SPSS Training
DURATION 2 DAYS (16 HOURS)
Overview
This course will teach you to the uses and functions of the statistical software SPSS. It covers data entry and editing, analysis and graphs.
It’s suitable for those with little or no experience of SPSS, or those who want a refresher. A basic knowledge of statistics will be helpful.
This course takes place over two full days. You will soon also be able to take this course online.
Course content
This is a practical course that will introduce you to SPSS and its uses for statistical analysis through hands-on experience.
You’ll look at the following topics:
Getting started with SPSS files
• Data entry: manually and from excel
• Editing and organising datasets
• SPSS options and functions
• Descriptive statistics
• Graphical displays
• Parametric significance tests
• Nonparametric significance tests
You’ll be expected to have a basic understanding of common statistical tests and concepts as these won’t be taught during this workshop.
Computers and software
You need to bring your laptop for the training session. You’ll have SPSS installed and licensed on your computer for free in preparation for the course.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
• read-in, enter, organise, and save data in a suitable way
• calculate/recode variables and prepare data for analysis
• conduct descriptive and inferential statistics
• be familiar with SPSS presentation of statistical output
• create and edit graphical displays of data
• perform non-parametric significance tests
• perform parametric significance tests
• perform multiple regression analysis
Certification
A certificate will be issued at the end of the training
