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Data Analysis with IBM SPSS Statistics

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Product type Book
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787283817
Pages 446 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Ken Stehlik-Barry Ken Stehlik-Barry
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Anthony Babinec Anthony Babinec
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Installing and Configuring SPSS 2. Accessing and Organizing Data 3. Statistics for Individual Data Elements 4. Dealing with Missing Data and Outliers 5. Visually Exploring the Data 6. Sampling, Subsetting, and Weighting 7. Creating New Data Elements 8. Adding and Matching Files 9. Aggregating and Restructuring Data 10. Crosstabulation Patterns for Categorical Data 11. Comparing Means and ANOVA 12. Correlations 13. Linear Regression 14. Principal Components and Factor Analysis 15. Clustering 16. Discriminant Analysis

Installing and Configuring SPSS

If the SPSS Statistics package is not already available for you to use, you will need to start by installing the software. This section establishes the foundation to use this tool for data analysis. Even if the software is available on your computer, you will want to become familiar with setting up the environment properly in order to make the analyzing process efficient and effective.

It is also a good idea to run a basic SPSS job to verify that everything is working as it should and to see the resources that are provided by way of tutorials and sample datasets.

Before you can use IBM SPSS Statistics for data analysis, you will need to install and configure the software. Typically, an analyst or researcher will use their desktop/laptop to analyze the data and this is where the SPSS software will be installed.

When you purchase the software, or obtain it through your organization, you will receive an executable with a name such as SPSS_Statistics_24_win_64.exe. The 64 in this file name indicates that the 64-bit version of the software was selected and version 24 of SPSS is being installed.

Running this .exe file will launch the installation process but prior to this, there are some things to consider. During the installation process, you will be asked where you want the files associated with SPSS to be stored. Most often, users will put the software in the same location that they use for other applications on their machine. This is usually the C:Program Files folder.

Topics that will be covered in this chapter include the following:

  • Running the SPSS installation utility
  • Setting parameters during the installation process
  • Licensing the SPSS software
  • Setting parameters within the SPSS software
  • Executing a basic SPSS session
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