SPSS for Beginners (IBM Statistics) Online

Course Code
50293488

Fully Booked

Provider
IT

Tutor(s):
Mr Tafesse Cheffo,Mr Tafesse Cheffo

Suitability
All postgraduate students and Research Staff who have collected research
data and wish to use a statistical analysis tool.

Date(s)
Monday, November 17, 2025, 14:00 to 15:30
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 14:00 to 15:30

Max Places:
12

Description
COURSE FORMAT:

This 3 hr course consists of 2 x 1.5hr online sessions and is an
introduction to the IBM statistical software package – ‘SPSS for
Windows’.

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.

SPSS for Windows: The training covers IBM Statistics SPSS for Windows
only. It does not cover SPSS for Mac. Mac users are welcome to take part
in the course but the steps and commands may be slightly different.
There will not be enough time in the session for the tutor to cover both
versions. Please visit the IBM Statistics SPSS website for more specific
advice on the MacOS version.

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