- Welcome
- Important notice
- About the author
- About this site
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- Dedications
- Acknowledgments
- My personal pantheon (of the great and the good in survey research)
- Recent and planned activities
- Textbooks for Research Methods and Data Analysis
- 1: Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS)
- 1a: Statistical concepts and methods
- 1b: Teaching with Survey Data
- 1c: Developing research projects using survey data
- 1d: Workshop and presentations for ASSESS (SPSS users in Europe)
- 2: Survey Research Practice
- 2a: Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
- 2b: Major survey series
- 3: Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
- 4: Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK)
- 5a: Polytechnic of North London (1976-1992)
- 5b: Survey Research Unit (1978-1992)
- Village life in Normandy
- Contact
- Origins of the British Crime Survey
- British Crime Survey
Block 1: From questionnaire to SPSS saved file
First steps in SPSS
Gentle step-by-step introduction (with full-clour screenshots at each step) to the language and analytical facilities of SPSS
Previous page Background
Previous page Background
1.3: Reading raw data into SPSS
Essential reading:
1.3.1 Conventions for Naming Variables in SPSS
Raw data file to be used:
1.3.2 Cumulative data for pre-course questionnaire
Reading raw data in to SPSS
For SPSS 15 only
1.3.3 Stage 1: From questionnaire to first SPSS saved file
For SPSS/PASW 18
1: Preparing the ground
Tutorial and exercise
1.3.3.1 Preparing the ground
2: Writing in SPSS language (syntax)
Tutorial and exercise
1.3.3.2 First shot at SPSS syntax
3: SPSS for real
Tutorial and exercise
1.3.3.3 SPSS for real
1.3.1 Conventions for Naming Variables in SPSS
Raw data file to be used:
1.3.2 Cumulative data for pre-course questionnaire
Reading raw data in to SPSS
For SPSS 15 only
1.3.3 Stage 1: From questionnaire to first SPSS saved file
For SPSS/PASW 18
1: Preparing the ground
Tutorial and exercise
1.3.3.1 Preparing the ground
2: Writing in SPSS language (syntax)
Tutorial and exercise
1.3.3.2 First shot at SPSS syntax
3: SPSS for real
Tutorial and exercise
1.3.3.3 SPSS for real
1.4 Completing your data dictionary
For SPSS15 only
1.4.1 Stage 2: Completing your data dictionary
For SPSS/PASW 18
Tutorial and exercise
1.4.1: Labelling your variables
Tutorial and exercise
1.4.2 Labelling your values
1.4.1 Stage 2: Completing your data dictionary
For SPSS/PASW 18
Tutorial and exercise
1.4.1: Labelling your variables
Tutorial and exercise
1.4.2 Labelling your values