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SPSS Procedures for Chapter Examples
Chapter 5 Correlation
In this module, we will learn to run a Correlation descriptive analysis with SPSS. We will use the same
set of data – hsb500R, to explore the correlations among three variables: “visual” (Visualization test),
“mosaic” (Detecting patterns test) and, “mathach” (Math achievement scores).
Step 1. Getting start
a. Click on SPSS icon to launch the program.
b. From File menu, choose Open. You will see the Open File dialogue box. From Look in box,
click on the drive where you saved the data file (e.g., here from the Removable Disk, the zip
disk).
c. Click on the file hsb500R, it will appear in the File name box. Click on Open button.
d. Now, you have the data in the Data Editor window. Make sure the window is in the Data View
mode.
Step 2. Run SPSS correlation analysis
a. From Analyze menu, choose Correlate, and then Bivariate.
b. In the Bivariate Correlations dialogue box, the left box shows a list of variables. Click on
“visual”, and then click on the arrow button to move it to the Variable box.
c. Repeat step b to move “mosaic” and “mathach” to the Variable box. Click on Option button.
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d. In the Option dialogue, Check “Means and standard deviations” under Statistics section; and
under Missing Values check “Exclude cases pairwise” (which is the default). Then click on
Continue button.
e. You are back to Bivariate Correlation screen, Click on OK. See the output as:
Step 3. Save the outputs
a. In the output window, from File menu, choose Save As. In the Save in box, find the place you
save the output. Here, we save it in a folder 5correlation.
b. Type a file name, e.g., “crelatout” in the File name box.
c. Make sure the Save in type box shows Viewer Files (*.spo). Click on Save.
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Step 4. Print the output for further use
You also need to print out a hard copy for you to prepare the analysis summary/report.
a. From File menu, choose Print.
b. Make sure the Printer Name box shows the default printer in your system. Click on OK.
With the output, now, you can continue the next step as in the Instruction Page.
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