Bios 6240- Computer Packages for Statistical Sciences (SPSS)
Course Learning Objectives
The student will be able to
1. Import and export data from files in other formats into and out of SPSS.
2. Summarize continuous data in tabular form by means of the mean, median,
percentiles, quartiles, standard deviation, range and standard error.
3. Summarize nominal and ordinal data in tabular form by means of frequency
distributions.
4. Summarize continuous data in graphical form by means of histograms and
boxplots.
5. Summarize nominal and ordinal data in graphical form by means of bar charts and
pie charts.
6. Recode continuous, nominal and ordinal data into groups suitable for analysis.
7. Compute new variables from existing data, for example, changing weight in
pounds to weight in kilograms.
8. Manipulate data in a file, e.g., Sort data, merge files (by adding cases, or adding
variables), split files for analysis, and select specific records for analysis.
9. Analyze data by means of a one sample t-test, an independent means t-test (aka
two-sample t-test, a Chi Square test for difference of proportions, a
regression/correlation test of association between two continuous variables and a
comparison of the means of k groups using a one-way analysis of variance.
10. Summarize this process using the steps of hypothesis testing (state the hypotheses,
compute the test statistics and p-value in SPSS, make the decision, and write the
conclusion). Include appropriate graphical and tabular data to summarize the
data.
UPDATED 5/29/14