMENTS command, if this command is used.

To save the data file along with variable properties from the menus, specify as follows:

File | Save

This brings up the Save Data As dialog box:

At a minimum, specify the folder in which you wish to save the file, along with a filename. Then press either Paste to paste the syntax or Save to write the file to disk. In addition, you can use the Variables… button to select variables to keep or drop.

Here is an example of the pasted syntax:

SAVE...

Reading IBM SPSS Statistics files

The IBM SPSS Statistics file is a data file created and saved in IBM SPSS Statistics. This file contains data in binary form, variable names, and other variable properties, and is directly readable by IBM SPSS Statistics.

In IBM SPSS Statistics 24, use File | Open | Data.

Here is the Open Data dialog box:

Click on OK to read the file, or click on Paste to paste the constructed syntax to the syntax window.

Here is the constructed syntax:

GET
FILE='C:\Users\Tony\Documents\KSBSPSSBOOK_DATA\chapter2\gss2014\gss2014extract170113.sav'.
DATASET NAME DataSet1 WINDOW=FRONT.

Running the syntax populates an IBM SPSS Statistics Data Editor window with the data.

Demo - first look at the data - frequencies

The GSS 2014 data extract has 2,538 rows. You can inspect the data by visually scanning and scrolling through the data window, but the sample size makes it difficult to grasp all of the data at once. For example, how many unique values are there in a given variable? Do the values in a given variable occur with about the same frequency, or do certain values predominate? Running Frequencies on the data can serve as a useful first look because it produces summary tables that show all data values on the specified variables.

To run Frequencies from the menus, specify as follows:

Analyze | Descriptive Statistics | Frequencies

This opens the Frequencies dialog box.

Move all variables except ID from the left-hand side to the right-hand side variable list. Why leave out ID? This is because the resulting frequency table is quite lengthy.

Variables...
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Key benefits

  • Leverage the power of IBM SPSS Statistics to perform efficient statistical analysis of your data
  • Choose the right statistical technique to analyze different types of data and build efficient models from your data with ease
  • Overcome any hurdle that you might come across while learning the different SPSS Statistics concepts with clear instructions, tips and tricks

Description

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.

Who is this book for?

This book is designed for analysts and researchers who need to work with data to discover meaningful patterns but do not have the time (or inclination) to become programmers. We assume a foundational understanding of statistics such as one would learn in a basic course or two on statistical techniques and methods.

What you will learn

  • Install and set up SPSS to create a working environment for analytics
  • Techniques for exploring data visually and statistically, assessing data quality and addressing issues related to missing data
  • How to import different kinds of data and work with it
  • Organize data for analytical purposes (create new data elements, sampling, weighting, subsetting, and restructure your data)
  • Discover basic relationships among data elements (bivariate data patterns, differences in means, correlations)
  • Explore multivariate relationships
  • Leverage the offerings to draw accurate insights from your research, and benefit your decision-making
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Table of Contents

16 Chapters
Installing and Configuring SPSS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Accessing and Organizing Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Statistics for Individual Data Elements Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Dealing with Missing Data and Outliers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Visually Exploring the Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Sampling, Subsetting, and Weighting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating New Data Elements Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Adding and Matching Files Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Aggregating and Restructuring Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Crosstabulation Patterns for Categorical Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Comparing Means and ANOVA Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Correlations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Linear Regression Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Principal Components and Factor Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Clustering Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Discriminant Analysis Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Just starting the journey to deep dive & using stats function in IBM Statistics which sometimes not as simple as it looks.
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When I was a rookie data analyst this book would have been perfect for me. I had a reasonable understanding of statistics from graduate school courses, but no understanding of real-life data analysis challenges, particularly involving the less-than-perfect data that is usually available. Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics does an excellent job of guiding the reader through this. One learns how to use SPSS to solve data problems, and there are many tips on multiple ways to approach a problem, and how to pick the best solution for the data and the planned analysis.The emphasis the authors place on showing the reader all the ways in which SPSS can help with the complex task of data preparation is one of the best features of this book. This is an aspect of data analysis that many inexperienced analysts underestimate, and the authors not only show the reader what SPSS can do for an analyst, but why it is so important. Tips throughout point out some especially helpful features, and warn analysts about some common pitfalls.The chapters discussing SPSS statistical techniques are equally helpful and thorough. Again, there is emphasis on evaluating one’s data to make sure it is suitable for a given technique, and the data adequacy tests that are presented are explained in detail. Analytical results are discussed carefully and suggestions for further investigation are offered.
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