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MOUSING WITH SPSS

MOUSING WITH SPSS. Useful point and click. Frances Provan, Information Services, Edinburgh University. All at sea. There's a lot in SPSS. Today’s blubber covers. Things I like… On the fly utilities Wizards Open secrets Old SPSS favourites All by mouse. SPSS Versions.

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MOUSING WITH SPSS

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  1. MOUSING WITH SPSS Useful point and click Frances Provan, Information Services, Edinburgh University

  2. All at sea Mousing with SPSS

  3. There's a lot in SPSS Mousing with SPSS

  4. Today’s blubber covers • Things I like… • On the fly utilities • Wizards • Open secrets • Old SPSS favourites • All by mouse Mousing with SPSS

  5. SPSS Versions • Version comparison list from SPSS http://www.spss.com/software_version/ • Lists changes between versions • and new features. • Goes back to version 6 • What’s new for latest version http://www.spss.com/spss/whats_new.htm Mousing with SPSS

  6. Some slide shorthand • {version no. first appeared} • {14} introduced in version 14 • Menu pathsMenu > Sub Menu > Sub menu • e.g. File > Open > Data… i.e. choose the File menu, select Open from the File menu, then select Data... from the Open submenu • Plus point something I like… Mousing with SPSS

  7. Did you know you could… ? • Define your own styles? • Create charts from tables? • Web pages from results? • Document your data files? • Get previews when building chart and tables? Mousing with SPSS

  8. Dot plots (about time too!) {13} Graphs > Scatter/dot… Then choose Simple Dot Population pyramids {13} Graphs > Population Pyramid Panels for ordinary graphs {13} Nice newish graphs… Mousing with SPSS

  9. Dot plot Mousing with SPSS

  10. Population Pyramids Mousing with SPSS

  11. Population Pyramids: categories • Each category -a separate pane • 3 level variable Mousing with SPSS

  12. Lovely idea… 1st in interactive plots Now Rows and columns {14} Or Multiple factors Separate or nested Great for comparisons Panels Mousing with SPSS

  13. Dot plots: row panels Mousing with SPSS

  14. Panelled in columns Dot plots: Column Panels Mousing with SPSS

  15. Dot plots: Row and Column Panels Mousing with SPSS

  16. Population Pyramids: Row Panels • Single Row factor Mousing with SPSS

  17. Your own style • Pivot tables & Table looks • Interactive Charts & Chart looks • Charts & chart templates • Edit graph/chart/table to access • i.e. Double click on it • Change your style with • Edit > Options… • Charts, Interactive or Pivot Tables tab Mousing with SPSS

  18. Pivot tables • Double click to edit • Change the look • Format > Tablelooks… • Change rows, columns & layers • Pivot > Pivoting Trays • Keep dimension changes • Pivot > Bookmarks Mousing with SPSS

  19. Tablelooks • Default • Academic Mousing with SPSS

  20. Chart from a table • Double click on the table • Right click, Create Graph > Bar • Be careful what is selected • Total lines look daft • Use layers to be selective Mousing with SPSS

  21. Bar chart from table Mousing with SPSS

  22. Interactive graphs {long time} • Graphs > Interactive > Bar • A lot of the ‘new’ graph features already there • Panel variables • Chart looks • Exploratory data analysis • Mmm.. Leopard skin barcharts.. • Tastefully tacky Mousing with SPSS

  23. Grrraphs - to the leopard skin • Double click to open • Select object • right clicking on bar • select all bars • Choose Fill button • Pattern • .bmp image • Or choose • Format > chart properties • Filled Objects tab Mousing with SPSS

  24. Chartlooks & Chart templates • Available when editing • Interactive Graphs • Format > Chartlooks… • Chart builder • File > Save Chart Template • File > Apply Chart Template • Use your own style by default • Edit > Options Mousing with SPSS

  25. Grrraph to Dante Mousing with SPSS

  26. Builders • Custom tables {12?} • Analyze > Tables > Custom Tables.. • Chart builder {14} • Graphs > Chart Builder… • Still new • Not sure I like them yet… Mousing with SPSS

  27. A Customized table • With academic table look… Mousing with SPSS

  28. A built stacked bar chart Mousing with SPSS

  29. Exporting Output • File > Export • Export as: • HTML - web pages {7} • Anyone can read it • ‘clean’ HTML • separate picture files • Word {11.5} • All in one file • Big files. • Powerpoint (see later) {13} • Excel (tables only) {11.5} • PDF {15} • No copy and paste Mousing with SPSS

  30. Controlled output export • Can specify: • Amount of output: • All output (includes hidden stuff) • All Visible output • Only selected objects • Charts, documents or both • Image types for charts • Output types, as above • Use in conjunction with OMS {14} • Utilities > OMS Control Panel • Utilities > OMS Identifiers Mousing with SPSS

  31. Export to MS Powerpoint {13} • Not everything translates, but you get: • Pivot tables • charts {14} • Maps • Trees • Used it for some slides… Mousing with SPSS

  32. Table straight to powerpoint Mousing with SPSS

  33. Crosstabs output for: • Analyze > Descriptive Statistics > Crosstabs • Variables • Row is happy • Column is life • Layer variable is region • Count & column statistics from Cells • Chi-squared tests from Statistics • Ticked Clustered bar chart Mousing with SPSS

  34. Case processing Mousing with SPSS

  35. Crosstabs table Mousing with SPSS

  36. Chi-squared tests Mousing with SPSS

  37. Barchart 1 Mousing with SPSS

  38. Barchart 2 Mousing with SPSS

  39. Barchart 3 Mousing with SPSS

  40. On the fly • Visual bander {12} • Transform > Visual Bander • Define Variable properties • Data > Define Variable Properties • Copy data properties • Data > Copy Data Properties • Automatic recode {forever} • Transform > Automatic Recode Mousing with SPSS

  41. Visual Bander {12} • Interactive tool to categorise data • Cut points • Manually defined • Equal ranges • Equal counts • Using mean and standard deviations • Labelling, either automatic or manual • Love combined recode & labelling Mousing with SPSS

  42. Define Variable Properties {?} • Easier than Variable View • Use it to: • Type labels • View whole definition • Copy definitions to and from other variables Mousing with SPSS

  43. Automatic Recode {forever} • String to numeric • Large numeric codes • Doesn’t miss out values • Sorts out messy codes • Keeps coding to use again {recent} Mousing with SPSS

  44. Data file stuff • Showing data file information • Display data file information > external file • Display data file information > Working file • Data file comments • Utilities > Data File Comments • Multiple open datasets {14} Mousing with SPSS

  45. File information Mousing with SPSS

  46. Variable Information Mousing with SPSS

  47. Value Labels Mousing with SPSS

  48. Data File Comments • Just add text to dialog box • Time stamped • Use comments to: • Describe where data has come from • Keep codebook with the data • Document changes to data file • Can print to output • Documents command is useful • Remains with your SPSS data file Mousing with SPSS

  49. Comments box Mousing with SPSS

  50. The wizards • Date and time {13} • Transform > Date/Time • Restructure data {11.5} • Data > Restructure… • ODBC & read text • File > Open Database • File > Read Text Data.. • Sample Wizard • Analyze > Complex Samples Mousing with SPSS

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