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The Open University

Getting started with SPSS

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

Handling statistical data is an essential part of psychological research. However, many people find the idea of using statistics, and especially statistical software packages, extremely daunting. This free course, Getting started with SPSS, takes a step-by-step approach to statistics software through seven interactive activities. No statistics software is needed.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 The SPSS statistics tutorial
  • 1 The SPSS statistics tutorial
  • 1.1 Hints before you start
  • 2 How to start SPSS
  • 2 How to start SPSS
  • 3 Using the Menu
  • 3 Using the Menu
  • 4 Adding variables
  • 4 Adding variables
  • 5 Obtaining descriptive statistics
  • 5 Obtaining descriptive statistics
  • 6 Correlation
  • 6 Correlation
  • 7 Independent T-Tests
  • 7 Independent T-Tests
  • 8 Paired samples T-Tests
  • 8 Paired samples T-Tests
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements

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  • Gul Zaman Ahmadi
    Taking the SPSS basic course was a great decision! It helped me rewind the basics and learn some key points that have improved my data analysis skills significantly. Highly recommended!

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