1 - Introduction to IBM SPSS Statistics

• Review basic concepts in IBM SPSS Statistics
• Identify the steps in the research process
• Review basic analyses
• Use Help

2 - Reading data and defining metadata

• Overview of data sources
• Read from text files
• Read data from Microsoft Excel
• Read data from databases
• Define variable properties

3 - Selecting cases for analyses

• Select cases for analyses
• Run analyses for groups
• Apply report authoring styles

4 - Transforming variables

• Compute variables
• Recode values of categorical and scale variables
• Create a numeric variable from a string variable

5 - Using functions to transform variables

• Use statistical functions
• Use logical functions
• Use missing value functions
• Use conversion functions
• Use system variables
• Use the Date and Time Wizard

6 - Setting the unit of analysis

• Remove duplicate cases
• Create aggregate datasets
• Restructure datasets

7 - Merging data files

• Add cases from one dataset to another
• Add variables from one dataset to another
• Enrich a dataset with aggregated information

8 - Summarizing individual variables

• Define levels of measurement
• Summarizing categorical variables
• Summarizing scale variables

9 - Describing the relationship between variables

• Choose the appropriate procedure
• Summarize the relationship between categorical variables
• Summarize the relationship between a scale and a categorical variable

10 - Creating presentation-ready tables with Custom Tables

• Identify table layouts
• Create tables for variables with shared categories
• Create tables for multiple response questions

11 - Customizing pivot tables

• Perform Automated Output Modification
• Customize pivot tables
• Use table templates
• Export pivot tables to other applications

12 - Working with syntax

• Use syntax to automate analyses
• Create, edit, and run syntax
• Shortcuts in the Syntax Editor

13 - Controlling the IBM SPSS Statistics environment

• Set options for output
• Set options for variables display
• Set options for default working folders