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 folders