INTRODUCTION TO SPSS
A starting point to understand SPSS is to read some material related to research. You can read a simple book such as Research Methods. SPSS learning can be divided in to three steps.
1st step is to learn about Variable feeding/ Questionnaire input. In this stage, you program SPSS about your research questionnaire or instrument.
2nd Stage is Data input where you input your data collected through questionnaire or some other source of observation.
3rd Stage is the most complicated one as in this stage you analyze the data by using relevant statistical techniques such as correlation, regression, etc. After conducting the analysis, next you copy the results in to your report/thesis/dissertation and interpret the results.
1st step is to learn about Variable feeding/ Questionnaire input. In this stage, you program SPSS about your research questionnaire or instrument.
2nd Stage is Data input where you input your data collected through questionnaire or some other source of observation.
3rd Stage is the most complicated one as in this stage you analyze the data by using relevant statistical techniques such as correlation, regression, etc. After conducting the analysis, next you copy the results in to your report/thesis/dissertation and interpret the results.
Quantitative techniques and software such as SPSS are research tools, main thing is that you configure your research topic, research questions, and hypothesis right.
For example, if you want to design a simple research, lets say you set your topic to be descriptive, then you will also design research questions in descriptive form, and then hypothesis also on descriptive format and same process for casual and comparative research
So the key points are:
First select the topic---- then design the research questions--- then design the research objectives---- then develop hypothesis-- Collect the data-- run the tests--- get the results---conclusions-- Writing the Research Report
For example, if you want to design a simple research, lets say you set your topic to be descriptive, then you will also design research questions in descriptive form, and then hypothesis also on descriptive format and same process for casual and comparative research
So the key points are:
First select the topic---- then design the research questions--- then design the research objectives---- then develop hypothesis-- Collect the data-- run the tests--- get the results---conclusions-- Writing the Research Report
Learning SPSS consist of different steps. Lets review each step one by one. Once you start the SPSS, click on 'type in data' and then 'OK'
Now you will arrive to the main SPSS window. In this screen at the bottom, you will seen two buttons.
One button says 'Data View' and other 'Variable View'. In 'Variable view' you can enter the variables of your study while in 'Data view' you can input the data. Starters should click on 'Variable view' so that first input the variables of the study while in second stage, data can be entered in SPSS.
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