SPSS for Beginners

Course Code
50136458

Course has already taken place

Provider
IT

Tutor(s):
Mr Tafesse Cheffo

Suitability
Research PhD Students and Research Staff who have collected research
data and wish to use a statistical analysis tool.

Date(s)
Wednesday, April 04, 2018, 09:30 to 12:30

Max Places:
10

Description
COURSE FORMAT:

This half-day course is an introduction to the statistical software
package – ‘SPSS for Windows’. The course uses a mixture of teaching and
demonstrations and contains a large practical element involving step-by-
step instructions and exercises.

***IMPORTANT INFORMATION***
Training Manual
The SPSS course manual is no longer available in printed format and will
not be provided on the course. An electronic version will be available
to download before the course and you will be given a password to access
it. It is your responsibility to have a copy of this with you when you
attend the course.
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PREREQUISITES

Basic familiarity with the Windows environment and elementary knowledge
of statistical concepts such as frequency distribution, mean, mode,
median, Standard Deviation etc. is assumed. This course does not cover
Statistical theory.

CONTENT:

• Define and code variables, enter and edit data
• Undertake basic exploratory & descriptive data analysis and interpret
results
• Produce and interpret various types of graphs
• Import data from Excel into SPSS
• Export SPSS output into Word

Duration: 3hrs

Cost: Free of Charge