IBM SPSS Statistics Essentials (V26)

• New users of IBM SPSS Statistics 
• Users who want to refresh their knowledge about IBM SPSS Statistics 
• Anyone who is considering purchasing IBM SPSS Statistics

Introduction to IBM SPSS Statistics 
• Review basic concepts in IBM SPSS Statistics 
• Identify the steps in the research process 
• Review basic analyses 
• Use Help 

Reading data and defining metadata 
• Overview of data sources 
• Read from text files 
• Read data from Microsoft Excel 
• Read data from databases 
• Define variable properties 

Selecting cases for analyses 
• Select cases for analyses 
• Run analyses for groups 
• Apply report authoring styles 

Transforming variables 
• Compute variables 
• Recode values of categorical and scale variables 
• Create a numeric variable from a string variable 

Using functions to transform variables 
• Use statistical functions 
• Use logical functions 
• Use missing value functions 
• Use conversion functions 
• Use system variables 
• Use the Date and Time Wizard 

Setting the unit of analysis 
• Remove duplicate cases 
• Create aggregate datasets 
• Restructure datasets 

Merging data files 
• Add cases from one dataset to another 
• Add variables from one dataset to another 
• Enrich a dataset with aggregated information 

Summarizing individual variables 
• Define levels of measurement 
• Summarizing categorical variables 
• Summarizing scale variables 

Describing the relationship between variables 
• Choose the appropriate procedure 
• Summarize the relationship between categorical variables 
• Summarize the relationship between a scale and a categorical variable 

Creating presentation-ready tables with Custom Tables 
• Identify table layouts 
• Create tables for variables with shared categories 
• Create tables for multiple response questions 

Customizing pivot tables 
• Perform Automated Output Modification 
• Customize pivot tables 
• Use table templates 
• Export pivot tables to other applications 

Working with syntax 
• Use syntax to automate analyses 
• Create, edit, and run syntax 
• Shortcuts in the Syntax Editor 

Controlling the IBM SPSS Statistics environment 
• Set options for output 
• Set options for variables display 
• Set options for default working folders 

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