Chapter 1: Getting Started with IBM SPSS for Windows (Edward Nelson) ( Word) ( PDF).

Datasets (in SPSS system file format), can also be downloaded using your browser. You can use your browser to download them and, in the case of PDF files, you can open them directly in your browser. Note: each section of the text is available in both MS Word and PDF formats. Contributors to previous editions have also included Nan Chico (CSU East Bay), Laura Hecht (CSU Bakersfield), James Ross (CSU Bakersfield), and Richard A. Nelson (CSU Fresno), and Elizabeth Ness Nelson (CSU Fresno). If you purchase a license for SPSS, we suggest you buy the Graduate Pack.Īuthors: Individual chapters written, or updated from previous versions of this tutorial, by Linda Fiddler (CSU Bakersfield), John L. Korey (Cal Poly Pomona), Edward E. Most colleges and universities have labs where you can use SPSS. In order to use the software you will need for this book, you will either have to purchase SPSS or find a computer laboratory in which SPSS has been installed.

A data set (countries.sav) describing countries (using information taken mostly from the CIA World Factbook).

The GSS dataset was weighted by the variable (wtss) that is provided by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

A subset of the 2016 General Social Survey (GSS16A.sav).

There are also exercises at the end of each chapter for further practice and more exercises and teaching modules are on the Teaching Resources page of the Social Science Research and Instructional Center (SSRIC) website. Each chapter has instructions that guide you through a series of problems, as well as graphics showing you what your screen should look like at various steps in the process. It can be used as a text in a class or by those working independently. This book is intended for those who want to learn the basics of SPSS.

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