SPSS User Guide (Math 150): Topics by Data Type

Use the links here to find information about using SPSS in your Math 150 course.

 

This page is organized according to the number and type of variables you wish to analyze.

 

If you would like to see the topics organized alphabetically instead, click here. If you would like to see the topics organized by textbook chapter, click here. (This assumes the use of Intro Stats by DeVeaux, Velleman, and Bock, 4th ed.)

 

Working with data:

• Select cases
• Transform → Compute Variable
• Understanding the settings in Variable View

 

One categorical variable:

• Descriptive Statistics:

• Bar graph
• Frequency table
• Pie chart

• Inferential Statistics:

 

          Two categories:

• One-proportion z-interval
• One-proportion z-test

 

          More than two categories:

• Chi-squared goodness-of-fit test  

 

Two categorical variables:

• Descriptive Statistics:

• Contingency table
• Clustered bar graph
• Stacked bar graph

• Inferential Statistics:

Two categories:

• One-sample t-interval for the mean
• One-sample t-test for the mean

• Paired t-interval
• Paired t-test

• Two-sample t-interval for the difference between means
• Two-sample t-test for the difference between means