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SPSS. S tatistical P ackage for S ocial S ciences Setting up an SPSS Data File Department of Psychology California State University Northridge w ww.csun.edu / plunk. Setting up an SPSS data file. This is how the new file should look. Setting up an SPSS data file.

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SPSS

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  1. SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences Setting up an SPSS Data File Department of Psychology California State University Northridge www.csun.edu/plunk

  2. Setting up an SPSS data file This is how the new file should look

  3. Setting up an SPSS data file Click on variable view

  4. Setting up an SPSS data file Type “ID” under Name Type “0” under Decimals

  5. Setting up an SPSS data file Set up your file to look like the one above.

  6. Setting up an SPSS data file • On row with “gender”, click “None” under Values • Type “0” where it says Value, type “boys” where it says Label, and clickAdd • Type “1” where it says Value, type “girls” where it says Label, and clickAdd • Click OK

  7. Setting up an SPSS data file • On the “happy” row, under Label, type “I am happy” • This could be the question, item, or longer label for a variable

  8. Setting up an SPSS data file • On row with “happy”, click “None” under Values • Type “1” where it says Value, type “strongly disagree” where it says Label, and clickAdd • Add the remaining information as shown above and click OK

  9. Setting up an SPSS data file • Designate variables as “Scale”, “Ordinal”, or “Nominal” • Gender would be “Nominal” • Happy would be “Ordinal” • ID could be any of the three, depending on how you use it.

  10. Setting up an SPSS data file Go back to Data View, and under View, uncheck Value Labels

  11. Setting up an SPSS data file Type in the values as shown above.

  12. Setting up an SPSS data file Go back under View, and check Value Labels

  13. Setting up an SPSS data file • Now the values you typed in will show in your data file. • They will also show in your output.

  14. Setting up an SPSS data file • Go back to the Variable View • Create a new variable named “Why” • Click on Numeric • Then click String in the pop up window • Then click OK

  15. Setting up an SPSS data file • Type “50” in the Width and “50” in the Columns • Width establishes how many characters the variable can be • Columns establishes how wide it will be in Data View

  16. Setting up an SPSS data file Go back to Data View Under the variable called “Why”, you can type open ended (i.e., string) data.

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