UM Stats Camp
Intro to SPSS for Windows
Sam Gordji
ccsam@olemiss.edu
Spring 2009
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Stats Consultations
 Dissertations
 Review of methods
 Assistance with analysis
 Guidance using SAS or SPSS
 Assistance formatting data sets
 Up to three free consults per project
“I passed my final defense yesterday.
Thank you so much for your help.
My committee members were
pleased with my final draft.”
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Getting SPSS
 Ole Miss Network License for SPSS 17 for Windows
 Base/Advanced/Regression Modules
 Paid for by IT/School of Education/School of Applied Sciences/Provost
 Maintenance paid for by Psychology Department, Economics Department,
School of Applied Sciences, School of Education, Political Science
Department
 Unlimited number of installations on UM-owned computers
 No charge to department or researcher
 Not generally available for student-owned computers
 Computer must be connected to the network while using SPSS
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If purchased separately,
one copy of SPSS would cost:
SPSS® Base 17.0 for windows®
$639.00
SPSS Advanced ModelsTM 17.0 for windows®
SPSS Regression ModelsTM 17.0 for windows ®
$539.00
$539.00
= $1,717.00
Instructions for SPSS Network Deployment Using GPO:
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/it/seminars/guides/spss_networkdep.html
Instructions for Use Add-On Components with UM network license:
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/it/seminars/guides/spss_modules.html
SPSS Add-On Component Pricelist:
http://www.spss.com , Then search for Add-On
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Student Licensing Options
 SPSS Student Version - $100
• Up to 50 variables & 1,500 cases
• No scripting/syntax/automation
 SPSS Graduate Pack - $200
• No variable/case limits
• Base/Advanced/Regression/AMOS
Learn more:
http://www.spss.com/vertical_markets/education/SPSS_student_versions.htm
Order SPSS Student Version or SPSS Graduate Pack Online:
http://www.spss.com/vertical_markets/education/online.htm
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Installation instructions and downloads:
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/it/seminars/guides/spss.html
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Click on “Download the SPSS 17 software (600MB
SPSS.zip)” to download and save
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Getting SPSS
Installation
Help
 IT Helpdesk
 helpdesk@olemiss.edu
 915-5222
 Hours 8:00 – 5:00
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Getting
SPSS Usage
Help
Mississippi
Center for
Supercomputing
Research
(MCSR)
www.mcsr.olemiss.edu
assist@mcsr.olemiss.edu
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SPSS 17 is Installed on 54 Windows PCs
in the Galtney Center
Student Lab
Hours:
 Sunday 1:00 p.m.
to Friday 5:00 p.m.
(open 24 hours)
 Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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SPSS 17 is Installed
in Academic Departmental Labs
Departmental SPSS Labs:
 School of Education
 Economics Dept.
 others…
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SPSS on MAC
 SPSS (Windows) may be installed on a MAC
 A program called Parallels Desktop is needed to install
SPSS (Windows) on a MAC and costs about $80.00, please
visit:
http://www.parallels.com/
 VMware Fusion is also a program that lets users run
Windows on a MAC and costs about $40.00, please visit:
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/resources/
 SPSS does not support running SPSS17 on a Parallels
Desktop or VMware
 Please email assist for more information:
assist@mcsr.olemiss.edu
Starting SPSS
 Download freq.sps
 To start SPSS go to:
Start>All Programs>SPSS Inc>SPSS17.0>SPSS Statistics
17.0
 Click “SPSS Statistics 17.0” to start SPSS17.0
 Click “cancel” to close the Window “What would you like
to do?”
 On “Untitled1 Window” Choose File>Open>Syntax
 Under Desktop, click freq.sps
 Choose run>all, to run freq.sps
Text copy of freq.sps
 DATA LIST /male 1-2 female 4-6.
 /* This is an example of Frequencies, date modified 1/29/09, Sam
Gordji */
 variable labels male 'male over 20' female 'female over 20'.
 BEGIN DATA.
 79 52
 49 38
 .. ..
Some data are not shown here.
 .. ..
 27 51
 23 42
 21 21
 end data.
/* SPSS is not case sensitive */
 FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=male female/

STATISTICS=MEDIAN MODE DEFAULT/.
A Few Programming Notes About freq.sps
 Comments are placed between “ /* ” and “ */ ”
• Example: /* This is a comment */
 Example: freq.sps
• DATA LIST /male 1-2 female 4-6
• DATA LIST signals the start of a program
• This program has only 2 variables, male and
female
• Variable male is on columns 1-2
• Variable female is on columns 4-6
Download and run oneway.sps
Results of Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA) from oneway.sps
ANOVA
DEP
Sum of
Squares
Degrees of
Freedom
(df)
Mean
Square
Between Groups
18.500
2
9.250
Within Groups
13.500
8
1.688
Total
32.000
10
Results Significant
(F)
level
5.481
.032
Next Slide is the Actual Output
from SPSS
Practicing “Point” and “Click”
 Go to Untitled2
 Choose Analyze>Descriptive
Statistics>Frequencies
 Choose variable DEP and perform the
analysis
 Choose another statistics, e.g. Correlate and
find the correlation between the two
variables
Creating and Running a Short
SPSS Program
 Close all SPSS’ Windows
 Open SPSS and enter the following data in
Untitled1
 2 3
 3 3
 4 5
 4 5
 Obtain the Frequencies for the above data by
 Analyze> Descriptive Statistics>Frequencies
Exercise: Creating Crosstab
 Close all the SPSS Windows
 Open SPSS and create a 3 by 6 matrix (3
rows and 6 columns)
 Find Crosstabs under analyze and obtain the
Crosstab
For More
Information
Jason Hale
Manager of Research Support
jghale@olemiss.edu
Sam Gordji, Ph.D.
Statistical Consultant
ccsam@olemiss.edu
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