The SPSS 16.0 Brief Guide provides a set of tutorials designed to acquaint you with the various components of SPSS. This guide is intended for use with all operating system versions of the software, including: Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. You can work through the tutorials in sequence or turn to the topics for which you need additional information. You can use this guide as a supplement to the online tutorial that is included with the SPSS Base 16.0 system or ignore the online tutorial and start with the tutorials found here.
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Installing the Data Installing files from the Internet Installing files from the diskette Introducing the interface The data view The variable view The output view The draft view The syntax view What the heck is a crosstab? Creating the data definitions: the variable view Variable types Variable names and labels Missing values Non-numeric numbers, or when is a number not a number? Binary variables Creating a new data set Getting help in creating data sets and defining variables Creating primary reference lists Frequencies
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