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3.5.1 Introduction to COUNT and COMPUTE
This set of tutorials uses data from a survey of fifth formers to demonstrate the construction of scores on a simple set of attitude scales using SPSS commands COUNT and COMPUTE. Two sets of items are used, one to measure attachment to status quo, the other negative attitudes to women. Two measures are generated for each, one with COUNT and the other with COMPUTE.
All SPSS exercises are demonstrated step-by-step first in direct syntax, then
repeated using drop-down menus . Each tutorial (which may take a few seconds to download) contains appropriate facsimile extracts from the questionnaire or user manual and proceeds at a gentle pace with full SPSS screen-dumps at each step.
I never used artificial data in any of my classes. This example is taken from a 1981 survey of fifth formers (N = 142) in a North London comprehensive school (11-18 mixed) by three of my undergraduate students for their 2nd year group dissertation. (See footnote below)
If some of the naming and labelling looks a bit odd, it's because in 1981 there were limitations on the number of characters allowed, 8 in variable names, 40 in variable labels and 20 in value labels, but only 16 (two rows of 8) in column headings. The original labels were all in UPPER CASE, but most have since been modified to lower case.
The scales used were intended to measure:
1:Teenagers' attachment to the status quo
2:Negative attitudes to women.
The tutorials are in *.pdf format and have hopefully been kept short enough to download without overloading your computer or your capacity to absorb the content or to follow the logic, sequence and mechanics of the procedures used.
Now go to 3.5.2. Teenage Attitudes (Tutorials)
Footnote:
Paul Ahmed, Harriet Cain and Alan Cook, Playground to Politics: a study
of values and attitudes among fifth formers in a North London comprehensive school. Report on 2nd year project for BA Applied Social Studies (Social Research) Polytechnic of North London, 1982.
All SPSS exercises are demonstrated step-by-step first in direct syntax, then
repeated using drop-down menus . Each tutorial (which may take a few seconds to download) contains appropriate facsimile extracts from the questionnaire or user manual and proceeds at a gentle pace with full SPSS screen-dumps at each step.
I never used artificial data in any of my classes. This example is taken from a 1981 survey of fifth formers (N = 142) in a North London comprehensive school (11-18 mixed) by three of my undergraduate students for their 2nd year group dissertation. (See footnote below)
If some of the naming and labelling looks a bit odd, it's because in 1981 there were limitations on the number of characters allowed, 8 in variable names, 40 in variable labels and 20 in value labels, but only 16 (two rows of 8) in column headings. The original labels were all in UPPER CASE, but most have since been modified to lower case.
The scales used were intended to measure:
1:Teenagers' attachment to the status quo
2:Negative attitudes to women.
The tutorials are in *.pdf format and have hopefully been kept short enough to download without overloading your computer or your capacity to absorb the content or to follow the logic, sequence and mechanics of the procedures used.
Now go to 3.5.2. Teenage Attitudes (Tutorials)
Footnote:
Paul Ahmed, Harriet Cain and Alan Cook, Playground to Politics: a study
of values and attitudes among fifth formers in a North London comprehensive school. Report on 2nd year project for BA Applied Social Studies (Social Research) Polytechnic of North London, 1982.
