Description

This one-day course will help a complete beginner to acquire the skill necessary to create SPSS files from paper-based questionnaire responses, import Excel datasheet into SPSS for analysis, and correctly generate descriptive statistics and graphical summaries. You will learn to use a number of data manipulation techniques including: recode, count occurrence, split files, compute, and multiple response data summary statistics.

Small Class Size

To ensure that high quality and responsive learning support is given to each participant, we only take a small class with a maximum of 9 participants on our scheduled courses. Therefore, it is important you register your interest early to secure a place.

Pre-requisite

Little or no previous knowledge of SPSS or statistics is required. Please see course details below for the course reminders.

Teaching Methods

The teaching method is mainly hands-on. It is supported by: presentation, demonstration, discussions, questions and answers. The tutor will screen share to examine each participant’s project, thereby providing suggestions, corrections and efficiency tips.

Training Workbook

Each participant receives an instructional workbook and a video recording of the training.

Certificate of Completion & After Training Support

Each participant receives a certificate of completion and ongoing after training support via phone, email and screen sharing.

Course Outline

The course is sub-divided into three sessions:

Section 1: Explore SPSS using a sample data file

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

1. Explore the SPSS package using a sample data file.
2. Recognise the importance of data types – categorical (nominal and ordinal) and continuous measurements.
3. Generate summary statistics and graphs appropriate for categorical data, continuous data and combine data types.
4. Summarise and explore relationships and comparisons between variables in the data using the Explore command and Cross tabulation matrices.

Section 2: Create a new SPSS file and summarise the data.

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

1. Create an SPSS file from a paper base questionnaire.
2. Enter records into your newly created file.
3. Generate graphs (bar charts, pie charts, histograms, box plots, error bars, box-and-whisker plots), descriptive statistics, and cross-tabulation matrices.
4. Transfer the statistical outputs to Word or PowerPoint.

Section 3: Data Manipulation Techniques

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

1. Recode continuous variable into categorical variable with subgroups.
2. Compute new variable from existing variables.
3. Select cases if a given criteria is met.
4. Split cases to generate separate outputs grouped by the split values.
5. Weight cases for group frequency counts.
6. Summarise multiple response variables.

Course Reminders

• Please bring your laptop with IBM SPSS software installed and tested for working correctly.  If you need to download a free trial version, here is a link to download.
• Practice files come pre-loaded with a working copy of SPSS software.

• Online Delivery Platform

  The course is delivered on GoToMeeting platform.  The training link is sent together with training workbook, email to you close to the training date.

Start, Finish & Break Times in GMT

One-day Course

Start: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Morning Break: 11 am – 11:10 am

Lunch Break: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Afternoon Break: 3 pm – 3:10 pm.