An introduction to SPSS for statistical data analysis.
Frequency:
Twice a year
Time:
2 x 3 timer
Language:
English or Norwegian
Type of course:
In person
Target Audience:
UiO reseachers and students who want to get started with SPSS.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of statistics and research methodology is useful, but not required. The aim is to provide a soft and not-too-technical introduction.
Content:
- Get to know the different menus and options that you have in SPSS
- Setting up a codebook and a data file
- Screening your data and eliminating errors in the data set
- Descriptive statistics, i.e. how to describe a data set using measures such as mean, standard deviation, median, skewness, etc., and know what these mean and how they should be interpreted
- Recoding variables and calculating new variables based on raw data
- Make graphs
Info:
Please download the data files and unzip them beforehand, and place them somewhere easy to find on your computer. Slides will be uploaded after the course. The slides are quite detailed. So instead of taking notes, we recommend to focus on active participation in SPSS.
Contact
Send questions about the course to statistikk@usit.uio.no