The Basics of SPSS

The following is a how-to guide for SPSS 11 (Macintosh). You can access SPSS from almost any Reed-owned Macintosh, including those in Psych 136, the ETC, and the library.

Information for former Statview users can be found here.

This webpage is a work in progress. Any questions? Is anything confusing? Do you wish there was more here on something? There's a good chance that someone in the future will feel the same way, so we'd love to hear from you with any comments, questions, or suggestions. Please email Maureen Steckler (steckler@reed.edu) or Kathy Oleson (koleson@reed.edu).

1. Creating and Manipulating a Dataset

• Basic Creation
• Manipulating Variables
• Managing Your Dataset

2. Analyzing Data

• General Introduction
• Descriptive Statistics
• Checking Assumptions - Graphs

3. Correlation

4. T-tests

• One-sample
• Independent-sample
• Paired-sample

5. ANOVA

• One-Way
• Factorial
• Repeated Measures

6. Chi-Square

• Chi-Square for Goodness of Fit
• Chi-Square for Independence

7. Other Analyses

8. Presenting Data

• Organizing Your Output
• Creating Graphs and Charts
• Putting Figures Into Your Paper or Thesis